b"The Reform Congregation in South OrangeFind Community. Deepen Connection. Take Action. EREV ROSH HASHANAHOct 25:30 pmCome As You AreROSH HASHANAHOct 32:30 pmFamily ServiceYOM KIPPUROct 12 2:30 pm (L-R) Terrie Brodie, Cynthia Hicks, Nancy O'Connell, Barb Illingworth, Margaret Gray, Family Service and Lynn Sands at Illingworth's retirement. All still teach at MMPS except for Sands.Oct 123:30 pmAfternoon Service op model is increasingly difficult be- Patti Moore.cause both parents are often at workMoores two daughters attended If you or someone you know in our area is looking for a spiritual home, duringtheschoolday.ToliveinMorrow in the early 2000s. She has wed love to welcome you to TSTI for the High Holy Days. this area, you kind of have to be two- become an aide and assistant teacher Please contact Alicia Karlberg at income parents. To compensate, thethere. akarlberg@tstinj.org or 973-763-4116 x270. school has made it possible to attendWhen her daughters were small, 432 Scotland Road, South Orange, NJ|www.tsti.org without doing the co-op. Neverthe- neither she nor her husband had fam-less, Hicks says most of the parentsily close by. She turned to the teachers choose to join the co-op. Many comeand other parents to talk. You didnt because of it. feel like you were the only parent out Noonan spent five years at Mor- thereintheparentingwilderness, row and is finishing her second termsheremembers.Thecloseinterac-as president of the parent board. Shetion with other parents and children says being in the classroom with hersustained her. She calls it a gentler, daughters was meaningful on manykinder introduction to parenting. levels.YougettoseetheinsandParents who spent time in their outsoftheirdayandhowtheyrechildrens classrooms recall those days growing with their little minds.with joy. It was so much fun, says She adds that the teachers madeJessie Auth, who, despite the trauma her a better parent. You want yourof her day smelling vinegar, sent her kidstodotheright thing. You want them to meetthesemilestones, she says. Noonan values thattheteachershelp you understand there is noonepathforevery-one,thateverychildis an individual, that learn-ing to share, for example, takestime,thattheres no right or wrong way to do things.Noonanalsofound good friends and a com-munityhere.Maureen DavenportsaystheProud graduates of Morrow Preschool. Current MMPS same. And so does Bar- Board President Lauren Noonan sent both of her baraIllingworth.Anddaughters, Chloe (L) and Poppy, to the school.26/ matters magazine / school 2024"