News in Middle School

This year the School has adopted a new innovative curriculum for the study of Torah and Ivrit that will allow the Teacher to monitor and evaluate in real time the level of competence achieved by each student, at each stage.

For Torah: Lehavìn Ulehaskìl: is a program designed to develop the skills needed to independently decode the Psukìm, verses, of the Torah. For Ivrìt: Yesh Vayesh: (1st and 2nd century and 3rd femm)
Bishvil Haivrit: (3rd masc.) How Tal Am are presented
in paper and digital format.

The TaL AM program was developed based on the idea that the best learning environment for children is one in which knowledge is acquired through a variety of activities, using each of the five senses. In addition to studying from textbooks, students learn Hebrew through music, games, and visual aids, developing a deep understanding of Jewish concepts and values.

Students’ Jewish and cultural literacy develops in a gradual, spiraling process, building on new ideas and concepts. The program helps foster Jewish identity by allowing children to explore their Jewish roots and traditions in fun and exciting ways.
By making the study of Hebrew and Judaism relevant to children’s daily lives, the program allows them to develop a true appreciation of their heritage and understand the need for ongoing, lifelong Jewish study.

iTaLAM is a new digital blended learning environment based on the successful TaL AM program, a Hebrew language and Jewish heritage curriculum. The TaL AM curriculum was developed by a team of writers and teachers in Montreal and Israel, led by the winner of the

Covenant Tova Shimon. iTaLAM is reinventing the world of Hebrew language and Jewish heritage education by transforming the established, book-based TaL AM program into an engaging, interactive, personalized, and adaptive digital experience.

Scuola del Merkos was the first Jewish school in Italy to adopt this program 20 years ago.

For more information on the Tal AM program, visit:
https://info.italam.org/