Hi! Its me again, Rivkah Chaya!
Today I’m going to talk about my background, so lets get started!
I was born in Silver Spring, Maryland on April 8. I share the same birthday as my dad. I think that’s kind of neat. I have three siblings.
My family and I moved to Israel when I was about four years old. I lived there for 4 1/2 years. Sometimes I would travel back to the States to see my Bubbie and Zadie in Florida. In Israel, I started school in a Trom Gan Chova, which is like nursery school for four year olds.
We first lived in Raanana, and then we moved to Beit Shemesh. When I lived in Beit Shemesh, I started first grade in a school called Orot Banot. I made lots of friends there.
When I was in 2nd grade, my family moved to Florida, where we still live now. At the time, I did not know how to read English and I didn’t even know the ABC’s when I moved back to the United States, but my 2nd grade public school teacher at Bay Harbor Elementary taught me English and all the letters. Only three weeks later, I started getting A’s on my spelling tests!
For 3rd grade, I attended a Yeshiva in North Miami Beach. It was hard for me there. My English was still not very good so it was hard to keep up with everyone there and my teachers could not give me the extra time I needed from them. I don’t blame them. The classes were large.
Starting in 4th grade, I went back to public school at Bay Harbor Elementary and have been there ever since. I am now in 6th grade and I am off to a great start. My favorite subjects are math and science. I’m very happy there!!!!
Because I go to public school, I have my “public school friends” as well as my “Shabbos friends.”
Now that you know my background I will start telling you about what happens to me every week. Stay tuned…..
what do you do about fridays when shabbos starts early?
Mushkie 100 well my school I go to now ends at 3:05 so now it’s not a problem I have time….
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I’m so glad that you are blogging about this! I go to a private Jewish day school, but I always wanted to know what it’s like to go to a public school, without actually going there.
Lol thank you Saritscher… <3
Cool! I didn’t know you lived in Beit Shemesh! :) I spent some time there, and I totally get what you mean about Israeli kids not knowing the ABCs until they’re quite a bit older. (Kinda forces you to learn Hebrew, otherwise how are you going to talk to them?)
what are you planning on doing for high school?
Shoshana yes I did live in Beit Shemesh! Ya it’s kinda hard learning the abcs the first time. Well when I got to Isreal I started learning Hebrew when I was in Nursery. So I knew Hebrew a lot in first grade.
Hey Rivka Chaya :)
Im so excited to read your blog….. I went to 5th-middle school in public school and now im boarding in a jewish school so i can totally relate :)
just want to wish u good luck and if u ever need advice, or just want to chat my email is reandwinick@gmail.com
Hatzlacha Rabbah, cant wait to read your next post :)
Rivkym for high school I don’t know yet but later on well find what’s the right place for me to go to high school when it’s time….
@Rivka Chaya – Good luck finding a good high school. Once high school rolls around, there are definitely some challenging obstacles (like boys who might not understand why dating for purposes other than shidduchim isn’t what we do in our religion). Maybe, when the time comes, your parents will want to consider having you attend an online high school. It is possible to maintain a social life outside of school, too. :)
I’m not saying you should make any big decisions about it right now, just that it might be something to consider in the future. Let me know if you ever have any questions about it down the road. :)
Ok I don’t really know about the online high school thing but I’ll let you know and thank you…and I know what your saying
Rena Devora Winick thank you so much! That’s so cool you went to a public school like me! And I’m happy that your boarding in a Jewish school!
when ru doing ur next post??!!!!
Mushkie100 I did my 3rd post. I’m doing my 4th post tomorrow. I couldn’t go on yaldah that much because I was busy and stuff so ya!!!!
i know that u did ur 3rd one :)