Charles E Smith Jewish Day School

1901 E Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD, 20852-0208
Tel: (301)881-1400
Grades: K - 12 | 1282 students
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The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington, founded in 1965, is one of the largest and most prestigious K-12 Jewish day schools in the country with around 1200 students. CESJDS students are nurtured and challenged from the time they enter kindergarten until they graduate. Their individual learning styles are supported, and students are guided to develop their own unique identity while celebrating the diversity of backgrounds and practices that make up the fabric of Jewish life.

School Overview:
Charles E Smith Jewish Day School
School Membership(s) Solomon Schechter Day Schools (SSDS)
State or regional independent school association
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Religious Affiliation Jewish
Grades Offered Grades Kindergarten - 12
Learning Difference Programs Yes
Year Founded 1965
Student Body
Total Students 1282 students
Student Body Type Co-ed
% Students of Color 2% (MD School Avg.: 34%)
Students by Grade
 
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 162 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio 8:1 (National school avg.: 13:1)
Average Class Size 17 students
List of Courses Offered Link to List of Courses
Average SAT score 1950
Average ACT score 27
Classroom dress code Casual
(Blue & White on Fridays)
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline None / Rolling
Yearly Tuition Cost $18,450
Tuition Notes $21,310 for grades K-6 $27,340 for grades 7-11 $13,970 for grade 12 (first semester)
% on Financial Aid 35%
Admissions Director Pamela Shrock
Admissions Associate Rebecca Weisman - US Director
Sports
Total Sports Offered 12 sports
Sports
Baseball Basketball
Cross Country Dance
Golf Ice Hockey
Soccer Softball
Tennis Track and Field
Volleyball Wrestling
Extracurriculars
Total Extracurriculars 26 extracurriculars
Extracurriculars
A Capella Choir Art Club
Ceramics Club Collage - Literary Magazine
Computer Club Debate Team
Dimensions - Yearbook Fencing Club
Intramural Sports Israel Awareness Club
Jazz Band Junior Statesmen of America
Knesset (student government) Lion's Tale - Newspaper
M'AT Community Service Math Team
Melting Pot - Romance Language Magazine Mock Trial
Outdoors Club Peer Tutors
Poetry Club Reflections - Literary Magazine
Robotics Talmund Club
Theater Video/Photo Club

School Notes:

    • The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington, founded in 1965, is one of the largest and most prestigious K-12 Jewish day schools in the country with around 1200 students. CESJDS students are nurtured and challenged from the time they enter kindergarten until they graduate. Their individual learning styles are supported, and students are guided to develop their own unique identity while celebrating the diversity of backgrounds and practices that make up the fabric of Jewish life.
    • CESJDS offers an innovative dual curriculum combining the best of both general and Judaic studies. Students learn in classrooms equipped with technology shown to be the most effective tools for 21st century digital learners, including wireless projectors, laptop computers, interactive whiteboards, document cameras and high-tech science equipment. Throughout their years at CESJDS, students also have extensive opportunities to actively explore the arts, athletics and special interests.
    • The foundation of CESJDS' academic program is to inspire a lifelong love of learning. In our Lower School (grades K-6), imaginative teaching methods excite children and address the different ways in which individual students learn. In the Upper School (Middle School, grades 7-8 and High School, grades 9-12), our students become efficient as well as enthusiastic learners, demonstrated by their achievements at CESJDS, in college and into adulthood. In both schools, resource-rich libraries and state-of-the-art technology provide students with the tools to pursue a limitless world of knowledge.
    • During their years at CESJDS, our students acquire impressive academic skills, deepen their love for learning and develop a strong Jewish identity, self-confidence and respect for others — all qualities at the heart of a meaningful, satisfying life.
    • Please visit our web site to learn more.

    Profile last updated: 03/01/2013

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School Reviews:

  • Recommended March 15,2013 - I absolutely love this school. As a Freshman at JDS, I can honestly say I have had the best experience at the upper school, as well as the lower school. I have become close with every single one of my teachers. Not to mention my fellow students. We are one community. One family. We are united in the fact that we all share a common history and background. It does not matter if you are Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, etc. You are accepted here. And I can honestly say I am extremely happy that my parents sent me to the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in kindegarden. I would not have my excellent GPA, my dedicated teachers, my amazing friends, and the chance to pursue anything I wanted, if I had gone to another school.*-Posted by Student/Alumni *

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