Excellence 2000

(E2K - Grades 5-9)

 

Unique in its concept, E2K teaches students a methodology for problem solving, focusing on the process of intuitive thinking and creative reasoning, rather than on the product.  E2K teachers are trained both in New York and Israel to modify their usual roles as dispensers of facts and theories and to become facilitators in student centered classrooms.  Teachers learn to transform the environment of their classrooms, enabling students to take center stage and utilize their knowledge and intellect. Instructional approaches emphasize hands-on learning and integrate mathematics, science and technology. The curriculum is designed in modules or units of learning, emphasizing the connection between the scientific world and daily life experiences

 

Middle and high school students from sixty-eight schools are significantly improving their mathematics and science skills via the E2K program.   Students’ interest and scientific literacy are being improved.  Pedagogical skills are being enhanced.   A greater level of excellence will be pervasive throughout the schools in all subject areas.  A culture where children are motivated to learn, think and reason is being created.

 

Significant staff development seminars are needed to train educators to properly implement the E2K program.  In addition to the mandatory seminars, there are frequent staff meeting and schools are visited and advised by CIJE staff, who are veteran science and math instructors and possess a vast amount of expertise in the areas addressed by E2K.

 

In addition to the regular classroom lessons, the Excellence 2000 program includes various supplementary extracurricular activities to increase student motivation. Teachers and students participate in enriching and stimulating programs at the Buehler Challenger and Science Center.  Students are successfully participating in “International virtual competitions.” During the 2007-8 school year, CIJE piloted a joint effort of participation in the Gildor Science Project which took place in Israel in July, 2008. The Moriah School represented CIJE and placed third among all competing schools. The tremendous success of our E2K students attested to the dedication of the teachers and motivation of our students.

 

 

 

 

Bais Yaakov Academy of Brooklyn
Bais Yaakov Academy of Queens
Bais Yaakov of 18th Avenue
Bat Torah-H.S.
Beth Jacob of Boro Park
Bnos Bais Yaakov
Bnos Bais Yaakov High School
Bnos Malka Academy
Bnos Shulamith
Brandeis School
Bruriah High School
Chabad Academy
Chabad Hebrew Academy San Diego
DRS HALB-High School
East Midwood Hebrew Day School
Epstein Hebrew Academy, St. Louis
HAFTR Middle School
HANC Plainview
HANC West Hempstead
Hebrew Academy of Long Beach
Hillel Yeshiva
Yeshiva Beit Hillel of Passaic
Jewish Educational Center
Jewish Foundation School
Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy
Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School
Machon HaTorah\Rambam Division
Magen David Yeshiva
Manhattan Day School
Masores Bais Yaakov
North Shore Hebrew Academy
Park East Day School
Phoenix Hebrew Academy
Prospect Park Yeshiva
Queens Gymnasia
Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School
S/A/R Academy
San Diego Jewish Academy
Shaarei Tzion Boys Piscattaway
Shaarei Tzion Girls Piscattaway
Shulamith School
Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School
Solomon Schechter of Nassau County
Solomon Schechter of Bergen County
Solomon Schechter of Queens
Solomon Schechter of Raritan Valley
Solomon Schechter of Westchester
The Moriah School
Torah Academy for Girls
Torah Academy of Greater Philadelphia
Westchester Day School
Westchester-Fairfield Hebrew Academy
Yavneh Academy
Yeshiva Darchei Torah
Yeshiva Derech HaTorah
Yeshiva Har Torah
Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island
Yeshiva Ketana of Passaic
Yeshiva K'tana of Queens
Yeshiva M'kor Baruch
Yeshiva of Central Queens
Yeshiva of Flatbush
Yeshiva of North Jersey
Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin
Yeshiva Shaare Torah Girls
Yeshiva Toras Chaim South Shore
Yeshivat Noam