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Where learning and purpose go hand in hand.
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Celebrating the many ways of being Jewish.
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Our values aren’t just painted on the walls: they walk the halls.
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Recent News
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Third Grade Judaic Studies Classes Begin with Social-emotional Learning Activity
At the beginning of each third grade Judaic studies session, students in Sharona Israeli-Roth’s classes participate in a social-emotional learning activity designed to “create empowerment, ownership, and support in our class,” explains Ms. Roth. In each class a different student takes a turn sitting in front of the class, back facing the whiteboard, while classmates write notes of appreciation about that student...Read More -
Eighth Graders Create Six-word Memoirs about Their Truths
After learning about memoirs and reading the memoir This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff, eighth graders concluded this unit of study by writing a piece about their own life in memoir form. “How expressive could you be about your life if you had only six words to do it?” asks teacher David Jefferies. Students began by writing a section of their own life using the strategies learned through the study of Wolff’s book and then used that writing to inform their six-word autobiographies...Read More -
Second Annual Celebration of Justice Louis Brandeis Day
Last year our school inaugurated the first annual Justice Louis Brandeis Day, a day for our students to learn about the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, learn about civic institutions in the United States, and explore questions of ethical leadership and radical empathy. This year the focus was on justice and injustice—and what each of us might do to make a more just world...Read More -
Eighth Graders Wrestle with God
The first three months of the eighth grade Judaic studies curriculum focuses on direct text study. Students began the unit looking at the literal moment in the Torah where Jacob wrestles with God, “and then we continue through the ages, examining Talmudic understandings of God’s presence in our lives and medieval scholars’ ideas about what it means to ‘be created in God’s image,’”explains teacher Jennifer Baumer. The unit will conclude with an examination of how there are varied experiences of God in the present day, including doubt and denial...Read More -
Fifth Graders Study Indigenous Peoples and Bears Ears National Monument
In April 2018, After-School Program Director David Worton traveled to southeast Utah to learn about Ancestral Puebloan history and its connection to modern Pueblo people, and about land use issues in the Four-Corners region. This expedition, supported by Brandeis, has led to the creation of a new social studies unit in fifth grade, which is being co-taught by Mr. Worton and humanities teacher Kaitlyn Huston. Using ancestral and modern Puebloan peoples as a frame to study American Indigenous peoples...Read More -
Eat Well and Support Brandeis
Read MoreDuring the months of October and November, five percent of every grocery order you place on Good Eggs will go back to The Brandeis School of San Francisco! There is no subscription required and delivery is free on orders over $60. Visit schools.goodeggs.com and enter the code BRANDEISSF. The code is effective for any and all orders you place during this two-month period. New customers will receive $15 off with this code, and if 20 new customers join the fundraiser, our school will receive a $500 fundraising bonus! Enjoy fresh groceries and easy, healthy meals, and support our school!
