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Preparing For 2023/2024PLEASE BE SURE TO CLICK ON GRADE-LEVEL LINKS BELOW TO FIND YOUR CHILD’S ASSIGNED SUMMER READING, SUPPLY LIST, AND SUMMER MATH INFORMATION.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE THE SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPLY LIST WHICH INCLUDES ITEMS ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE, AND MUST BE PURCHASED OUTSIDE OF THE REGULAR SUPPLY LIST.
(IF YOU HAVE PURCHASED SUPPLIES THROUGH 1st DAY SCHOOL SUPPLIES, YOU WILL STILL NEED TO PURCHASE THESE ITEMS SEPARATELY. )
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL
Dear Akiva families,
Books have this uncanny ability to take us into new worlds, to learn about old ones and to implore us to think, dream and question more deeply. The question that is often on my mind is how we can continue to help this next generation love and need reading for their sustenance, their happiness and their sense of meaning.
We know that reading is foundational to an individual’s connection to the world and to opportunity in their future. We know that consistent reading is often shown to be one of the greatest influences on higher standardized test scores when our children come to this in their educational careers. There is also ample research that demonstrates that students who are read to are at a great advantage both in school and in their testing. Still- reading can be hard. As we enter our building each day, we walk past Akiva’s foundational stone that reads, “VShinantam Levanecha”…”and you shall teach them.” Our job is to teach our children their Torah, their heritage, their story…and we learn about ourselves and our stories by reading our stories and others’ stories. As Jews, we are known as the People of the Book. We read the same book year after year. We read the Torah out loud and listen. These opportunities provide us with the language and the messaging to speak about our values, our fears, and our dreams for each other and our world.
As we read together, we teach our children that we have time for them, we want to be with them and there is value in simply sitting and reading. They will learn that the fast-paced life that they so easily inhabit has its value and there is something remarkably beautiful about the slower pace of the story you share with them.
Please see this as an opportunity to engage lovingly and meaningfully with your child. Please join me in my commitment to read to my children, to read in front of them and to read together side by side as we dance and read our summer together.
Rabba Daniella Pressner
KINDERGARTEN
The Kindergarten Team is so excited to meet you and to get to know our new students! We know that you are excited for summer and we are looking forward to time with our families, as well. While we hope you have a relaxing, fun-filled time of rejuvenation in the coming weeks, we wanted to pass along some information that will help you feel prepared for the upcoming school year.
FIRST GRADE
The Akiva First grade team is so excited to get to know you and your children even better! While we look forward to our own adventures this summer, we are also working hard to prepare for the Fall and a great 1st grade year.
Have a wonderful summer.
B’Shalom,
The 1st Grade Team
SECOND GRADE
The Akiva Second Grade Team would like to welcome you and your whole family to the Akiva Second Grade Family. We are so excited to get to know you and your children even better! While we look forward to our own adventures this summer, we are also working hard to prepare for the Fall and a great 2nd grade year.
Have a wonderful summer.
B’Shalom,
The 2nd Grade Team
THIRD GRADE
The Akiva Third Grade Team would like to welcome you and your whole family to the Akiva Third Grade Family. We are so excited to get to know you and your children even better! While we look forward to our own adventures this summer, we are also working hard to prepare for the Fall and a great 3rd grade year.
Have a wonderful summer.
B’Shalom,
The 3rd Grade Team
FOURTH GRADE
The Akiva Fourth Grade Team would like to welcome you and your whole family to the Akiva Fourth Grade Family. We are so excited to get to know you and your children even better! While we look forward to our own adventures this summer, we are also working hard to prepare for the Fall and a great 4th grade year.
Have a wonderful summer.
B’Shalom,
The 4th Grade Team
FIFTH GRADE
The Akiva Fifth Grade Team would like to welcome you and your whole family to the Akiva Fifth Grade Family. We are so excited to get to know you and your children even better! While we look forward to our own adventures this summer, we are also working hard to prepare for the Fall and a great 5th grade year.
Have a wonderful summer.
B’Shalom,
The 5th Grade Team
SIXTH GRADE
The Akiva Fifth Grade Team would like to welcome you and your whole family to the Akiva Sixth Grade Family. We are so excited to get to know you and your children even better! While we look forward to our own adventures this summer, we are also working hard to prepare for the Fall and a great 6th grade year.
Have a wonderful summer.
B’Shalom,
The 6th Grade Team
Contact Us
P: 615-356-1880
F: 615-356-1850
info@akivanashville.net
809 Percy Warner Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37205
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