The
goal of the AJCSS is to offer the Jewish children of the Augusta area a
pluralistic Jewish Sunday School education.
The Sunday morning classes meet alternately by semester at Adas Yeshurun
Synagogue and Congregation Children of Israel.
Special programs are held at the Augusta Jewish Community Center. The
older students also attend classes during weekday afternoons at their
respective congregations. Teachers and staff are drawn from the Jewish
community; rabbis from both congregations participate. Teenagers serve as madrichim, or teacher aides. The school is directed by an
administrator/principal, with guidance from an Oversight Committee consisting
of representatives from the two congregations, Augusta Jewish Federation, and
the Augusta Jewish Community Center.
An exciting development occurred in 2007 when we
were invited by the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life to
participate in their pilot education program.
We eagerly “signed on” with the ISJL and have benefited greatly from
their professionally designed curriculum.
In addition, our ISJL “fellow” visits us three times a year, providing
special programs for the children (as well as the community) and leading
in-service education sessions for the teachers.
There is an annual two-day education conference during the summer for
teachers and administrators at the ISJL home base in Jackson, Mississippi.