On Friday, November 15, Zahava Merlis, seasoned speech-language pathologist and owner of Firefly Friends Speech Therapy, PLLC, presented to AJA parents on “Salient Speech and Language Challenges,” the latest in a series of parent education events at AJA. Zahava currently works with several AJA and ECP students, as well as many students around Greater Austin....
One of the things we try to foster here at AJA is a Growth Mindset in our students, as articulated by Carol S. Dweck in her book, "Mindset." But what is a Growth Mindset, and how can education encourage children to develop one?
The students at AJA get to experience a real Torah service multiple times a week, but how did the 1948 Torah get here? It was the generous gift of Andrew and Andrea Bowen and their daughter Mychaella, an AJA alumna. The Torah was first commissioned by the Jews of Tripoli in Libya, but when the...
