What’s new At JCDSRI?

This has been a busy summer at the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island. As of the writing of this article, extensive work is underway updating the school’s Internet infrastructure to support wireless devices throughout the building in order to meet the needs of 21st century learners. In addition, we are constructing a shadow box fence around the play yard. This will give our students added privacy and security while also serving as a creative vertical play space incorporating hanging gardens, musical instruments and more.

JCDSRI is deepening its relationship with Brown/RISD STEAM to help support active learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. During the 2014-2015 school year, we held our first STEAM week. College students from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines – from undergraduates in industrial design to post-graduates in applied mathematics – conducted workshops with our students. This year, we will be building upon everything we learned and working with our partners at Brown and RISD to broaden our curriculum and continue to expand our unique and innovative STEAM program.  

We are always looking to solidify our community partnerships and provide value to the larger community.  For example, building upon our relationship with the Islamic School of Rhode Island, we hope to create a joint program to focus on mutual understanding, cooperation and community service. In addition, we have invited Ted Merwin, professor at Dickinson College and author of “Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli,” to come to Providence to present his work and do a book-signing this fall. This event will be open to the public; more information to follow.

ADAM TILOVE is head of school at Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island.