Why A Jewish Day School?

Why send your child to a Jewish Day School? The answers may well be in the following conclusions from the study, What Difference Does a Day School Make?, conducted by Brandeis University’s Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, for PEJE (Partnership in Excellence in Jewish Education):

Alumni of Jewish high schools gain admittance to colleges and universities that represent the full spectrum of institutions of higher learning including the most highly selective.
Students who attend day schools participate in all aspects of undergraduate life and are well represented in the ranks of student leaders.
Former day school students express a strong sense of responsibility towards addressing the needs of the larger society by influencing social values, helping those in need, volunteering their time to social change efforts and finding careers that allow them to be of service to the larger community.
Students state that they have a distinct advantage over college classmates who did not attend a day school, stating that their high school experience prepared them to confidently participate in seminar-style classes.
A Jewish day school education cultivates a strong engagement to Judaism and a strong connection to Israel, which results in positive involvement in Jewish life on the college campus and beyond.

To read the entire study, What Difference Does a Day School Make? Impact of Day School - a comparative analysis, click here.