Kol Yeladim
Religious School
Our
Religious School is administered by our Educational Director, Ranita Gomez.
Ms. Gomez is beginning her 13th (Bat Mitzvah) year in this capacity. She has a B. S. degree in education
from Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan, where she also attended United Hebrew Schools through
High School. After several years of teaching in both Michigan and Colorado, Ms. Gomez took a hiatus to
raise a family, then returned to teaching in a “severe and profound” classroom in La Salle, Colorado.
Before taking her current position at Kol Ami, she served as the Judaic specialist at the Jewish
Community Center preschool.
Our school strives to work in partnership with the family,
synagogue, and community to provide
knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed for Jewish living. The following logo expresses our strongest
desire to teach our young people to practice Judaism with their heads, hearts and hands.
We attempt to make our classes in Torah challenging to our students’ intellect. Our tefillah classes
strive to give our students not just the ability to pray Jewishly, but to feel a connection to God
and the Jewish community. We also take the time to develop an appreciation that Judaism is a
system of values that fosters care and concern for all of humanity, by learning to live by the
values of Mitzvot, Tzedakah and Tikkun Olam.
Our K-2 students attend on Sunday morning (9:15-11:45 AM), and
our 3rd-6th grade students attend
Sunday morning and Monday and Wednesday afternoons (5-6:30 PM). Our 7th grade students have class
on Sunday morning and Wednesday evenings (6:15-7:45 PM).
Our Bar and Bat Mitzvah program does an excellent job
preparing our students for becoming B’nai
Mitzvah. In addition to class on Sunday and Wednesday, the pre-B’nai Mitzvah students have
private lessons with the Cantor and attend Shabbat services on a regular basis. Our students
learn to read and chant from the Torah. They also learn to chant Haftarot and lead services.
Additionally, each student studies with the Rabbi in order to prepare a dvar Torah.
Many of our post B’nai Mitzvah students participate
in Kol Ami’s Torah University and
in Tampa’s Berger Community High School. Rabbi Wasser teaches and directs the Confirmation Program
for students in the tenth grade.
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Kol Yeladim Religious School Ruach
Kol Yeladim Ruach is a monthly article written by the religious school
director and published in the Chai Lites. The article includes
information about past and future special events, photos of our
students and musings of the director.
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B'nai Mitzvah Beat
Follow along with the latest Bar and Bat Mitzvahs in this article published in the Chai Lites.
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