Lower School

CESJDS achieves academic excellence through a rich and rigorous General and Judaic Studies curriculum designed to promote inquiry, critical thinking and solid 21st-century skills in a world of rapidly changing information. Lower School students start their journey to become skilled readers, writers, mathematicians, scientists and artists, anchored in Jewish values and knowledge. Our integrated curriculum approach highlights experiential learning across all subjects to help students see connections and develop a deeper understanding of core skills and concepts.

Through our character education program “middot tovot”, we cultivate specific מידות – Middot – qualities of character in classrooms, on the playing fields, and in the relationships formed at school. We design our curriculum to allow children to explore and learn in an environment that balances structure with choice, and the individual with the community.