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. 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

In 1973–74, the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County opened.

Campus

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.

Administration

Head of School - Steve Freedman
Director of Education and Judaic Studies - Ricky Stamler-Goldberg*
Middle School Principal - Jennifer Coxe
Early Childhood & Lower School Principal, Director of General Studies - Lauren Goldman-Brown
Director of Student Learning - Liav Shapiro
Director of Early Childhood - Gena Khelemsky
School Psychologist - Ilana Kustanowitz
Director of Operations and Finance - Ronni Brenner
Director of Admissions - Charlotte Carter
Director of Institutional Advancement - Michelle Weinraub

Notable alumni

Jack Antonoff (born 1984), musician for the bands fun. and Bleachers
Dan Colen (born 1979), artist
Dave Jeser (born 1977), television writer
Rob Kaminsky (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
Ari Levine (born 1984), Grammy-nominated songwriter and record producer, one-third of the trio The Smeezingtons
Elijah Wolfson (born 1985), journalist and editorial director of TIME

References

School Search Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed July 29, 2008.
"Mission, History and, Core Values". ssdsbergen.org. Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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Standard, Jewish (15 August 2011). "One of Israel's 10 most influential women visits Solomon Schechter Day School". Jewish Standard. TOI.
Palmer, Joanne (7 August 2014). "Seeds of knowledge". Jewish Standard. TOI.
Leichman, Joseph. "More powerful than a locomotive...", Jewish Standard, November 26, 2010. Accessed January 2, 2013. "Jack Antonoff of New Milford and Daniel Silbert of Tenafly first crossed paths in elementary school at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County in New Milford, where they also met Evan Winiker, whose family moved to Teaneck in time for him to begin the sixth grade at Schechter."
Dan Colen
Jewish Standard: "‘Drawn Together’ creators, from area, decry anti-Israel accusations" by Josh Lipowsky June 4, 2010
Berger, Eric. "Cardinals’ Jewish left-hander Kaminsky hopes for a playoff role", St. Louis Jewish Light], August 27, 2020, updated February 11, 2021. Accessed March 8, 2021. "Tell me a little about where you’re from and your Jewish upbringing. I grew up in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and live in Englewood now. I moved a nice, five-minute drive from the parents, so that’s nice. I went to Solomon Schechter pre-K through eighth grade and had a great, great time there."
"TIME Masthead". 18 January 2023.