Donna Klein Jewish Academy is renowned nationally and internationally for standards of excellence in Jewish day school education. Our school has been recognized as an innovator in providing a top caliber, well-rounded Judaic and general studies curriculum.
Among our school’s accomplishments is the prestigious honor of being chosen in 2001 as one of only eight schools in the nation to participate in the three-year Avi Chai Foundation-funded Jewish Day Schools for the 21st Century (JDS21) project.
As we enter an era that encompasses a “global schoolhouse,” our students are encouraged to embrace the complex aspects of global education. Through a vast array of initiatives introduced at DKJA, students learn to build educational partnerships around the world. By using a team approach, they learn firsthand how similarly and/or disparately different cultures go about solving issues that affect the planet. The global issue of “Education for All” is one area being targeted by our school community. Our students are learning to be the leaders of today while thriving in an academically challenging educational setting. They are truly learning to think globally.
As a Jewish institution, we integrate the concept of tikkun olam (responsibility for repairing the world) throughout our curriculum. Our community service program enables students to contribute to the welfare of others through public service activities. Among these projects are the following:
- DKJA’s Annual Family Mitzvah Day, during which more than 600 students, parents, teachers and staff members gather as “an extended family” to assist approximately 25 community organizations on this day of giving from the heart.
- The Teen Connect companionship program in partnership with the Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service of South Palm Beach County, which forges relationships and bonds between teens and the elderly in the community.
- Interactive initiatives to enrich the lives of children at Dixie Manor, the
- Partnership programs with community schools, such as Pine Grove Elementary.
- Beautification projects that benefit organizations such as the
Students of all ages are taught the importance of making a difference in others’ lives, and to learn to seek this kind of satisfaction throughout their own lives. Community service is an essential component of our philosophy.
