EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS REQUIREMENTS

·        Attendance at Solomon Schechter Day School, or in Midway Jewish Center's Religious School, or in some comparable educational alternative for a minimum of six years beginning in the second grade and continuing through the seventh grade.

·        Current enrollment in such a school and the family's up-to-date membership in Midway at the time of the Bar and Bat Mitzvah are mandatory.

·        Continued study in the Religious School through the Zayin grade graduation is part of the core curriculum which all families agree to in order to secure a prime time Bar/t Mitzvah slot at Midway.  Bar/t Mitzvah is a milestone, but not a graduation, and to use it as such undermines the philosophy of our Religious School, synagogue and Conservative Movement, all of which understand Jewish learning to be life-long learning.  Moreover, letting our children’s Religious school attendance lapse after Bar/t Mitzvah, in view of the core curriculum, is unethical and the message conveyed to our children detrimental to their identity as Jews and their future association with a Jewish community.

·        Regular attendance and passing grades in the Religious School.

·        Attendance at the family service and other services as required by the Ritual and Education committees.

·        Service requirements in grades bet (second) through hey (fifth) are seven family services at Midway and five other services at Midway or any other synagogue each year.

·        Students in grade vav (sixth) attend eight Shabbat morning services in the main sanctuary as part of our core curriculum.  For three of the eight services, parents must accompany their child.  In addition students attend five other services at Midway or any other synagogue as part of our core curriculum.

·        Zayin (seventh grade students attend five Shabbat morning services in the main sanctuary as part of our core curriculum.  For three of the five services, parents must accompany their child. 

·        Services on the Yamim Nora’im (High Holidays) do not count toward the satisfaction of service attendance requirements.

·        Bar and Bat Mitzvah training does not begin until all academic and service requirements are fulfilled.

·        The Ritual Committee reserves the right to postpone the ceremony of students who fail to meet any of our requirements.

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