School News & Events
Billboard Inspires Questions, Conversation
As a part of our new campaign, a bright pink billboard on I-95N is getting drivers’ attention. “Too Jewish? Challenge Your Assumptions,” it reads, along with a website, toojewish.info. The campaign, which grew out...
Video Highlights KinderSTEAM
We are delighted to share this incredible video highlighting our partnership with the Brown/RISD STEAM club. We hope you enjoy this introduction to Design Thinking at work at JCDSRI! [su_vimeo...
An Appetite for Failure
As teachers and parents, we spend most of our time helping children succeed. We support them, give them work that is challenging (but not too challenging), and if they fall, we are there to jump in and catch them before they hit the...
From Our Head of School
I believe that the strength of the JCDSRI learning community stems from the relationships that exist among the people who call JCDSRI home. As Dr. Comer of Yale University explains: “No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship.” The intentional building of relationships at JCDSRI – between teachers and students, parents and educators, the school and the broader community – lays a sturdy foundation on which our students can explore and discover, learning to embrace the unknown with a sense of purpose and belonging.
Come visit our school and meet the people who make JCDSRI such a special learning community. I believe that you will be inspired – as I am – by the next generation of philosophers, designers, builders, seekers and doers.
– Andrea Katzman
JCDSRI Calendar
Important Dates to Remember
18 – 21
Nov
Welcome to our friends from AISNE
We are excited to welcome a team from the Association of Independent Schools of New Englad as we complete our 10-year accreditation process.
25
Nov
Parent Teacher Conferences
School Closed
26-28
Nov
Thanksgiving Break
School Closed.
02
Dec
JCDSRI Mahjong
Come get your mahj on!
04
Dec
Thursday Morning Adult Learning
Join us for learning with R’ Emily Goldberg Winer
09
Dec
JCDSRI Cafe
Join us for coffee and connection!


