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[quote=Anonymous]Another Micah member and one that has had kids go through Machon Micah already.  As with most (probably all) Hebrew schools, some things are great, some less so.  The use of Skype for Hebrew/tutoring is awesome!  works really well and avoids the pain of having all the kids have to listen to each other read Hebrew, etc.  Highly recommended for that alone.  The classes are good for the most part but it depends a bit on the teachers and the make up of the class.  Some are just better than others although I think the overall quality is good.  The new education director rabbi will I am sure be making changes to shore up some things and I think he will be very good.  The effort is constantly being made to find ways to engage the kids and make the school something other than a boring slog.  Things don't always work but I appreciate the effort to make it something the kids will find less like "school" and not entirely dread.  My kids especially liked that as older kids they got to choose what classes they went to on Tuesday so they had some control over what they were doing.  We found the overall educational/growing up process in the synagogue to be very good and loved that by the time we got to the bat mitzvahs our kids knew the rabbis and cantors well and felt comfortable there.  (Your experience will be much better if the whole family participates in community life rather than just dropping kids off for Machon).

I don't see the schedule as being a problem as PP indicated.  There are some weeks where instead of having a Sunday morning session, the congregation has an educational event at another time (usually Saturday) that is part of the education program.  Often this is tied to a holiday or a particular Shabbat service.  The schedule for all of this is sent out at the beginning of the year and is always available on the web site so I don't see why it is such a big deal to see when there is a different schedule put it on the calendar and go if you can go.  In any event, it is not so often that it was ever a big problem for us.   [/quote]

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