Jewish Life Digital Edition June 2015 | Page 53

PHOTOGRAPH: BIGSTOCKPHOTO.COM advanced children who wind up skipping grades can also end up in peer groups with whom they are entirely out of sync emotionally, leading to feelings of isolation. To combat this challenge, Haefner turned to the Scandinavian countries that are at the absolute top of the heap in terms of education, for a radically different and exciting education model that she and her team of dedicated teachers have slowly started to introduce into her school’s curriculum. The Integrated Curriculum Model has