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The teachers are a mixed bag. One of my children has consistently had excellent, experienced teachers who go the extra mile, the other, not so much. I also do not find the community very welcoming - parents are very clannish, and children often follow suit. I do not feel very involved in the school community at all.
We have one in the Lower School and one in the Upper School. Both of our children love their teachers and their classmates. The new principal of the Lower School is fantastic and it is clear that the academic quality of the school keeps getting better and better. JDS has a warm, comfortable atmosphere and the teachers make a point to incorporate ethics and character education into the curriculum. We could not be happier with our decision to send our children to JDS.
This school is amazing from both an acedemic and social viewpoint. Students are encouraged to be highly successful and independent. The math program has been updated and is challenging. There is a new princiapl who is dedicated to the students and staff. A wonderful place to be!
The Lower School (where we have three students) has been a wonderful experience for all of us. Our children's teachers take a close and personal interest in their development and are very accessible and warm. Everyone is made to feel welcome and the curriculum is very strong and appropriately challenging. I am very impressed by how well the school maintains the double track of General Studies and Hebrew/Judaics, and we have received many positive comments about the Israeli-inflected Hebrew spoken by our children. We are very pleased with the quality of our children's education at JDS and we *all* feel at home in the JDS community.
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