For additional information, contact: Principal Deborah Bromberg Seltzer at (413) 584-6622. The Lander-Grinspoon Academy (LGA) is pleased to welcome Rabbi Debra Kolodny (they/them) as its new Executive Director. Debra brings twenty years of Executive non-profit leadership to the position, having served as the Executive Director for two national Jewish organizations, ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal […]
Lander Grinspoon Academy fifth graders Bella Mok, left, and Shalev Cammy work on building a small sukkah, a temporary dwelling for the celebration of Sukkot, in the new makerspace at the Jewish day school in Northampton on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Students at Lander-Grinspoon Academy have a new space to allow their creative sides to […]
LGA has always promoted hands-on problem-solving/learning, but this year the school will take it up a notch with a state-of-the-art Makerspace that combines elements of a science lab, woodshop, computer lab and art room. Read more in the Jewish Ledger: LGA to get Makerspace
LGA students and music teacher Felicia Sloin will be featured in an upcoming documentary about “The Lonely Child,” a song written during the Holocaust. The film’s producers recently visited the school to speak to students and record a performance of the song. See photos from the Hampshire Gazette
Lander-Grinspoon Academy (LGA) is partnering with Jewish Family Services (JFS) to sponsor a refugee family arriving in Western Massachusetts. A family of four, originally from Eastern Congo, arrived on Wednesday, November 28th. (Learn more!) Sara Bedford, New American Program Director for JFS, came to LGA to help the students understand the challenges of the US refugee […]
Students at LGA had the opportunity to learn about and make music with Khalif Neville, a keyboardist who hales from Western MA. Khalif, 21, is the son of Charles Neville and was raised in one of the most preeminent musical families in America, that of the Neville Brothers who have been together since the late 1970’s. […]
Teachers and staff of LGA, Gan Keshet Preschool, ALMA religious school, and the Northampton Survival Center gathered together to explore how Abundance Farm can help students learn about justice. Read more: Farm, schools explore how to help students learn about justice (Daily Hampshire Gazette)
Lander-Grinspoon, together Congregation B’nai Israel of Northampton, Gan Keshet, Abundance Farm, Beit Ahavah, and PJ Library Western Massachusetts hosted a Sparkle Havdalah event with author Lesléa Newman, local drag queen entertainer Jenayah De Rosario and LGA music teacher and local musical edutainer Felicia Tzipora Sloin. Read more: This Jewish day school is hosting a drag queen Shabbat […]
“In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., activist and musician Katryna Nields spread the message of the power of change and peace to a crowd of young children and their parents” at a PJ Pals event hosted by LGA. Read More: Lander-Grinspoon youngsters take King’s message with music (Daily Hampshire Gazette)
At Lander-Grinspoon Academy we teach our students to be engaged citizens, and alum Jonathan Goldman, who was recently elected to the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee, is a great example. “It’s important for young people to be involved and to realize they can make policies happen through their activism,” Goldman said in an interview. Read more: Northampton […]
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