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-_.ond donce history' They will leorn how

to creote their own donces' reheorse'

costume ond present to live oudiences'Porticiponts will hove the opportunityto ottend o BroodwoY show'

SummerotSteffiNossenconcludes.iwith the Aug. 8-I2 Summer Donce In-tensive II for intermediote/odvonceddoncers in grode 7 ond uP' Designed

for those who hove big donce gools'

this is on opportunity to leop forwordin their commitment and explorotionof donce. Technique ond ortistry grow

quickly when toking doily closses withprofessionol doncers in modern' bollet'jotr, contemporory, composition' rep-

ertory, Pilotes ond donce historY'Eorly bird registrotion is ovoiloble:

pay in full before luly 10 to receive a

15 percent discount' Eorly ond lote ex-

tended doy oPtions ore ovoiloble'Additionolinformotionisovoiloble

qt steffinossen.org or coll 328-1900 to

discuss your student's needs ond op-

tions.

houses ond shoPs, o grassY town.cen-ter ond kid-sized fire trucks, police cors

ond other community helper vehicles'"Our whole focus of Mozel Tots"'

Glossmon soid, "is to effectivelY od-

dress o child's playtime ond leorningneeds to climb, to Pretend ond to en-

ioy noture, olong with quiet spoce to sit

olone or with friends, teochers' porents

ond grandporents' We think it's on ide-

oI environment to engoge our toddlers

ond pre-kindergortners through ollsorts of sociol interoctions' copturingtheir interests ond encouroging theirimoginotions in o beoutiful' noturolsetting."

preschoolersNeur plagground helPs

have fun"There is something for everyone ot

our new ployground," soid Iody Gloss-

mon, director of Eorly Chitdhood otlir r rt'srlttlt' Syn(l(f(xltle Temples Tremont

ond Emonu-El-The new outclclor PIoY spoce for

the synogogue's much-crdmired Mo-

zel Tots@ preschool progrom h<rs twtl

climbinq structures' vorious drcrmcrtic

ploy oreos, on obundonce of ride-on

toyr, rocks for climbing, stone wolls for

sitting, o roin gorden ond spectoculor

Iife-sized PloYhouses'The PloYground wos comPleted of-

ter severol yeors of fundroising ond'

in Glossmon's words, "dreOming brg"'

ond becoming o reolity ofter thc proi-

ect receivcd smoll ond lorge contribu-Lions from people of crll oges' Its other

key feotures include o spongy sofety

surfoce under oll climbing equipmentond oround the ployground's "VillogeGreen."

This center of octivity feotures ploy-

The PloYground serves os on ex-

tension of tle Mozel Tots Eorly Child-hood Progrom of Scorsdole SYno-

gogue, where children oges L8 monthstftto"gft 5 yeors hove been shown to

leorn test through o creotive ond sensi-

tive opprooch to ploy' These progromsoredesignedtonurtureeochchild'sin.terests ond needs, helping to build self-

esteem while alwoys keeping o focus

on individuolitY"Newly(}(ltliJllledondl.t'l-ttl.llished

cl<rssrtl()Ins cotrllllemctt t thc syno-

gogue's new llltrygrttund' "All in oll"'Glcrssmcrn concluded, "we think ourployground ond leorning spoces ore

wonderfulse.ttingsforchildrentobegintheir lifelong love of leorning'"

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Sag'l am lona PreP'

this sumperYouconfeelitliketheSunonyour

bock. The doys ore getting longer ond

tionol SAC Progrom.Morning closses ore tought ond of-

ternoon sports ore supervised by IonoPrep's eminently copoble ond highly.r.d.tttioled foculty ond cooches'

To leorn more obout SAC, contoct di-rector Chorles Sloqt ot 600-6L54'

And no motter whot sPort You PIoY'summers of Iono PreP offer o littlesomething for everyone with compsondclinicsinboseboll,bosketboll'footboll, locrosse ond soccer, oII usingstote- of-the-ort focilities'

