Or Shalom Community School embraces the wholeness of each child through education and a kid-centered community of Jewish life. Our learning program engages our students with joyful and dynamic experiences. Children will learn age-appropriate curriculum on the themes of Jewish food, music, and ritual objects, explored through the lenses of diaspora, Earth, and liberation.
Enrollment details for the 2024-2025 year are coming soon!
You don’t need to be a member of Or Shalom to join our school.
NOTE: Masks required indoors at Or Shalom Community School.
Engaging Parents and Families
Parent and family involvement is an essential component to creating thriving Jewish cultures and traditions through the generations. Therefore, we offer experiential learning for the whole family. To learn more about our Sunday Family Program and enroll, please click here.
Curriculum and Details
The curriculum for Or Shalom Community School (OSCS) is experiential, hands-on, and inter-age. Students across the school engaged with the same content and ideas in developmentally appropriate ways, making ongoing conversation and learning possible for the whole family!
OSCS will meet on Mondays from 4:30-6:00.
Snack will be provided. Masks are required indoors.
- 4:30–5:00 pm: Tefillah (Prayer) and All-School Programming
- 5:00–6:00 pm: Class-Based Learning
Please see calendar of dates below.
Or Shalom Community School Calendar 5785 (2024-2025)
OSCS meets on the following Mondays from 4:30-6:00pm
We also have Fall and Spring family Shabbat services, and a closing youth programs celebration on Lag B'Omer!
September:
- September 16
- September 30
October
- October 21
- October 28
November
- Friday, November 1: Fall Family Service
- November 4
- November 18
December
- December 2
- December 9
- December 16
January
- January 6
- January 13
- January 27
February
- February 3
- February 10
- February 24
March
- March 3
- Friday, March 7: Spring Family Service
- March 10
- March 17
- March 24
April
- April 7
- April 21
- April 28
May
- May 12
- Thursday, May 15: Lag B'Omer Bonfire & Closing Youth Programs Celebration
Meet our Head of Youth & Family Education!
Head of Youth & Family Education
sarahmoss@orshalomsf.org
Sarah Moss Yanuck (ze/zir/zirs & she/her/hers) is an educator, facilitator, and songleader in Jewish and secular spaces, both in formal education and in community. Born and raised in Durham and Chapel Hill, NC, ze came of age in Philadelphia, PA, and moved to Oakland in 2022. Since 2014, Sarah Moss has taught in K-12 classrooms, racial literacy courses for adults, Hebrew Schools, and outdoor Jewish education programs. She is thrilled to be joining Or Shalom as the Head of Youth and Family Education, both to steward the community’s vision for the school and to support the students, families, and teachers. Ze is personally interested in the meeting points of justice education and spiritual education, and is excited to explore Judaism alongside young people!
Sarah Moss is currently a master’s student in International and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco School of Education. Ze graduated from Vassar College with a BA in Environmental Studies and a concentration in Education. In her free time, Sarah Moss loves to explore forests and rivers, engage Jewish holidays and rituals, learn about reparations and teshuva, sing with loved ones, and write. According to her former 6th-grade students, Sarah Moss always wears warm sweaters.
