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Creating Mathematicians at Einstein Academy

When thinking about application to the real world, math is both the most used and least used subject taught in school. On the one hand,...

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Building Grit in our Kids

At Einstein Academy, we focus on four core values: kindness, empathy, responsibility, and grit. Throughout the year, we have spent time...

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What a Year!

Over the last several weeks, our social media feeds have been inundated with throw-backs to one year ago. Tweets like “This is the one...

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Building Our Culture: Everything Counts Every Time

When it comes to starting a school, there are a lot of important things. You need to make sure you are zoned and licensed and insured...

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Building Our Team: A Reflection on the First Few Days of School

As part of our faculty preparation time before school started, we went on a two-day retreat. We toured an old mill, tried geo-caching,...

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Not Just a Jewish Day School

We are often asked (by potential parents or community members or even our own board members) if we are a Jewish day school. And we just...

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It’s All About the Teachers

Jim Collins, the researcher, author, and consultant for focuses on business management and company sustainability and growth and who...

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Remote Learning at Einstein Academy

We are doing everything we possibly can to create a safe environment for in-person learning so that we can open in just a few weeks with...

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What School CAN Be (Even during Coronavirus)

For months now, the narrative most kids have experienced is about the “can’t”...we can’t go to overnight camp or even the other day...

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What We’re Reading - Grit by Angela Duckworth

We’re readers over here at Einstein Academy. Reading helps us grow and learn and push our thinking, and we’d love to share some of what...

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Navigating Summer During Coronavirus

We’ve made it through the end of the school year, and summer is officially here! On the one hand, we have a lot more flexibility with how...

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Using Our Paradigms to Take Control

There is so much going on right now. So much that people have created memes and posted them all over social media about how 2020 should...

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It’s Okay Not to Know -- Just Keep Them Asking

Kids are full of questions. Some studies show that four year-olds ask as many as 200-300 questions a day. Warren Berger, author A More...

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Being Created in the Image of God

We believe that all people were created in the image of God, b’tzelem elokim. This applies to people who need a wheelchair to get around...

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Reflections on Remote Learning

Without students of our own, we’ve had the unique opportunity to be able to objectively observe the transition to remote learning around...

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Summer is Here...Did you Notice?

While the solstice is still about a month away, Memorial Day (which falls this weekend, in case you haven’t looked at a calendar for a...

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A Small School is Just What the Doctor Ordered

We’ve all heard the saying that big ships take time to turn around. It’s often used a metaphor to discuss how hard change can be, and how...

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Fighting the Virus with What We Know

We’ve read all of the articles. We’ve read all of the pieces that talk about the impact that the coronavirus epidemic is having on...

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Fostering Grit through Passion and Perseverance

The past many weeks have required much of us. It’s required an adjustment to a “new normal” in that we aren’t at schools and workplaces,...

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Mission: Possible - #DoingThePossible

We at Einstein Academy believe in the power and the potential of the individual and the community. We believe that students, no matter...

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