A Jewish learning journey, PreK through Grade 6.

Masa runs two tracks side by side every week — Judaica Studies and Nativ, our Hebrew ladder — so children grow in belonging and in reading at the same time.

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What an afternoon looks like

The same rhythm every week, so children always know where they are — and it grows with them. Through Grade 1 it is one class with one teacher, with Hebrew woven in by ear. From Grade 2, Hebrew becomes its own hour with its own teacher.

PREK – GRADE 1

Class
120 min · in class
Snack
15 min · together
T'filah
45 min · in the sanctuary

GRADES 2 – 6

Eitz Chayim
60 min · in class
Nativ (Hebrew)
60 min · in class
Snack
15 min · together
T'filah
45 min · in the sanctuary

180 minutes in all.

Eitz Chayim — Widening Circles of Belonging

Each year the circle grows — from the child and the rhythm of the year, outward to values, practice, time, peoplehood, and Torah.

PREK–KINDERGARTEN
My Jewish Year
13 units · 22 sessions
GRADE 1
My Jewish Values
13 units · 24 sessions
GRADE 2
My Jewish Practice
10 units · 23 sessions
GRADE 3
Jewish Time
13 units · 24 sessions
GRADE 4
My Jewish People
10 units · 24 sessions
GRADE 5
A Jewish Life
15 units · 25 sessions
GRADE 6
Torah & Becoming a Leader
11 units · 22 sessions

Nativ — The Hebrew Star Path

Every letter is a star. Every set becomes a constellation. A sound only becomes a star once a child can produce it on three different days, in three different activities — so progress means something.

שׁsh
לl
מm
אthe silent seat
בּb/v
הh
וv · oh · oo
יy
תּt
דd

Level 1, taught in Grade 2 · Read real pointed words with AH, EE, OH and OO.

Your companions travel the path with you

Ari אַרְיֵה

The bold one. Ari makes the big, held sounds and cheers the first word you ever read.

Ya'ela יַעֲלָה

The climber. Ya’ela sings sounds up the mountain and keeps a steady, patient pace.

Or אוֹר

The quiet light. Or holds the hush before a candle is lit, and lights each star you earn.