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Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley
Purpose
We are a Jewish Day Day School that serves students age three through 8th grade from 19 zip codes. We provide a superb secular education and excellent Judaics and Israeli culture programs.
Vision
Our vision is to run a school that provides the best both secular and Jewish education in the Lehigh Valley with the ultimate goal of guiding students to be problem-solving, creative, compassionate leaders of tomorrow.
Mission
The JDS is a community school that focuses on the individual needs of the child, connection to our community and celebration values and traditions.
Additional Culture Details
We have a diverse staff which includes all teachers with masters degrees. We focus on creating a warm and welcoming environment. We celebrate our staff and students accomplishments. We also encourage our staff to continue their professional development. Through our strong sense of community and positive relationships, we have had 100 percent retention rate among teachers and all staff.
Values
- Community
- We believe that this means many things to us. One, is a sense of belonging to the Jewish Community locally and abroad. We believe our school is a community, welcoming all types of families that are mission aligned with our Jewish Values. Second, we believe strongly in our Lehigh Valley Community. Building relationships and giving back to those around us. We support the other Jewish agencies and build community between the agency partners and beyond.
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