About Town with Mark Snyder
ABOUT TOWN: Stoughton and Randolph Synagogues Merging Religious Schools (And More...)
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MERGING OF THE MINDS: Ahavath Torah Congregation of Stoughton has a newly-named religious school, combining its school with that of Temple Beth Am in Randolph, starting in September, 2012. The new school is named B'Yachad South Area Religious School. B'Yachad meaning “Together," symbolic of the merging and collaboration of the two synagogues' religious schools, staff and curriculum. The religious education merger is a way to save costs and deal with declining enrollment for the two Hebrew Schools. There are no plans at the moment, however, to merge the Stoughton and Randolph congregations. B'Yachad South Area Religious School will offer a two day per week schedule, and caters to preschool age to grade 7. Classes meet on Sundays …
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Jack Simonds
9:14 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012
only 26 kids in Beth Am Hebrew School.........we had hundreds in the 60s....didnt we ? Remember wearing my Little League uni and leaving early..... more ›