On Thursday evening, an atrium full of prospective families attended our annual Open House to discover the King David difference. Through a video (click here), presentations, and interactive tours, our guests experienced how King David is filled with students who love to learn, imagine, challenge themselves, and create community, how the school nurtures the qualities that make them individuals, and how we help them find opportunities for excellence in the classroom, on sports fields, in the kitchen, in the art studio, and as mensches.
This year, in addition to the Jewish life offered at King David, we focused on the way King David helps students to balance values, wellness, and academic success. The evening was kicked off by our student speakers, Grade 12 student Emma Silber and her Grade 8 sibling, Ash Silber. Emma spoke from the Grade 12 perspective and highlighted her experiences over the past five years and Ash, who shared that most of his high school career so far had been spent at home because of the chaggim, spoke about the ease of settling into King David and the feeling of community.
A large part of what we instill in our students is a strong Jewish identity, and Rabbi Berger took some time to talk about our Judaic Studies curriculum and the ways in which Jewish values are at the core of what we do.
A driving force for staff at King David is our belief that our students are on the path to becoming conscientious, empathetic, and adaptable leaders for change. Our Head of School, Russ Klein, talked about how this is a better measure of success than grades – though we also have a robust academic program and our students consistently do well in our classes and on post-secondary campuses. King David takes a holistic approach to teaching our students, weighing values and student wellness as equal to academic success.
Our thanks to alumni, Erica Forman (Class of 2022), Casey (Class of 2021) and Georgia (Class of 2019) Krombein for joining us and sharing their King David experience with prospective families. We also were joined by Marissa Jampolsky (Class of 2015) and her sister Elise (Class of 2018).
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