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Temple
Israel of Hollywood :
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Temple
Israel is located in a tree-lined section of Hollywood
Blvd., in a neighborhood of well-maintained apartment
buildings and old California bungalows. The building
is a stone fortress that takes up a whole city block
and, although it’s surrounded by large, old
trees, it’s a decidedly urban school.
Inside, the spaces are airy
and bright and classrooms are a colorful, creative,
organized chaos of sorts. The impression you get is
one of activity.
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Children are involved and up to their
elbows in the task at hand, whether it be drawing, cutting,
pasting, working with manipulative learning tools, or
creating a science project. The children seem to be
genuinely enjoying themselves and were so engaged in
their various activities that they hardly noticed they
had a visitor.
In addition to the teacher and aide,
there was a parent volunteer. One child had his own
helper (hired by his parents) to help him sort out any
disputes he might have with the other children. I took
it as a very positive sign that the school did not turn
away a child that was working out discipline problems,
yet required that the family take responsibility to
provide extra help in the classroom.
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