Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County
Template:Use mdy dates Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County is a Coeducational Jewish Day School at 275 McKinley Avenue in New Milford, New Jersey, United States. The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.[1] It enrolls 434 students from age 3 through 8th grade, has a staff count of 93 from both New York (state) and New Jersey.
History
In 1973–74, the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County opened.[2]
Campus
The school has an indoor basketball court with stage, fitness center, library, Holocaust Resource Room, Innovation lab with 3D printers, art and music rooms, computer lab, Beit Midrash, and kosher cafeteria. The campus also includes outdoor basketball courts, AstroTurf soccer fields, gaga pit, vegetable gardens and monarch butterfly sanctuary.[3]
Administration
- Head of School - Steve Freedman [4]
- Director of Education and Judaic Studies - Ricky Stamler-Goldberg[5]*
- Middle School Principal - Jennifer Coxe [4]
- Early Childhood & Lower School Principal, Director of General Studies - Lauren Goldman-Brown[6]
- Director of Student Learning - Liav Shapiro
- Director of Early Childhood - Gena Khelemsky
- School Psychologist - Ilana Kustanowitz [4]
- Director of Operations and Finance - Ronni Brenner [4]
- Director of Admissions - Charlotte Carter [4]
- Director of Institutional Advancement - Michelle Weinraub [4]
Notable alumni
- Jack Antonoff (born 1984), musician for the bands fun. and Bleachers[7]
- Dan Colen (born 1979), artist[8]
- Jeremy Feigenbaum
- Dave Jeser (born 1977), television writer[9]
- Rob Kaminsky (born 1994), pitcher drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals with the 28th pick in the 2013 MLB Draft, made his major league debut in 2020[10]
- Ari Levine (born 1984), Grammy-nominated songwriter and record producer, one-third of the trio The Smeezingtons
- Elijah Wolfson (born 1985), journalist and editorial director of TIME[11]
References
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- ↑ Leichman, Joseph. "More powerful than a locomotive...", Jewish Standard, November 26, 2010. Accessed January 2, 2013. "Jack Antonoff of New Milford and Daniel Silbert of Tenafly first crossed paths in elementary school at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County in New Milford, where they also met Evan Winiker, whose family moved to Teaneck in time for him to begin the sixth grade at Schechter."
- ↑ Dan Colen
- ↑ Jewish Standard: "‘Drawn Together’ creators, from area, decry anti-Israel accusations" by Josh Lipowsky June 4, 2010
- ↑ Berger, Eric. "Cardinals’ Jewish left-hander Kaminsky hopes for a playoff role", St. Louis Jewish Light], August 27, 2020, updated February 11, 2021. Accessed March 8, 2021. "Tell me a little about where you’re from and your Jewish upbringing. I grew up in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and live in Englewood now. I moved a nice, five-minute drive from the parents, so that’s nice. I went to Solomon Schechter [Day School of Bergen County] pre-K through eighth grade and had a great, great time there."
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External links
- Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County homepage
- Data for the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County, National Center for Education Statistics
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- New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
- New Milford, New Jersey
- Private elementary schools in New Jersey
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- Schools in Bergen County, New Jersey