New Aleph School Director

It is with great pleasure and excitement that the search for a new director of the Aleph Preschool has come to an end. Following the recommendation of a search committee chaired by Helen Siegel and Debbie Mann, the position of the Director of Shirley R. Abelson Aleph Preschool has been offered to, and accepted by, Karen Burton.

Karen’s loving nature towards children and parents, her expertise in child development, extensive experience as a pre-school director and her contagious excitement for early childhood programming make her the perfect leader for our school.  For the last five years, Karen has established and directed the Torah Tots program at Torah Academy. Before that, she founded and built a preschool in Florida for sixteen years. We are very fortunate to have her and look forward to her beginning work this summer.

The search for a new director was made with great thoughtfulness and concern. Our national search was carried out by a diverse committee comprised of parents, teachers, and non-Aleph Preschool parents. We sought input from as many constituencies as possible and appreciate the many people who attended interviews, meetings and offered input.

The Aleph Preschool is the gem of our Beth El Synagogue. For this reason, finding the right person was critical. We are confident that Karen will truly lead Beth El forward, “with our young and our old” and we look forward to the congregation meeting her in the coming months.