Kehillah School For Early Learning

Specialties

The Kehillah School’s comprehensive program offers both partial and full-​day education throughout the calendar year for children from 6 weeks to 6 years of age. Whether you are seeking a six-​hour classroom experience for your child during the conventional school year, or year-​round full-​time schooling for up to twelve hours a day, Temple Israel has the program to accommodate your needs.

This closely knit community is an integral part of the Temple Israel of New Rochelle congregation. Families with young children have the opportunity to share in all aspects of Temple life, including monthly Tot Shabbat celebrations, young children’s services for the High Holy Days, and free Jewish book club subscriptions in the national PJ Library program. Everyone is welcome at the many Temple-​wide activities and holiday celebrations at which congregants of all ages come together.

History

Established in 2011.

Temple Israel of New Rochelle has more than 30 years of experience in early childhood education, and with our new, operating partnership with Bright Horizons Family Solutions, our Kehillah School for Early Learning is now able to serve the needs of many more families in Westchester County. Please read on to learn about all aspects of our program and facility, our rich partnership with parents, the credentials of our experienced staff, our educational philosophy, and the spiritual and ethical components of our teachings which have relevance to families of all faiths and backgrounds.

Meet the Manager

Nancy B.

Manager

Nancy Bossov began her work here in September 2010. From the start, Nancy has imbued the program with refreshing educational creativity and vision. Nationally recognized for her advocacy and consulting work in developing the field of Jewish early childhood education (ECE), Nancy served as ECE Director for the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York and as national ECE Director at the Union for Reform Judaism. She was instrumental in establishing the URJ’s infrastructure for Jewish early childhood education and in creating the Early Childhood Educators of Reform Judaism (ECE-​RJ), the professional organization for Jewish early childhood educators. At the 11^th annual conference of the ECE-​RJ in January of 2011, Nancy was installed as Vice President for Professional Development and granted the organization’s award of Eshet Chayil, or Woman of Valor, for «future thinking, the highest standards, and passionate love of Judaism and, above all, an innate knowledge of our profession.»