7/27/2010
As the beginning of the new school year looms, the final touches on DTA’s new campus are happening at “light year pace.” Rochel Ramstetter, Executive Administrator of Chabad, recently took the school administration on a guided tour of the almost completed building. First stop on the tour was the Early Childhood wing. The entrance to the wing is framed by a brightly colored sign indicating the preschool’s name, “Torah Tots”. The walls are painted with flowery designs that will both enthrall and calm the three and four year old students. The ECE section also has its own multipurpose room and playground and large, spacious, classrooms.
  more...

7/12/2010
Each year, in the month of May, the students of Desert Torah Academy take the Terra Nova Standardized Test. Rabbi Rodman, principal of DTA explained “These tests serve a very important purpose. The results allow schools to measure not only each student’s progress but also the academic success of the school as a whole. The scores are norm referenced (i.e. compared to the scores of student throughout the country) so they can really measure a school’s progress. The Terra Nova is a highly recognized test and favored by many private schools.”
  more...

6/1/2010
DESERT TORAH ACADEMY’S 7TH AND 8TH GRADE STUDENTS VISIT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

DTA’s seventh and eighth graders recently came back from a spectacular graduation trip to Southern California. The students left DTA early on a Tuesday morning and arrived at Shoreline Village in Long Beach in the afternoon. They spent the day enjoying the ocean, the boat filled harbor, shopping in the quaint Shoreline Village stores and riding bikes on the boardwalk.

  more...