Activities & Programs

The Temima activities and character development program is part of the overall mission of helping each girl to develop fully. Most of the activities are mandatory, and are designed to fit in with the curriculum. There is an activity fee, included in the tuition, for the year that covers all activities except out-of-town Shabbatonim. All activities are generously subsidized by our special activities account which is generated through fund-raising.

Extra-Curricular Activities

• Orientation Week
  Workshops during first week of school presenting study skills training for the high school experience for all incoming freshmen, introduction to teacher expectations, selection of student activities coordinators, and school spirit activities.
• Character Development Program
  The SIP (self-improvement plan) program helps girls to know themselves and create daily process goals to promote growth in Midos.
• “Chesed In Training”
  As part of the training to become a ‘baalas chesed’, students are carefully guided through skills such as cooking for families of the sick, visiting ill children, and visiting nursing homes. By engaging in small segments of chesed activities under adult supervision, students feel prepared for a fuller scope of community chesed as they grow older.
• Leadership
  Monthly activity in which leadership skills such as communication, problem-solving, giving directions and planning ahead are introduced and reinforced through games and role play.
• Major Production
  Spring performance involving drama, dance, choir and student-made scenery and costumes encourages development of organizational skills and performing and visual arts talents.
• Mishmeres
  Ongoing, yearlong program teaches students to judge each other favorably and engage in positive speech about others.
• Rosh Chodesh Program (Starting the New Month)
  Fun filled activity at the start of each Hebrew month which introduces and explores the theme of the new month.
• Shabbatonim
  Quarterly weekend retreats featuring workshops, visual arts projects, and enjoyable activities all connected to themes developed by the students.
• Taryag
  “Taryag Temima” is an optional, extra-curricular program in which students learn the six-hundred and thirteen commandments of the Torah over three years. The program includes practice sessions for memorization, discussion, incentives, and exciting trips to celebrate completion of study units.
• Conventions
  Student participation in conventions, hosting, and visiting other Jewish girls’ high schools around the country, which present programming on issues relevant to today’s young Jewish women.