Summer comPs qt Iono PreP ore opretty soon the weother will becorne greot woy to experience the exponsivewormer... ond stoy worm' Yo r kids il -orre compus ond to oppreciote thewill begin onxiously onticipoting sum brotherhood of the Iono cornmunity'

-r.ner vocotion ond you might b.t9t1 Boseboll ond bosketboll clinics for

ffiH'il?,IHJ",3lJlf.ll'ilfi: igif;ifi' fin';:"*schooll _ until i p.m. oes until July 1,

Westchester's premiere college-p:t- otta then picks bock up'for o second

porotory institutioo, which tt*1:t^ week Aug. L5-19. Bo,sk tboll stops on

the oreo's only oll-boys' k-8 ,otholic Iune 30 ior the fi,rst week, with o s€c.-

school, is hosting six different comps ond from Aug' 8-11'this summer designed to keep boy: The footboll comp olso storts funeond girls ocodemicolly engoged Sttd 27 forboys in grodes g-9, but wiII run

physicolly octive during the dog doys i" ,ftu eveningi fto* 5-8 p'm" The |o-of summer. crosse comp occommodotes grodes 1"-8

The fun begins the week following ""a runs IuIy I8-ZL, from 9 o.m' until

the Fourth of luly with the Scholor- ;;;". Iono Prep's soccer comp is for

Athlete camp (sAC), which runs for foy, ond girls oges 6-Lg, ond will run

three weeks f'o* 8:30 o'm' to 3:30 from 8:30 o'm' to 4 p'm' Aug' l'-5'

p.m. Mornings ore devoted to closs- For more informotion on the sports

room ond ocodemic octivities, ond tl. comps, coll othletic director Bernord

ofternoons ore dedicoted to rrien{t-Y Mqhoney ot 600-6180'othletic competition, both on the fields Thot's six greot opportunities ot

qnd in the gy*t. Students ore free to Iono Preporotory, oll of which ore sure

bring their -own lunch or moy pur- to moke summer vocation smooth for

choselunchthroughthesAc.momonddodondexcitingfortheThe SAC program wcls originally compersl

developed f* Uoyt entering eighth for more informotion' visit Iono-

grode, where the morning closses focus Prep'org'on study skills ond strotegies for the

Test for Admission into Cotholic Hioh

Schoors (rAcHS). rn oddition to;;il Special ed program atprep in Enelish.ond moth, there tT* Scarsdale Sgnagogueii*u for creotive writing ondhonds-on science octivities' The Religious School of Scorsdole

Mony yeors o9o, the comp expond- Synogogue Temples Tremont ond

ed ond now provides boys orra girls Emonu-EI (ssrTE) Iounched its Kulonu

entering sixth ond seventh grodes with (AIl of us) speciol educotion progrom'

cr myriod of scholostic, ,.i.rrtific ond The Kulonu initiotive serves students

ortistic octivities in the morning. Cre- in grodes 4-6 who benefrt from smoll

ative writing, comic book ort, lunior closs sizes ond occommodotes o ronge

detective ,.i.ttt labs, rocket building

sn's Jewish Edueation GrouP

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ong to aLagoglle. qnd more ore oll port of the co-educo-

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(r ond differentioted tutor-

therebY creoting hleorning exPeriences --*r, '

ciol skills o"a independence employing

multiPle meons of engoge*:ttt'-'The to"i"ffY dlsigned Kulonu

Ieorning environment ond octivities

hove been shown to help the studentsrotivate'd to Portici-e session' Throughcreotive orts octivi-eorning disobilities

ng ond writing in He-

brew encountering their trodition ond

teochings ond interocting ioyfuIly with

Troining Progrom ot Lincoln :::i:;Iectuol skills ond the problem-solving

ond creotive copoUilities thot will be

in htgh demoni in the 21st centurY'

