by Ari Yares | Dec 14, 2013 | Gross Schechter Day School, Jewish Day School
Most of the time, I have a hard time remembering what I ate for breakfast. It’s not that I am having a hard time remembering things. It’s just that as things go, it is not one of the more important things in my life. Memory, though, can be a funny thing. We will...
by Ari Yares | Oct 21, 2012 | 21st Century Learning, Jewish Day School, Schechter School of Long Island
I saw a lot of silos last week. It probably had something to do with the fact that I was on a 6th grade trip through Pennsylvania Dutch Country, but I wasn’t just noticing the silos on the outside of our bus. We have plenty of silos inside of our schools, too....
by Ari Yares | Nov 14, 2012 | Jewish Day School
With the start of this week, I have officially entered my post-Sandy life. A little more than a week ago, I was beginning think that the end of days was approaching or at least a recreation of the 10 plagues. After all, between the hurricane, the snow storm, the...
by Ari Yares | Dec 5, 2012 | Crisis Management, Jewish Day School
Fire drills are one of those necessary evils of school administration. In the jurisdictions that I’ve worked, they have been legally required and it can be a struggle to squeeze the appropriate number in each school year. It’s not that I’m opposed to...
by Ari Yares | Jan 16, 2013 | Jewish Day School
I haven’t been keeping a formal count, but I think that over the last several months, I have read at least a hundred blog posts or articles about day school sustainability. Please don’t construe this as a critique. I’m pleased that figuring out how...
by Ari Yares | Feb 19, 2013 | Jewish Day School
The largest challenge facing the North American Jewish community may be summed up by the most challenging question that my almost five year old has ever asked, “Why?” This question is difficult because she is not satisfied by the stock answer of “because I said so” or...
