Addlestone Hebrew Academy

As the 2025–2026 school year comes to a close, we are proud to share A Year of Learning, Growth, & Connection at Addlestone Hebrew Academy.

From Early Childhood through Middle School, this year-in-review reflects the learning, traditions, milestones, friendships, and Jewish life that filled our campus throughout the year.

Thank you to our students, families, faculty, alumni, and community for being part of another meaningful year at AHA. 💙

View the full Year in Review here: https://simplebooklet.com/25_26_ayearinreview

Last week was filled with some of the moments that make the end of the school year so meaningful at Addlestone Hebrew Academy. 💙

From our youngest students proudly celebrating Pre-K graduation to student achievement awards across the school, these milestones reflected a year of growth, confidence, friendship, and learning.

As summer begins, we’re grateful for the memories made, the teachers who guided our students, and the community that continues to grow together year after year.

Wishing all of our students, families, alumni, and faculty a restful and joy-filled summer ahead. ☀️

The 4’s class had a very important Kindergarten practice this week… lunch in the cafeteria 💙

Students practiced carrying trays, sitting with friends, and getting comfortable with some of the routines they’ll see next year. These transition moments help Kindergarten feel familiar before the first day even arrives.

We’re looking forward to welcoming a new Kindergarten class this fall, and there are still a few spaces available for families interested in learning more about Addlestone Hebrew Academy.

Paper airplanes flying through the hallways might look like pure fun at first glance, but 4th grade students were actually putting aerodynamics into action. ✈️

As the school year winds down, learning at Addlestone Hebrew Academy is still hands-on, active, and full of energy. Students tested how design changes affected distance, speed, and flight patterns, turning a simple paper airplane into a real science experiment.

These are the kinds of lessons students remember because they can see concepts move right in front of them. STEAM learning at AHA is not confined to a textbook or a worksheet. It shows up in hallways, classrooms, experiments, and moments that make students want to keep testing, adjusting, and trying again.

EC4 students spent weeks watching 12 monarch butterflies grow inside their classroom, studying each stage of the life cycle as the caterpillars slowly transformed. 🦋

Recently, they invited their 2nd grade reading buddies outside to help release the butterflies together. Students carefully held them in their hands, watched them stretch their wings before taking flight, and connected the experience back to everything they had been learning throughout the unit.

What made the experience so meaningful was that the butterfly unit stretched far beyond science. Students observed and documented changes over time, connected their learning through literacy and read-alouds, created butterfly-inspired artwork, and spent weeks building familiarity with the process before the final release day arrived.

The best part was how unhurried the moment felt. Students were given the space to stop, observe, compare what they noticed, and fully take in an experience they had spent weeks learning about together across grade levels.

Today, Kindergarten students prepared dairy parfaits ahead of Shavuot while learning about the holiday and the receiving of the Torah, which begins tonight.

In Morah Sammy’s classroom, students are building the foundations of conversational Hebrew, learning Jewish holidays and traditions, and developing a connection to their Jewish heritage and a love for Israel from an early age. These hands-on classroom experiences help students connect Jewish learning to everyday life in meaningful and memorable ways.

Reminder: No school tomorrow in observance of Shavuot. Chag Sameach and Shabbat Shalom! 💙

There is something deeply special about watching students return to the place that helped shape them. 💙

Yesterday, members of the AHA Class of 2022 came back to campus ahead of their high school graduations for a special Graduation Walk.

Jeremy Zucker, Aaron Manaker, Harry Goldberg, Nate Cappell, Ben Berlin, Jacob Berlin, Jacob Lipschutz. We were sorry to miss Rory Shoemaker, Joseph Shoemaker, and Avraham Lieberman.

For some of these students, their Addlestone journey began in Early Childhood. At AHA they learned to read, built friendships that lasted years, traveled to Israel together, discovered their voices as students and young Jewish leaders, and grew up surrounded by teachers who truly knew them.

Looking at these photos side by side is a reminder that a school community is built slowly over time through shared experiences, trusted relationships, and years of growing together. Long after graduation, AHA remains a place students can return to, reconnect with, and always call home.

Congratulations to the High School Class of 2026. Your AHA family is so proud of you and excited for all that comes next.

You could feel the room grow quieter as Kindergarten students covered their eyes for Shema.

Some students whispered each word carefully. Others followed along slowly with their fingers across the Hebrew text, stopping now and then to check back in with their teacher before continuing.

These are the early building blocks of tefilah-prayer at Addlestone Hebrew Academy. Students are not only learning the words of the Shema, but becoming comfortable with the rhythms of Jewish prayer, Hebrew, and daily spiritual practice from a young age.

Over time, these moments become familiar. The melodies. The prayers. The feeling of walking into tefilah knowing you belong there. 💙

Not every important part of the school day happens at a desk.

Twice each week, Lower and Middle School students step into P.E. for movement, teamwork, laughter, and a chance to reset during a busy academic day. These classes help students build confidence, cooperation, and healthy habits while giving them space to move and connect with their classmates in a different way.

At Addlestone Hebrew Academy, supporting the whole child is part of everyday learning. 💙

One of the best parts of middle school at Addlestone is watching students grow comfortable using their voices.

During our recent Middle School Science Fair, students didn’t just display projects. They stood beside their work with confidence, explained their thinking, answered questions, and shared the process behind weeks of research, testing, and problem-solving. With the support of our dedicated STEAM specialist, Mr. Andre, students are encouraged to think creatively, experiment, revise, and take real ownership over their learning throughout the school year.

These kinds of hands-on academic experiences are part of everyday life at Addlestone Hebrew Academy, where strong academics, innovation, and personal growth go hand in hand.