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The King David School
Location
Armadale, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Coordinates	37°51′30″S 145°00′38″E / 37.858219°S 145.010474°E / -37.858219; 145.010474
Information
Type	Independent comprehensive co-educational early learning, primary, and secondary Jewish day school
Motto	Hebrew: Lehavin Ulehaskil (To Know and Understand)
Religious affiliation(s)	Reform Judaism Victorian Union of Progressive Judaism
Denomination	Jewish
Established	1978; 46 years ago (1978)
Principal	Marc Light
Years	Early learning; K–12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrolment	800
Colour(s)	Gold and blue
Affiliation	Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne
Website	www.kds.vic.edu.au

The King David School is an independent comprehensive co-educational early learning, primary, and secondary progressive Jewish day school, located in Armadale, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school currently caters for approximately 800 students from early learning to Year 12, and is affiliated with the Victorian Union of Progressive Judaism.

History

The King David School was first envisioned in the 1970s, by several progressive Jews in Melbourne, and rabbis from Temple Beth Israel. The first property was a site on Kooyong Road; purchased in 1978, it was named the Joyce and Mark Southwick Campus, for two key influential figures in the school's opening.

As Australia's first Progressive Jewish day school, it welcomed its first class of 45 students in 1978 under the headship of Principal Norman Rothman. In 1984, the Magid Campus was purchased on Orrong Road; the name honours one of the school's leading supporters, Isadore Magid.

The School rapidly rose in student numbers, and celebrated the centennial year of 2000 by extending to Year 12 for the first time in its history.

Campuses

The King David School consists of three campuses in the Metropolitan Armadale area of Melbourne, close to the city's Jewish community. These campuses are the Junior School (Kinder to Year 5) and the Senior School (Magid Campus) for Years 6 to 12 students), and the Rebecca Magid Center (opposite the Senior School) which is a performing, visual arts and sports centre.

Curriculum

King David School prepares students for the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), achieving high academic results. The school's LOTE (Languages Other Than English) program includes Hebrew, French and Mandarin.

Co-curriculum

King David School offers co-curricular programs in sport, music, drama, debating, outdoor education, STEM programs and in 2019 they launched their first F1 in schools team. In 2008 they became the first known school to run a teacher sanctioned Dream Team league.

Sport

The school's sports program is facilitated through its membership of the Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne (EISM).

EISM Premierships

King David School has won the following EISM senior premierships.

Boys:

• Basketball (2) – 2013, 2018
• Table Tennis (3) – 2005, 2012, 2014
• Tennis (4) – 2013, 2015, 2019, 2020

Girls:

• Basketball (2) – 2014, 2015
• Netball – 2013
• Table Tennis – 2014

Notable alumni

• David Eldar – World Scrabble champion 2017 and professional poker player
• Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (born 2002) – Olympic rhythmic gymnast, 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games medallist, (1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)
• Nevo Zisin – writer and transgender rights activist

See also

• King David School (disambiguation)
• Jewish culture
• Torah study
• Reform Judaism
• List of non-government schools in Victoria
• Judaism in Australia

References

1. King David School: Location
2. "EISM". www.eism.org. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

External links

• King David School Website

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