TodoY, o 9'o-J"9 notionol movement

is volidoting this mission by recognlz"

ing thot p'J-ft to grode 3 constitutes o

distinct t.o-"'i"g "ond developmentol

;;;fu in the life of o child'"It is grotifying to see this movement

eking rroiJ,l' 'iia \4oureen MurPhY'

reod of ffte Chitdren's School' "AII

:hildren Jt""" the very besJ - when

:hey embork on the iour ]tY ?f formol

aducotion' Ihey "tti we Ll-troined ond

coring teochers' on enriched curncu-

lum thot;iq"tt their curiosity' ond on

enviror,*t"i thot is respectful of their

needs ond imbued with o sense of pur-

i:*'^;--:r;o .,-rnnsterts deqree in spectoioI1n

coNrlNu_lD FRoM rof leorning ond so . r:^^r^,

ch Tc

os longuoge-bosed leorning disobilities ^Lza^ l^ r ^-.-3$a

isIN

ond ADHD thereby creoting h ith choyo Itzkowitz di

l*:"5:;:t.#;.','t#ffi-!![ :::i:il,'.';IfiT[;:'.._1..emprovine cio] educotion teoche

of o dedicoted speciol educotion consul ;;rtiple meons of engogement. r

Kulonu clossroo"'' rt'lt'owitz hos o rnos- p

tont, Moyo Blonk. t*t:o,::.

il; .or.f.rtty dlsigned Kulonu ter's in generol edu

Educotors, fomilies ond odminrrlii^ Ieorning environment o"a octivities educotion ond hos

tors colloborote to identify students's ;;"t uJen 'r'o*n to help the students

gools, strengths ond needs, moking rrwrvs r-r'\'rr v^' rotivate'd to portici-

curriculor ond pto.ument decisions 6 e session' Through

::T..ili:;,#";ffi':T*t:,ffi:l;* H:,lffi:*dlil' room environmen'l'

Kulonu students receive a weekly ng ond 'iriti'g iir He- tions enobling oII s :udents to goin the

:#:ilffiH;j i: :1***.;"1'#i* ffiffiffiffi:l*,Tiffil *l* *i,tlJ:ilJ::ffi?:?f,;eeds h,m,

portive o their Peers'

trrrir,g o' t *,rtor,r,, students meet on t""o:fr TCS mission: a thoughtful

:.#ilihry stru t;fiF ;; ond wednesdovs t ohitd urho likes to learn

curriculum. Ther About fl^ogo Blonh The children's School in Stomford

students os they rction with Robbi llyse Glick- rro, good reoson to celebrote: o beouti-

their grode-revel In coniuncuon wtLrr r\\''lzvr ffi, ##:;""t"g tr.y^:.hool build-

der of the relieio s rur' (rw'l'L vr

Jt:.T;ffiilJiil:lliThe progrom's rducqtion curriculu n who ore com-

students with stron- --^ r^*inyre lrnsecl on he e s

porticipotion in the mocre recommendotions bosed on he ild-centerecl mi

e. school; ond o

,unity i,.,g ond svnoeoeue

;;;:f'h"*.;Til,H,'i:'J;;u Jff 'ni)fi:',",:-l;i?r'crrcn's Schoo's mis-

LessonsincoryorotestudentinterestsneersAwordXolsforherworkindis-sion?Itisthebelond strengths, using visuol oids, inc i- ob'ities inclusion of the Stephen wise ore o time of c

viduol tzed,Hebrew instruction throug h Free s'"og;"t' she hos olso com- loying the fou

gomes, songs, creotive orts octivities, pt.r.a' th; Advonced Teoching-Artist confidence' stre

nose' w ore the highlights of Tlt ChiI-

dren's S.rtooi- t'-"iittttt'- thot reflect

the Schooli-mi"ion "to toke seriously

children's tremendous potentiol to

Ieorn. "Literocg

The low hum of the Chilclren's School

clcrssroonr soys it oll: it is thc sound of

chilclren ftt'iting crtrout longtxrqe' AII

ftlrrns ol communicutiotr {Jr(: crlc()ur-

oged, frtlm listtlning to spt'rtkint;' lrom

reocling to writing' from Slrotr islt ttr

Americon sign languoge'Children liorn thot listening is o woy

to show "sPett for others ond to un-

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