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The Paul Penna

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Category: Principal’s Blog

Teacher Excellence

February 23, 2018 In a landmark study on student achievement, John Hattie, a very well respected educational authority from New Zealand, examined many of the

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Grit

February 1, 2018 Today’s message is a second reflection from my recent mission to Israel.  The context of my trip was a UJA sponsored Heads

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Hand In Hand

January 24, 2018 This afternoon I visited an amazing school in Jerusalem: The Hand in Hand Centre for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel. The school itself

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The Sacred Nature of Time and Calendar

January 19, 2018 Parshat Bo, this week’s Torah portion, contains part of the Passover story with which we have become so familiar because of the

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Where Everyone is Needed

January 15, 2018 We are a complicated puzzle of people. I went to the funeral today for a colleague from my previous school who was

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Reading Resolutions for Ourselves and Our Students

January 3, 2018 2018 is upon us.  I have never been one for big New Year resolutions.  I am most reflective around the High Holidays

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Library Roots

December 18, 2017 This past week, the last set of Chromebooks were delivered to classes.  There are now 85 Chromebooks and 24 tablets in the

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Shining Bright

December 8, 2017 On Tuesday evening, December 12, Jews around the globe will light the first Chanukah candle.  Amongst the latkes, dreidels, sufganiyot and gelt

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The Strategic Camel Test

November 23, 2017 In Parshat Chayei Sarah, we learned about Eliezer’s task to find a wife for Isaac and his strategic camel test. Eliezer took his camels to the well, and when Rivka offered to draw water for both him and his camels, he knew he had found the right partner for Isaac.

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Small by Design

This article is the second in a two part series. As I wrote this article, I was on the airplane travelling back from a Prizmah Leadership conference in New Jersey. I wanted to share my thoughts before I was too distant from the experience.

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November 16, 2017 No Comments
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