Our Upper School
From fifth grade on, the Upper School students are assigned home rooms, but they leave these rooms for classes in their subject matters: English, math, science, social studies, and various areas of Judaics.
A wide-ranging curriculum…
In English, students read novels by authors like Chaim Potok, Kurt Vonnegut, George Orwell, and William Shakespeare; they read every night and write frequently. In science and math, the structures of the natural world are explored both in the classroom and in projects that draw on the woods around Ezra Academy.
. . . a passionate engagement with the world
For social studies, Ezra is part of a consortium of six Jewish day schools who all follow a curriculum that brings together civics, justice, and Jewish values. Our upper-school students learn about the history of the Civil Rights Movement and travel to Selma, Ala., and Washington, D.C., to see historic sites, visit landmarks, and explore sites of governance, including Congress.
In all of this work, we practice differentiated instruction, to meet students where they are, and always parallel our work with Jewish texts that illuminate the beauty and purpose in our secular subjects.
“My years at Ezra let me not only explore my academic interests, but helped me expand my understanding of my own Jewish identity and my love for Israel.”
- Hannah Herbst, class of 2019
