About
Our Mission
SJCS provides an excellent, egalitarian K-5 General and Judaic education that promotes Jewish identity and practice, respect for diversity, responsibility for our world, and lifelong learning.
Our Vision
We guide, challenge, and inspire children as they embark upon lifelong journeys of learning and Jewish engagement. Fostering intellectual curiosity, creativity, respect for diverse points of view, and joy in learning are core academic goals. Creating meaningful, tangible, and indelible Jewish experience is our core spiritual goal. As a community Jewish day school, SJCS is unaffiliated with a particular Jewish movement or philosophy. Our students learn in an egalitarian, co-educational setting, and our community is rooted in an inclusive approach that respects and values diversity of opinion and practice.
As an egalitarian Jewish community day school unaffiliated with any particular Jewish movement, SJCS welcomes families from across the spectrum of Jewish life, including (but not limited to) affiliated and unaffiliated, interfaith, Reform, Conservative, Renewal, Orthodox, Reconstructionist, traditional, secular, cultural, Israeli, and “just Jewish.”
Our Values
We believe:
- An excellent education addresses the whole child
- Individuals learn in different ways and at different times
- Striving for one's personal best is the core of excellence
- High expectations foster success
- A nurturing environment is essential for growth and development
- Sharing similar values and experiences promotes community
- Unique qualities of individuals contribute to the sum of a community
- Experiences through the arts heighten intellectual growth