How does MJDS support the development of 21st century skills such as team work, planning,organization, communication and creativity? How do our students develop crucial Executive Functions such as flexible thinking, working memory...
At MJDS we pride ourselves in the joy our children feel every day. This can be confusing to those that believe that children should not be happy at school. Once again studies confirm that “Happy kids learn faster and think more creatively. Happy...
As their class trip to the capital of Ottawa approaches, Kita Shalhevet students have been learning about the history of the country they live in, and the importance of the First Nation peoples who inhabited this land before them. The projects...
Across all ages, the students baked hand-made Oznei Haman and created Mishloach Manot to give to others. Matanot la’evyonim, the Mitzvah of giving to the poor was also present as the Middle School and grade 5 students packed donation bags...
The older elementary students took the initiative to recreate the story of Purim. In Kita Shalhevet, Daniel wrote and directed a wonderful version of the Megillah, holding exhaustive auditions to ensure that he had the right actor for each part...
Music and laughter were in the air as MJDS students prepared for Purim. This holiday presents unique opportunities for intersection between art, music, and Judaica. In art class, elementary and middle school students learned about the...
Our Upper El students collaborating to mount a shoe rack together, According to the Wall Street Journal “the Montessori educational approach might be the surest route to joining the creative elite.” The article lauded Montessori for having “a...
Imagine being able to see music or hear a painting. This is exactly what MJDS elementary students explored with their latest drawings. Artist and music fanatic Wassily Kandinsky claimed to have synaesthesia, a condition where the senses overlap...
