PJA’s 2021 Auction, celebrating the school’s 60th anniversary, was indeed a smashing success!
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We are delighted to share with you PJA's 2022 digital Winter Newsletter! If you would like to request a printed copy, please email Lisa Katon here.
If you have any alumni updates to share with us, please contact Lisa Katon at lkaton@pjaproud.org. You may also fill out this alumni survey here.
Winter 2022 Newsletter
Each year, students in kindergarten, first, and second grade look forward to partnering up with a middle school buddy.
The Caldecott Club has been reading the best picture books of the year during voluntary lunchtime sessions
We recently had the opportunity to catch up with PJA alum, Sarit Cahana.
Enrollment is up at non-Orthodox Jewish day schools across the continent.
PJA eighth grader, Jake Chisholm, is getting a lot of press these days, and with good reason.
Since 2015, the Schnitzer Family Campus has been fortunate to receive funding for upgrades to campus security...
Monthly Donation Drives have been a PJA tradition for over a decade.
This year, for Hanukkah, we wanted to shine a light on our Early Childhood community.
This fall, PJA was delighted to offer cross country to our middle school students.
The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here - the Makerspace is open and ready for Makers!
At PJA, students, faculty and families have always looked forward to Kabbalat Shabbat.
At the start of the pandemic, twin sisters, and PJA Class of 2020 graduates, Liana and Sylvie Kressel, started baking.
Molly discusses how to broaden your worldview with books.
We are grateful to the following donors who made recent grants in support of PJA:
Five PJA alumni talked about the transition from Portland Jewish Academy to high school in front of a Zoom audience...
We are Life & Legacy donors because we want a PJA education to be available for our grandchild and our grandchild’s children.
Way back in 2018, this year’s eighth grade class was in fifth grade!
This fall, the PJA Garden was awarded a $3,000 Whole Kids Garden Grant.
Our 2021-22 Board of Directors:
Jason Zidell | President
Danelle Romain | President-Elect
John Emshwiller | Vice President
Rich Barker | Treasurer
Jonathan Singer | Secretary
Steven Klein | Immediate Past-President
Barry Benson
Joyce Evans
Nadine Gartner
Marni Glick
Naomi Harwin
Michelle Kashinsky
Gail Mandel
Opher Nadler
David Solondz
Tamar Wyte-Lake
Ahuva Zaslavsky
To learn more about our board, visit this page and click on the Board Members tab.
Thank you to the following people who contributed to this newsletter:
Steve Albert, Blair Borax, Richard Boyd, Sarit Cahana, Elana Cohn-Rozansky, Becky Ewer, Sarah Glass, Merrill Hendin, Anna Hixon, Lisa Katon, Amy Katz, Saul Korin, Kim Krikorian, Matt Rosenberg, Lucy Schwimmer, Molly Sloan, and Nicole Surbaugh.