About Us

                        THE RE’UT SCHOOL   2006-2007   

WHO WE ARE

The Re’ut School opened its doors in September 1999 with 150 students.

Today, its population exceeds 260 students, a school which includes Grades 7 through Grade 12, ages 12 through 18.  Re’ut was created with the expressed purpose of being a pluralistic community, providing a spiritual learning community for students of all streams within Judaism.  The mission is to create an environment where young people do not need to feel defensive about their identity, where they can explore a relationship with God, with others and within themselves. We wish to build a community where one not only studies Torah but where one DOES Torah, primarily by taking on social responsibility with the community at large.

Our staff of 50 adults reflects our student body, that is, people from all streams of Judaism and divergent political perspectives. Re’ut is a school where Reform, Conservative, Orthodox and totally secular students meet and where families from the “right” and from the “left” and everyone “in between” encounter one another. In the past five years, Re’ut has consistently developed curricula, methodologies and activities related to pluralism.  Our programs reflect not only the different streams within Judaism but also the study of other cultures, languages, religions and ways of thinking.  We have developed a broad perspective of the notion of pluralism; we include the idea of healthy and less healthy, able-bodied and not, different social classes, different learning needs and styles and much more. Our practice of including students from all socio-economic strata and with varying special needs (what others call “disabilities”) is a way of DOING PLURALISM, not just talking about it.

We are creating a school community in which pluralism is practiced, where our students are active in a myriad of volunteer activities. Among these are included a SOUP KITCHEN where many hundreds are fed weekly, assisting in a swimming program with cerebral palsy youngsters, participating in theatre programs with the cognitively challenged, tutoring less fortunate youth and providing help and companionship for the elderly.

We are here, not just a microcosm of society but, in fact, we must learn that society as a whole exists within each individual. Working on social justice and bettering the planet reflects a commitment to do Torah first. We are committed to maintaining a community that sees the pursuit of excellence in values education as a top priority.

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