Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County

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[edit]

In 1973–74, the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County opened.^[2]

Campus[edit]

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]

Head of School - Steve Freedman

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Director of Education and Judaic Studies - Ricky Stamler-Goldberg*

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Middle School Principal - Jennifer Coxe

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Early Childhood & Lower School Principal, Director of General Studies - Lauren Goldman-Brown

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Director of Student Learning - Liav Shapiro

Director of Early Childhood - Gena Khelemsky

School Psychologist - Ilana Kustanowitz

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Director of Operations and Finance - Ronni Brenner

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Director of Admissions - Charlotte Carter

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Director of Institutional Advancement - Michelle Weinraub

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(born 1984), musician for the bands fun. and Bleachers^[7]

Jack Antonoff

(born 1979), artist^[8]

Dan Colen

(born 1977), television writer^[9]

Dave Jeser

(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]

Rob Kaminsky

(born 1984), Grammy-nominated songwriter and record producer, one-third of the trio The Smeezingtons

Ari Levine

(born 1985), journalist and editorial director of TIME^[11]

Elijah Wolfson

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