Our size offers the opportunity to be nimble and meet each child where they are academically through individualized enrichment and learning services support.

JCDS is widely recognized as a cornerstone of Boston’s Jewish community. Leaders from organizations such as CJP, Hebrew College, Gann Academy, Mayyim Hayyim, Keshet, and the JCC — as well as many clergy members and national Jewish leaders — have chosen JCDS for their children.

Successful Transitions: Over 90% of graduates matriculate to their first-choice high school, where they are welcomed as kind, curious, and independent thinkers.

High School Destinations: About 60% attend Gann Academy; others choose leading independent, exam, and public schools across Greater Boston and beyond.

Leadership & Impact: Alumni found Jewish Student Unions, lead in the arts, athletics, and extracurriculars, and are recognized for academic and creative excellence.

Recognition & Achievement: Graduates have earned national and international awards in math, arts, Bible knowledge, and more, including full scholarships to elite arts programs.

College Pathways: JCDS alumni continue on to well-regarded colleges and universities across the country.

JCDS is a pluralistic learning community where diversity and inclusion are woven into the very fabric of our school. Our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and belonging emanates from the school's core Jewish values of nurturing each student's capacity for intellectual and spiritual discovery in a respectful, pluralistic, dual language Hebrew-English environment. Our community is intellectually and morally strengthened when many different voices, viewpoints, and backgrounds learn with and from each other.

Interscholastic athletics and competitions are an extension of the classroom at JCDS. Students learn the importance of conditioning, teamwork and fair play; they are able to develop a healthy attitude toward competition and practice the Habit of Heart and Mind of resiliency in the face of challenge.

Our after school program offers a wide variety of clubs. From Dungeons & Dragons to Elementary Coding to Yoga, our after school clubs provide students with opportunities to try new things, learn new skills, and interact with students from different grades and parts of the school. Each session we bring in new clubs along with old favorites to create a diverse, enriching experience for our students once the school day ends.