Our EVP, Mark Teitelbaum, led a stellar committee to analyze, listen, revise, revise, listen, revise and revise again, the documents. This is the kind of assignment that can easily fall by the wayside and simply never get done. Mark made sure that this did not happen, and he, along with the entire committee, deserve our thanks. As Kate Krause, a member of the committee said, redrafting the Mission Statement was harder than preparing her college thesis. Nonetheless, through sheer perseverance and hard work, the Committee got the job done.
What's more, the Board really reviewed the work and we had a great discussion about it. There was no rubber stamp, here. In the end, the Board approved the new statements, and our efforts to move forward continue.
Here are the new statements:
Statement (Revised 11/09)
Kadima Day School provides an integrated general and Judaic studies education that is comprehensive and academically challenging. Our commitment to educational excellence and Jewish tradition teaches our students to maximize their academic, social, physical and spiritual potentials. A Kadima education instills a strong sense of identity, preparedness for higher education and a commitment to responsible living guided by Jewish ethics and values.
At Kadima we believe that:
At Kadima we believe that:
A modern, well-rounded curriculum that includes technology, Judaic studies, athletics and the arts instills a joy for learning beyond the walls of the classroom.
Active learning engages students to become creative, critical, and analytical thinkers.
Studying Jewish texts contributes to critical and analytical skills that are valuable throughout one's life.
Understanding ritual observance, possessing a love for Israel and studying Judaism develop each student's own Jewish identity and ensures our continuity as a people.
All knowledge is significant; everything we learn can inspire and help us along our respective paths.
A partnership between teachers, staff, parents and the larger community provides the foundation for moral sensitivity and empathy for others, which is essential to achieving one's fullest potential.
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The Goal of a Kadima Education
Kadima seeks academic excellence. We believe that the highest level of effort from every member of our community, including students, parents, teachers, administrators and staff, is necessary to provide each student with an excellent education. We believe that an outstanding academic experience is critical to each child's future.
Our curriculum is the foundation of our educational goals. Through our curriculum, we seek to produce graduates who are knowledge driven, literate communicators, self-aware individuals, problem solvers, and collaborative workers.
Knowledge Driven. Fortified with their extensive and comprehensive education, Kadima graduates intrinsically value learning. Kadima encourages its students to desire and seek knowledge throughout their lives. Kadima graduates recognize learning opportunities and actively pursue them, both within and outside the classroom.
Literate Communicators. The fundamental goal of our school is to provide a foundation of learning that will enable students to live successful and meaningful lives. Kadima graduates will: (1) speak fluently and confidently; (2) listen effectively; (3) read and write clearly, competently, and creatively; (4) process, evaluate and analyze critically; and (5) achieve academic proficiency in all disciplines.
Self Aware Individuals. We teach our students to engage in acts of tikun olam (repairing the world) and to live and act with moral sensitivity and empathy toward others. Our students recognize that they must respect themselves and others and contribute not only to the Jewish community, but also to the community at large.
Problem Solvers. Kadima teaches its students to question, think critically, draw conclusions, and apply that knowledge to real life situations. Kadima's academic environment is rigorous - excellence requires nothing less. We give our students the tools to motivate and self-direct so they may achieve their goals.
Collaborative Workers. Kadima is a community. Everything Kadima does stresses the importance of creating a vibrant, supportive community of students, parents and educators. Kadima teaches its students to contribute to group projects as leaders, participants, evaluators, and observers. Kadima students learn how to balance the needs of the individual with those of the community.
As graduates of a Solomon Schechter Day School, Kadima students develop their own deeper understanding of, and commitment to, Judaism. Our students create their own paths to meaningful, intellectual, sound, satisfying and productive lives.
Kadima seeks academic excellence. We believe that the highest level of effort from every member of our community, including students, parents, teachers, administrators and staff, is necessary to provide each student with an excellent education. We believe that an outstanding academic experience is critical to each child's future.
Our curriculum is the foundation of our educational goals. Through our curriculum, we seek to produce graduates who are knowledge driven, literate communicators, self-aware individuals, problem solvers, and collaborative workers.
Knowledge Driven. Fortified with their extensive and comprehensive education, Kadima graduates intrinsically value learning. Kadima encourages its students to desire and seek knowledge throughout their lives. Kadima graduates recognize learning opportunities and actively pursue them, both within and outside the classroom.
Literate Communicators. The fundamental goal of our school is to provide a foundation of learning that will enable students to live successful and meaningful lives. Kadima graduates will: (1) speak fluently and confidently; (2) listen effectively; (3) read and write clearly, competently, and creatively; (4) process, evaluate and analyze critically; and (5) achieve academic proficiency in all disciplines.
Self Aware Individuals. We teach our students to engage in acts of tikun olam (repairing the world) and to live and act with moral sensitivity and empathy toward others. Our students recognize that they must respect themselves and others and contribute not only to the Jewish community, but also to the community at large.
Problem Solvers. Kadima teaches its students to question, think critically, draw conclusions, and apply that knowledge to real life situations. Kadima's academic environment is rigorous - excellence requires nothing less. We give our students the tools to motivate and self-direct so they may achieve their goals.
Collaborative Workers. Kadima is a community. Everything Kadima does stresses the importance of creating a vibrant, supportive community of students, parents and educators. Kadima teaches its students to contribute to group projects as leaders, participants, evaluators, and observers. Kadima students learn how to balance the needs of the individual with those of the community.
As graduates of a Solomon Schechter Day School, Kadima students develop their own deeper understanding of, and commitment to, Judaism. Our students create their own paths to meaningful, intellectual, sound, satisfying and productive lives.
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