Gan Keshet Jewish Community Preschool of the Pioneer Valley

Join our school family for the 24-25 school year! Applications available on our website: www.gankeshetpreschool.org

Greetings Gan Keshet family, friends, and loved ones,

As we wander towards the Shabbos light, we are eagerly anticipating the many gifts and lessons of spring as well as the CBI Shabbaton retreat. This retreat also falls on another important celebration- Hampshire Pride weekend, with the march tomorrow in Northampton, which we will also be celebrating with a march on the campgrounds during the Shabbaton.

Gan Keshet is proud to live up to our name, Rainbow Garden, in every sense- cultivating confidence, creativity, love, inclusion, advocacy, and kindness in the hearts of all those whose lives we touch. We here at Gan Keshet want to affirm our pride, sharing in community with all of you and our continued commitment to creating a safe and celebratory space for every one of our children, family members and teachers to be who they are and love who they love.

In these times of division, rising tides of legislative and literal state violence against LGBTQIA+ folks and BIPOC, we remain steadfast in our love and affirmation for each other. We will protect the fundamental right to know how deeply needed and valued each of us are, not despite, but because of all of who we are. All of who we are is welcome here.

Shabbat shalom to all,
Kate and Ezra
"Hope will never be silent." - Harvey Milk

“I think we have a whole world to give back to each other.”
― Leslie Feinberg, Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue

Come join our school family! Limited spaces still available for Fall 2023. Check out www.gankeshetpreschool.org for more information!

Interested in nature-based, Reggio-inspired toddler or preschool programs? Come see what Gan Keshet is all about!
Schedule a visit with our director, Kate Holdsworth, [email protected].
Our enrollment period is open now through February 1, 2022.

ATTN Families with 0-3 year olds! We're starting a Toddler Playgroup at Gan Keshet Preschool on Fridays (10:30am - noon) in Northampton. Led by Early Childhood Educator and current GK parent, Nina Rogowsky! Kids 0-3 and their caregivers are welcome to join! Play, Art, Stories, Song, Community! Held at Abundance Farm next to GK/CBI. Space limited to 20 people. Masks required for those over 2.

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/GKToddlerPlaygroup

It's that time again! We've opened enrollment for the 2022-2023 school year. And, we're excited to announce we are now accepting applications for children ages 2.0 - 5.0! For more information about our school, visit our website: www.cbinorthampton.org/gan-keshet-preschool. To apply, visit: www.tinyurl.com/GKApp2223. And for questions, call our Director, Kate Holdsworth at 413-584-3593, ext. 204. We look forward to getting to know your family!

Help us spread the word: We're opening a toddler program (age 2.0+) for 2022-23!

Enrollment for next school year for toddlers and preschoolers is open now. Come join our school family! More information and the application can be found on our website: www.gankeshetpreschool.org.

Gan Keshet Summer Program garlic harvest! "If you can smell garlic, everything is all right"--J.G. Ballard

“Our challenge isn’t so much to teach children about the natural world, but to find ways to sustain the instinctive connections they already carry”—Terry Krautwurst

So glad to be back on campus for Summer Program!

T-minus 22 days to lift off! Gan Keshet is opening its doors on June 28, with our Summer Explorers Program! Support our re-launch today by donating to our Gan Keshet Equipment Fundraiser:

https://www.cbinorthampton.org/gkfundraiser

Support our Gan Keshet Equipment Fundraiser today!
24 more days to glorious Gan Keshet mud-cakes galore!
We're reopening! We can't wait! Help us reach out goal to buy a portable sink so we can wash all those mud-caked hands! Donate today at:
https://www.cbinorthampton.org/gkfundraiser

Gan Keshet's Reopening Equipment Fundraiser!
It's happening now! You can help!
Join in supporting Gan Keshet as we open our new Kitah Garin classroom and welcome our largest class ever!
Teamwork makes the dream work! To donate, visit:
https://www.cbinorthampton.org/gkfundraiser