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EDUCATION
North Springs Club Provides Jewish Continuity
Adviser/founder Sauer sets dedicated example for students
By Benjamin Kweskin
V
arda Cheskis Sauer resisted
forming a Jewish-oriented club
at North Springs Charter High
School when students approached her
about the idea nearly a decade ago.
She didn’t know many of the students and was unsure how to bring
sensitive religious issues into a secular
public school. Then as now, she said,
many of the interested students came
from Jewish day schools such as Davis
Academy and had a “thirst for Jewish
continuity” that they were missing in
their new, nonsectarian surroundings.
Sauer recognized a genuine need
to bring quality Jewish programming
to the school and eve