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Stephanie Leen’s Visit Part C. “Hatmarim” preschool- Religious class -Akko The teacher: Efrat Sigaron. “ If you have a guest in your gate” Dancing and honoring Stephanie. A special card was made for Stephanie with different pictures from the class’s activities.
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“Hatmarim” preschool- Religious class -Akko The teacher: Efrat Sigaron “If you have a guest in your gate” Dancing and honoring Stephanie A special card was made for Stephanie with different pictures from the class’s activities
Watching the Class’s Rabbi telling the children a Jewish story for Shabbat The Rabbi participated in Stephanie’s activity The class’s Rabi was very pleased with Stephanie’s activity about friendship, wisdom and Pirkey Avot “Who is a wise person”- reading a story
Meeting with Bney Hamenashe- The Jewish children who made Alia from India to Akko The activity with the thumb’s print The children baked 2 Challa for Stephanie
Visiting “Hadkalim” kindergarten-AkkoA religious classThe teacher: Eti Gimani Art work with the children thumb printing “Pirkey Avot” activity
Honoring Stephanie with a dance Activity about” Kne Lecha Chaver”
Friday night dinner at Margalit’s home with the other partnership delegation from Des moines
Margalit summarizes the visit to her class • It was a short , meaningful and experimental visit • The minute Stephanie entered the class we felt her great personality and with the singing, playing in an orchestra and dancing we had a great time • The topic of friendship strengthen the values which we teach through the whole school year and we found out that in is a human universal topic which concern each and every one of us! • When we asked the children at the end to say which part of Stephanie’s activity they liked the most- they loved it all! • Finally and personally speaking, you are the one and only! I enjoyed being with you, you taught me a lot in spite the short time that we spent together! I found a lot in common with you and I feel like we have been knowing each other for a long time! • Miss you already and I am looking forwards for our mutual activities next year • The children of Austin are lucky to have a teacher like you! With love, Margalit .
Summery: • The children who met with Stephanie finally saw the “face” behind the great power point that they got from Austin this year • Stephanie brought her “Pirkey Avot” topic to the Israeli children in her own unique and interesting way and helped us in connecting the Israeli children to our own mutual heritage. • The idea of bringing every Israeli’s child thumb print to Austin, is great as it is really the unique thing that each and every one of us have. • The Israeli teachers were very proud to host Stephanie in their class and all of the parents knew about that visit • Around 300 children met Stephanie during her visit and for all of them and for their families, the partnership became more meaningful!
While planning Stephanie's visit I tried to expose her to the different styles of teaching which we have in our Western Galilee. I think that now she knows us better and that will make it easy for her to plan mutual activities in the future. • We took time to Brainstorm about next year and agreed that” Dor to Dor” topic will be about songs and folk dancing that we can learn from the old generation • I explained to Stephanie the basic idea of “Music that counts” (which can be done only face to face) and I am sure that next year we will be able to implement that knowledge in our mutual activities. • Finally I want to tell Stephanie that it was my great pleasure to host such a pleasant personality with such a great passion for teaching and for connecting her students to Israel and to their Jewish roots. • I think Stephanie that your visit to Israel gave you another perspective of our life in Israel, about your Jewish identity and even connected you to your own family roots!
Thanks: • I want to thank Dalia and the Jewish community of Austin for sending Stephanie to Israel and I wish it will become a tradition every year! • I want to thank Heidi and our Western Galilee partnership for helping in organizing her visit! • I want to thank Orit Assayag from Akko municipality. • I want to thank Ethan Horovitz for taking a meaningful part in that visit. • I want to thank the Sisi and “The treasure in the wall “museum. • I want to thank all of the teachers who cared so much and made this visit a great experience for Stephanie and for their Israeli children! With love, Efrat Srebro Hava Nagila Gan Coordinator