Education
Eye-Opening School Start
Students enter the school year with a glimpse of a new campus and a solar eclipse.
The scene in the early afternoon at the Epstein School is typical of schools and workplaces around metro Atlanta on Aug. 21: eyes shielded by special glasses, staring at the mostly eclipsed sun.
Opening day arrived at the Epstein School (spread over Aug. 10, 11 and 14 for different age groups) and Atlanta Jewish Academy (Aug. 14) with great enthusiasm. For AJA, the 2017-18 school year marks the start of a new era of preschool through high school on one Sandy Springs campus. For both schools, the opening-week jitters and summer hangover had time to pass before a day celebrated with special events at day schools throughout the area: the total solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, which achieved about 97 percent totality in the Atlanta metro area.
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- Having the entire school on one campus on Northland Drive means smiles on faces of a wide range of ages in celebration of the start of the school year.
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- Having the entire school on one campus on Northland Drive means smiles on faces of a wide range of ages in celebration of the start of the school year.
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- Joined by (from left) Morris Kogon, Ella Shulman and Ben Weinisman, Epstein School kindergarten teacher Juli Pollak begins the first day of school, as she does every day, with sharing in a community circle activity.
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- Epstein School second-graders (clockwise from left) Talia Bock, Sari Grant, Amelit Hall, Lali Stillman, Liam Shemesh, Layla Skizman and Isla Gingold learn about mutual respect, one of the four pillars of the tribes social, emotional and character development program (along with attentive listening, appreciation and meaningful participation) from teacher Carey Grucza.
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- Epstein School second-graders (from left) Amelit Hall, Sari Grant, Isla Gingold, Talia Bock and Lali Stillman reconnect on the first day after their summer break.
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