Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County
Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County is a coeducational Jewish day school at 275 McKinley Avenue in New Milford, New Jersey, United States. The school is a member of the Conservative Jewish Movement and the Solomon Schechter Day School Association, as well as a school in the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.[1] It enrolls 434 students from Pre-K through 8th grade, has a staff count of 93 from both New York (state) and New Jersey.
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History[]
In 1973-74, the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County opened. [2]
Campus[]
The school has an indoor basketball court with stage, fitness center, library, Holocaust Resource Room, Innovation lab with 3D printers, art and music rooms, computer lab, Beit Midrash, and kosher cafeteria. The campus also includes outdoor basketball courts, AstroTurf soccer fields, gaga pit, vegetable gardens and monarch butterfly sanctuary. [3]
International Baccalaureate and Innovation Lab[]
In 2018, the school earned the status of being an International Baccalaureate World School for the Middle Years Program.[4] Becoming an IB school is an often rigorous process, and not many educational facilities can qualify. As of 2018, SSDS is the only Jewish school in the Northeast United States to have gained the IB status.[5][6]
Administration[]
- Head of School - Steve Freedman [7]
- School Rabbi - Rabbi Efrem Reis [8]
- Middle School Principal - Jennifer Coxe [9]
- Director of Academic Affairs - Andrew Katz [10]
- Early Childhood & Lower School Principal, Director of General Studies - Lauren Goldman-Brown[11]
- Early Childhood & Lower School Principal, Director of Judaic Studies - Ricky Stamler-Goldberg[12]
- School Psychologist - Ilana Kustanowitz [13]
- Coordinator of Special Services - Leslie Teicher [14]
- Director of Operations and Finance - Ronni Brenner [15]
- Director of Admissions - Charlotte Carter [16]
- Director of Institutional Advancement - Michelle Weintraub [17]
- Director of Marketing and Communications - Leah K. Silberstein [18]
Notable alumni[]
- Jack Antonoff (born 1984), guitarist for the band fun[19]
- Dan Colen (born 1979), artist[20]
- Dave Jeser, television writer[21]
- Rob Kaminsky (born 1994), pitcher drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals with the 28th pick in the 2013 MLB Draft, made his major league debut in 2020[22]
- Ari Levine (born 1984), Grammy-nominated songwriter and record producer, one-third of the trio The Smeezingtons
- Elijah Wolfson (born 1985), journalist and senior editor of Newsweek[23]
References[]
- ^ School Search Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed July 29, 2008.
- ^ "Mission, History and, Core Values". ssdsbergen.org. Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Campus".
- ^ "Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County". International Baccalaureate®. International Baccalaureate®.
- ^ Taylor, Charlie (9 May 2018). "First New York Area Jewish School to Earn International Baccalaureate is a Solomon Schechter". The Times of Israel. Times of Israel.
- ^ Palmer, Joanne (26 April 2018). "Books to Africa, IB to Schechter". Jewish Standard. Times of Israel. Jewish Standard.
- ^ "Administration". ssdsbergen.org. Solomon Schechter of Bergen County. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Administration". ssdsbergen.org. Solomon Schechter of Bergen County. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Administration". ssdsbergen.org. Solomon Schechter of Bergen County. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Administration". ssdsbergen.org. Solomon Schechter of Bergen County. Retrieved 20 December 2019.}
- ^ Palmer, Joanne (7 August 2014). "Seeds of knowledge". Jewish Standard. TOI.
- ^ Standard, Jewish (15 August 2011). "One of Israel's 10 most influential women visits Solomon Schechter Day School". Jewish Standard. TOI.
- ^ "Administration". ssdsbergen.org. Solomon Schechter of Bergen County. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Administration". ssdsbergen.org. Solomon Schechter of Bergen County. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Administration". ssdsbergen.org. Solomon Schechter of Bergen County. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Administration". ssdsbergen.org. Solomon Schechter of Bergen County. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Administration". ssdsbergen.org. Solomon Schechter of Bergen County. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Administration". ssdsbergen.org. Solomon Schechter of Bergen County. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Leichman, Joseph. "More powerful than a locomotive...", Jewish Standard, November 26, 2010. Accessed January 2, 2013. "Jack Antonoff of New Milford and Daniel Silbert of Tenafly first crossed paths in elementary school at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County in New Milford, where they also met Evan Winiker, whose family moved to Teaneck in time for him to begin the sixth grade at Schechter."
- ^ Dan Colen
- ^ Jewish Standard: "‘Drawn Together’ creators, from area, decry anti-Israel accusations" by Josh Lipowsky June 4, 2010
- ^ Berger, Eric. "Cardinals’ Jewish left-hander Kaminsky hopes for a playoff role", St. Louis Jewish Light], August 27, 2020, updated February 11, 2021. Accessed March 8, 2021. "Tell me a little about where you’re from and your Jewish upbringing. I grew up in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and live in Englewood now. I moved a nice, five-minute drive from the parents, so that’s nice. I went to Solomon Schechter [Day School of Bergen County] pre-K through eighth grade and had a great, great time there."
- ^ "About Newsweek". 23 September 2013.
External links[]
- Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County homepage
- Data for the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°56′18″N 74°01′02″W / 40.938217°N 74.01726°W
- Conservative Jewish day schools
- Conservative Judaism in New Jersey
- Jewish day schools in New Jersey
- New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
- New Milford, New Jersey
- Private elementary schools in New Jersey
- Private middle schools in New Jersey
- Schools in Bergen County, New Jersey