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What does Student Support look like at PJA?
By Colleen Morrissey

If you’ve ever wondered whether your child might benefit from additional support or what exactly “student support” means at PJA, you’re in the right place. If you have friends or family in public schools, you’ve likely heard terms like “IEPs” and “504s”.

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Past Blogs

Teaching AI Literacy: Empowering Our Students for the Future
By Matt Rosenberg

As part of PJA’s 7th grade health curriculum, our school introduced a unit on generative AI (GenAI). GenAI is a type of artificial intelligence that creates new content—such as text, images, audio, or code—based on patterns learned from existing data.

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10 Tips for Environmentally-friendly Lunches
by Steve Albert

Environmental sustainability has become an increasing area of focus for schools around the country in recent years, and PJA is no exception. In the years just prior to the pandemic, we created a school vegetable garden, a native plant garden, and held a full-day “Climate Summit” in the middle school.

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5 Reasons to Stay Connected to School This Summer ☀️
By Sean Bartlett

Summer is generally seen as a time for children to rest, visit with friends or family, and explore new and exciting adventures. Some will play hours of video games, others will read every book they can get their hand on.

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Why I love working at PJA and MJCC!
By Becky Ewer

This month is a big anniversary for me! I have worked at the MJCC and PJA for 20 years! These days most people don't stay at a job for that long, but for me, I love it. I've been thinking about why I love working here and three big points stand out. 

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5 Reasons to Choose a Community Jewish Day School
By Sarah Glass

Choosing a school for your child is one of the most significant decisions you, as a parent or guardian, will face. No doubt, your hope is to find a school that will appropriately challenge and support your child, will foster a love of learning, and will help your child become their best self.

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What Gives Me Hope
By Sarah Glass

The weeks since the brutal attack by Hamas on the people of Israel have been extremely challenging for many of us at PJA as we wrestle with our own emotions and worries, while trying to remain focused on supporting our students, families, and faculty.

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What Freedom Means to Us
By Merrill Hendin

As we were getting ready to leave for Spring Break and prepare to celebrate Passover with friends and family, conversations throughout the school centered on freedom.

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Planning for the Future of our School
By Steve Albert

Earlier this month, PJA formally launched the process of crafting a new campus facilities plan to ensure that we can meet our programmatic needs in the coming decades. The process, which is being completed in conjunction with the MJCC, began in 2018.

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