Our Mission
- To develop each student's confidence and pride in his or her personal strength, character and Jewish identity
- To afford our students the skills to think critically and creatively in order to problem-solve and succeed in a variety of environments
- To produce students who are inspired by the study of the world as both lifelong learners and activists
Our Expected Schoolwide Learning Results (ESLRs)
All graduates of Weizmann Day School will both understand the value of, and demonstrate an ability to be:
- Responsible citizens
- Individuals knowledgeable about Jewish heritage
- Critical thinkers who can
- analyze, interpret, and evaluate information
- analyze and appreciate various literary genres and content-based materials
- apply problem-solving skills to academic and social situations in school, home, and community life
- use research skills to locate and synthesize available sources of information from a variety of media
- develop effective personal time-management, organizational, and study skills
- explore issues from various perspectives
- Individuals literate in the arts, who
- have experienced, produced, and performed a range of visual and performing arts as a part of an integrated curriculum
- demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of visual and performing arts
- participate in various secular and religious art forms, including music, theater, visual arts, and dance
- Effective communicators, who
- express ideas through spoken, written, visual, and physical modalities
- use technology as a learning tool for expression and research
- participate in expository, creative, epistolary, and persuasive forms of written expression to convey and promote ideas
- use active listening skills and respond appropriately in individual and group settings
- Cooperative learners
- Lifelong learners, who
- combine intellectual curiosity with the ongoing quest for knowledge
- continue their journey as lifelong readers
- apply Jewish values to daily life