Tikkun Olam

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Every day, we are inspired to grow as students and as people.

TVT’s Tikkun Olam program provides students with intentional and thoughtful opportunities to actively live out our school’s Jewish values through stewardship of the environment, service projects, and simple acts of kindness. It is a call to action for our entire community, reminding us that a better world is possible when we unite together, consider our impact, and share our talents and hearts.

Lower School

Service Themes

From TK through 5th grade, our grade-level service themes, such as environment and hunger, allow our young learners to consider how and why their service can repair the world so that intention and awareness always accompany their actions.

Middle School

Service Learning

Throughout the year, Middle School students plan, organize, and run service projects together as an entire community, like the student-led tzedakah fair or our Giving Gardens program, where students in Middle School science classes grow, harvest, and donate produce to a local food pantry.

Upper School

Immersions

As part of our two-week Immersions program, 10th and 11th Grade students can travel to places like Costa Rica to perform invasive species removal, or to Argentina for a Jewish culture and heritage journey. They learn firsthand about the principles of ethical leadership and meaningful service.

TVT STUDENTS ARE …

Learning about disabilities and seeking innovative ways to create a more accessible campus
Helping peers understand complex mathematical concepts well after the school day has ended
Taking a deep look at food resiliency, cultivating produce, and then organizing schoolwide food drives for local churches and centers
Discovering all the ways to become strong upstanders and prevent bullying in their communities during the annual Unity Day

“By practicing Tikkun Olam every day as a community, we transform the school culture into one of meaningful, values-driven learning that blends students’ academic, social, and spiritual experiences.”

Keren Messer, Lower School Hebrew & Jewish Studies Faculty Member