mensch • men(t)SH/

Noun: 1. a person of integrity and honor. 2. The kind of person you want your kid to be.

Mensch Academy is inspired, down-to-earth Judaism for kids and families. At Mensch Academy, kids build character, confidence, and curiosity through inquiry-based Jewish learning, and students are empowered to ask big questions. Our low student to teacher to ratio and trained staff supports students developing their own Jewish identity. Respecting each person’s mind and spirit and grounded in four core values, Mensch Academy is a space where kids feel loved enough and safe enough to take risks and experiment with Jewish tradition, making it their own and becoming the best versions of themselves. 

Mensch Academy is a Jewish educational program for ages 3 – 11 (Preschool through 5th Grade). Please note that Buildership is a prerequisite for enrollment; for more information on Buildership, see here. Read on for program schedules by age.

Mishpachton (Preschool, Ages 3-4)
Adults will have the opportunity to learn alongside their children, while also cultivating their own Jewish ideas with other parents.
  • One Sunday morning per month 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
 
Bonim (Kindergarten – 1st Grade)
This drop-off program meets weekly on Sundays.
  • Sundays from 10:00 am – noon
 
Gesher (2nd – 3rd Grade)
This drop-off program meets weekly on three different days. Families can choose from one session for the year.
  • Mondays from 4:00 – 6:00 pm
  • Tuesdays from 4:00 – 6:00 pm
  • Sundays from 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Atid (4th – 5th Grade)
This drop-off program meets weekly on three different days. Families can choose from one session for the year.
  • Mondays from 4:00 – 6:00 pm
  • Tuesdays from 4:00 – 6:00 pm
  • Sundays from 1:00 – 3:00 pm
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Imagine your family @ Mensch Academy.

The Mensch Academy approach is a positive, intellectual, individualized approach that makes Jewish study so accessible to my kid.

Mensch Parent

What makes Mensch Academy different?

My daughters actually come home and talk about what they learned, ask questions, ask us our opinions, and our experience there has opened the opportunity to have conversations I know we would not otherwise have had. 

Mensch Parent