The HIGHEST Money Market Rate Among Major Financial Institutions in the Detroit Metropolitan Area for 258 Consecutive Weeks INSTANT LIQUIDITY INTEREST RATES AS OF: 3-1-89 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Franklin Savings MONEY MARKET RATES' • 8.00 National Bank of Detroit 7.40 Manufacturers 7.00 Cbmerica 7.00 Michigan National of Detroit 6.70 Standard Federal 6.50 First Federal of Michigan 6.50 First Federal Savings Bank & Trust 6.30 to co ..c First of America 6.30 .ii;,,d on $10,k1 i1)0 deposit. Some minimum deposit requirements may he lower. Higher rates may he available for larger deposit, Looking for a Tax Break? Call us about a Home Equity Loan. With: 1,-- No Costs V No Annual Fee V Free Home Appraisal v 80% of Home Value . 358.5170 Erinkria SAVINGS Ask About Our Other Full Service Products 26336 Twelve Mile Rd. • Southfield (313) 358.5170 FSLIC 20247 Mack Avenue • Grosse Pointe Woods tQW.+0115iNG OPPOPIIINITY (Between 7 & 8 Mile Roads) (313) 881-5200 VOTED DETROIT MONTHLY'S #1 CHOICE FOR EYEWEAR WITH OVER 4,000 FRAMES 58 FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1989 0 to Kelly Walters teaches math to her fifth grade class. Expansion To 7th, 8th Grades Planned By Hebrew Day School SUSAN WDMER-GLIEBE Special to The Jewish News T he Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor, which has offered classes since 1975, will expand to the eighth-grade level. The school, which has an enrollment of 65 students, now offers kindergarten through sixth grades. A seventh grade will be add- ed in September and the eighth grade the following year. "I think it's going to be quite a challenge," says Hebrew Day Principal Marlene Gitelman. "It can be a very exciting project." Cur- riculum and teaching details are still under dicussion. Barry Gesserman, who serves on the school's educa- tion committee and has two children at HDSAA, says, "We're trying to blend the ideal with the real and Ann Arbor operates off a much smaller base than Detroit. We're acting on enthusiasm and need and we're saying, `Let's tap into our strengths. Let's see if we can grow.' " "We can do it," said Anita Lieberman-Lampear, who is a member of several school com- mittees. "We have enough parents who are committed." Lisbeth Fried, Hebrew Day School board president, said the move was primarily, but not totally, a response to the Ann Arbor Public Schools' decision last April to establish a middle school configuration (grades 6-8) to replace the district's intermediate school structure (grades 7-9). "There's been talk about it (adding the grades)," says Tsila Evers, who has served as day school board president and headed the middle school com- mittee investigating the change. "Some of the parents said, 'It's now or nothing: " A second proposal would have dropped the sixth grade. "The key issue facing us was how much can we do to extend the Jewish education that we want to give our kids:' says Gesserman. "lb stop at fifth grade would fall short of what we wanted to do." Adding two grades involves more than adding a class or two. "It's going to be expen- sive," says Fried. In order to match the public schools' cur- riculum changes and instruc- tional methods, the day school will have to enrich their science and math programs. "Building the science stations will cost about $3,000," says Fried, and hiring a math/science specialist will be necessary. In addition, space is becom- ing a problem. If enrollment expands it may be necessary to rent a portable classroom. Parents also want the school library to be upgraded. "As it is, we can not do the things we should be doing," says Fried. The school wanted to hire a Judaica specialist this year, but "it would have meant a $10,000 deficit," says Fried. "We didn't approve it: With two more grades, a Judaica expert must be hired. "We know we want to enrich our Judaica program," says Gesserman. Parents point The day school will try not to let money stand in the way. with pride at the present religious program. "Hebrew Day kids know a lot about Hebrew and Judaica," says Evers. But many parents see a need for more advanced Judaica programs for older children. "There's nothing else after the fifth grade in this city," says Lieberman-Lampear. Finding the funds may be a problem. The 1989-1990 HDSAA budget is over $200,000. For 1989 it received $13,500 from the Ann Arbor UJA/JCA. Tuition is $2,400 for the first child, along with a school pledge which averages $700.