School News & Events
Design & Build Event!
Does your child love to build, create and imagine? Join us for an afternoon of fun construction challenges. There will be creative building materials to explore and some challenges for young builders. Sunday, March 10 2:00 –...
Constraints drive creativity
Certain mantras that infuse our curriculum come from the Design Thinking mindsets that we practice in TikkunXDesign. The mindset constraints drive creativity is especially prevalent in art. By imposing constraints, Joe Mirsky, art...
Local coverage of 5th grade environmental program
It has long been a JCDSRI tradition that our 5th grade class travels to Camp Isabella Freedman in CT to participate in a 4 day environmental retreat with a Jewish lens. This year’s trip was picked up by our local paper, Jewish...
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
13
June
Last Day of School!
Enjoy summer vacation!
01
Aug
School Forms Open
26
Aug
Faculty Days Begin
Welcome Back!
28
Aug
New Parent Orientation
We hope that all parents new to the JCDSRI community will join us!
01
Sept
Labor Day
03
Sept
First Day of School
Welcome back! We can’t wait to begin a wonderful year together.