These students develop the confidence and skills to navigate through complex landscapes of information. Learning in the information age may be different from what it was in the industrial age. But it is a process familiar to the Jewish ear and heart. It's the Mid-Peninsula Jewish Community Day School, whose twin goals are to celebrate learning and foster academic excellence while developing menschlichkeit, imbuing students with Jewish values and literacy. The school teaches understanding, sensitivity, and loving acceptance of those whose practices are different from one's own and makes no distinction on the basis of gender or religious practice at home.
Children naturally desire to learn.
Students best construct their understanding through interaction with the world, and the role of the teacher is to architect those experiences. A nurturing and supportive environment, the School is devoted to individualized development and instruction according to each child's needs and abilities. Enter a classroom and you may not see children quietly facing the front. Rather, you'll see children deeply engaged in learning, focused on their tasks, their materials, their peers, or their teachers as the moment requires. Students write their own books to be reviewed by classmates, critically analyze Judaic literature, and re-enact historical events.