Reflections for Rosh Hashanah
Dear Friends, The sound of the shofar – the ram’s horn – being blown by dozens of school-aged children wakes me from my early morning haze. Its blast reminds me that teshuvah – turning, return, repentance – brings with it a sense of heightened...
Education for the Future
Read about our innovative curriculum in the latest edition of East Side Monthly magazine. We are proud to be highlighted in the September issue for our Design Lab as well as our unique partnership with Brown/RISD KinderSTEAM. In fact, “we are the only school on...
Welcome back to school!
School is open! JCDSRI teachers and administrators happily welcomed back students this week. After a busy summer of facility upgrades and renovations, it was wonderful to hear children’s voices and see smiling faces back in school. Students arrived to find a...
Meet Our Head of School, Andrea Katzman
Andrea’s formal teaching career began over a decade ago in the Department of Education at Rhode Island College, where she guided teachers as they learned to create diverse, safe, and democratic classrooms. Eager for the opportunity to put educational theory into...
Design helps define Jewish experience for next generation
Ask a four-year-old what matters most about the classroom furniture that she helped design with local college students, and you get an insightful response. “That I can draw on it,” said Ellie, a pre-K student, who with her classmate, Ziva, sketched atop the shiny...
Global Cardboard Challenge Was a Hit!
Just build it! That was the theme of the day for dozens of children and parents who dropped in for some creative building at the JCDSRI Global Cardboard Challenge. Inspired by Caine’s Arcade, this fun annual event encourages children to design and build...
JCDSRI Partnership Featured by RI Foundation
We are delighted that our partnership with the Islamic School of RI (ISRI) was featured on the Rhode Island Foundation’s blog. Funded with the support of the RI Foundation’s Bliss, Gross, Horowitz Fund, the project brought together fifth graders from both...
Promoting Peace & Understanding
JCDSRI’s partnership with the Islamic School of RI (ISRI) resulted in a wonderful performance on April 17th put together by fifth graders from both schools. Approximately 150 people attended the event, including Congressman David Cicilline, who tweeted photos...
JCDSRI Featured by YU School Partnership!
We are very pleased that our Head of School, Adam Tilove, was featured in a conversation about innovation in schools in the YUSP Spring 2016 Quarterly. While it was our billboard that caught their attention initially, JCDSRI’s reputation as a leader in STEAM and...
STEAM in Action: Laurence Humier Visit
In late January, Laurence Humier, a Belgian architectural engineer who works in Milan, presented to our parents on the topic “Science and Young Children.” Ms. Humier’s work has been featured at the Museum of Modern Art, and she was recently honored...