We focus on the celebration, history, culture and traditions of the Jewish People in concert with an emergent curriculum that includes academic readiness experiences in math, reading, social studies, and science. As a focus of our partnership with the USC Rossier School of Education in developing our award-winning curriculum, we emphasize critical and creative thinking skills, with the purpose of helping children learn how to learn. Teachers build self-esteem in children by providing the language of critical thinking to help describe the interest and wonder they find in the world around them. We provide multiple points of entry through various mediums to captivate and sustain deep engagement for every child. The values of kindness (chesed), respect (kavod), responsibility (achrayut), gratitude (hoda’ah) and being part of a holy community (kehillah k’dosha) are integrated throughout the learning process. These are at the forefront of the work we engage in with children and how we make meaning every day.