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2018 Annual Report

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Dear MWJDS Community,

What does it mean to be a community day school? It means that MWJDS strives to provide more than an excellent Jewish and general education. MWJDS provides religious, social and cultural opportunities for engagement that that go far beyond the expectations of a traditional classroom.

We celebrated many institutional accomplishments this past year, including being named the first grant recipient of the Fred and Gilda Slifka Family Day Schoool Inclusion Initiative. This 10-year, multi-million dollar gift administered by Combined Jewish Philanthropies will bring a qualitatively greater level of inclusion and support to many students in the greater Boston area who may not have been able to access Jewish educations previously. Recognized for our seminal work in this field, MWJDS is proud to be a thought-leader in this grant and its implementation.

As we reflect on the accomplishments of the past year, we of course look forward to the year ahead. We are thankful as always for the support that each of you makes to our work. We sincerely hope that you will continue to partner with us to ensure the stability and development of our holy community.

Hope Casey Rav-Hazzan Scott M. Sokol Board President Head of School

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Expanding the Day School community

In partnership with Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) and Gateways: Access to Jewish Education, MWJDS announced the launch of the Fred and Gilda Slifka Family Day School Inclusion Initiative in March of 2018. MWJDS will receive $1.9 million over 10 years to lead the effort to establish a comprehensive education program designed to meet the needs of students with a wide range of learning challenges in a Jewish day school environment.

MWJDS was selected as a founding partner for the Initiative based on its esteemed academic approach and its success in developing programming to educate all students. The funding will be invested in MWJDS’ individualized education model to further develop curricula, enrich differentiated instruction and teaching strategies, enhance support services for all students, and continue to implement innovative technology.

The MWJDS educational program is based on:• Skilled application of differentiated learning techniques• Dynamic multi-age cohorts to promote mastery of core academic

subjects• Traditional grade-based cohorts for social and project-based

programming• Intentionally small classes to preserve low student to teacher ratios• Strong partnerships between parents and teaching teams

MWJDS is proud to be a thought-leader in the movement to create inclusive academic environments that benefits all learners.

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MWJDS Class of 2018Mazal Tov to our newest Alumni, the

Tamar Graduating Class of 2018—our largest graduating class! We wish them well as they go on to Gann Academy, Ashland High, Algonquin Regional High, Chapel Hill Chauncy Hall,

Framingham High, and Natick High.

Alumot Alumni AssociationThe Alumot Alumni Association stays connected with all our alumni. Contact alumot@mwjds.org

for more information, and connect with us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/

mwjdsalumot.

Alumot as High School LeadersOur Alumni hit the ground running, taking leadership positions in their high schools and in the community. Once again, two former MWJDS students are serving on New England Region USY’s Executive Board. Many of our alumni participate in HaZamir: The International Jewish Teen Choir. Alumni serve as interns at Stand With Us, fighting anti-semitism while protecting, educating and inspiring the next generation of pro-Israel voices, and attend AIPAC, meeting with government leaders to strengthen, protect and promote the US-Israel relationship.

MWJDS goes to CollegeOur first three classes are off to college already. MWJDS alumni may be found at a host of colleges, bringing the skills they first began to practice at MWJDS into the real world. Kol HaKavod to Sergeant Adrin Levy ‘13, combat soldier in the elite unit Rochev Shamaim of the IDF!

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Revenue

Tuition & Fees 43.7%

Fundraisers 14.2%

Donations 33.7%

Grants 8.4%

Financial InformationFY2018 Revenue & Expenses

7/1/17 – 6/30/18

Expenses

Education 61.9%

Administration 28.2%

Facilities $85,340.00

5.7%

Transportation $64,050.00

4.2%

Alumot as High School LeadersOur Alumni hit the ground running, taking leadership positions in their high schools and in the community. Once again, two former MWJDS students are serving on New England Region USY’s Executive Board. Many of our alumni participate in HaZamir: The International Jewish Teen Choir. Alumni serve as interns at Stand With Us, fighting anti-semitism while protecting, educating and inspiring the next generation of pro-Israel voices, and attend AIPAC, meeting with government leaders to strengthen, protect and promote the US-Israel relationship.

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$50,000+The Beker Foundation Combined Jewish Philanthropies Renee and Steven FinnMarla and Jeffrey Wolk

$10,000-$49,999 Allen A. Stein Family Foundation Anonymous Marsha and Harvey ChasenTally and Boaz EitanJewish Funders Network Barbara, Ashley Olivia and

Ellis V. MorrisFrancine and David RothkopfRuderman Family Foundation

$5,000-$9,999 Susan and Aron AinJayne and Harvey BekerLizbeth and George KruppMyra and Robert SnyderSharon Stein

$1,800-$4,999 Anonymous Nancy and David BayerDebra and Gerry BickoffEllen and Donald BlochJoyce and Michael BohnenMary O’Brien and Glenn CoffmanFran ElovitzFran Davis and Lindsay FarrerDana and Dan FinnHaja and Jeff FinnJoanna and Jeff Fleisher

Rick FranklinRabbi Beth Naditch and

Barry Freedman Sheri and Eli GurockPhyllis HammerRosanne and Lou KatesMilly and David KatzmanEllen and Jack KayLaw Offices of Morton J. Shuman Yosef LindeSusan Rodgin and Warren ManningPress Family Foundation Amy Schectman and

Mitchell RosenbergJill and Larry SandbergCantor Linda Sue and Richard SohnFrancene and Scott SokolTemple Beth Sholom, Framingham Lisa and Neil WallackArnee R. and Walter A. Winshall

$500-1,799 Marjorie and Barry AferganStacy Goodman and Inge AgustssonErica and Jay BallAnita Diamant and Jim BallLee and Stuart BauerShirl BlankHope and Clay CaseyTerry and Dave CaseyPhyllis Epstein and Joseph ChartorCarl and Carol ChudnofskySherryl and Gerard CohenSusan and Richard CollinsDavid Decter Social Action Fund Elaine EllenbogenKaren and David FarbmanRena and Robert Fein

Thank you to our Donors! Todah Rabah! Donations listed for July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018

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Linda Jason and Andy FischerGann Academy Rita and Herbert GannMaria Benet and Joe GellerBerna and Bill HabermanDebbie and Darin HagerRabbi William HamiltonAmy and John HerreraRuth HertzMarc JacobsRachel and Seth KalvertHolly and Jerry KamplerRolene and Marshall KarpTara and Michael KentEly KirschnerVivian and Mati LazarLevine Chapels, Inc. Fran Robbins Liben and

Rabbi Daniel LibenAudra and Carlos LizarraldeCarolyn Keller and Harvey LowellLaura and Ery MagasanikElaine and Burt MarmerPat and Jack MurphyMWJDS Family ConnectionSarah and David NewmanJennifer and Steven NovickGayle NullPHASE(n) Corporation Emily Spector Piovoso and

Tom PiovosoMonica and Irving PlotnikFriends Raytheon Matching GiftsCharna ReichelDeb Hall and David RockwellRoffi Salon and Day Spa Marcia and Paul RosenbergRuthann RuthfieldShirley and Sumner Sachs

Ruth Langer and Jonathan SarnaEvie Kintzer Shorey and

Hesh ShoreyCynthia ShulmanMarcia and Morton ShumanDeborah and Scott SinrichRobin Kaye and Charlie SisitskyArlene and Michael SobolJudy and Herb SpivakRabbi and Mrs. Donald SplanskyStarr, Finer, Starr, LLP Emily Franklin Strauss and

Adam StraussJennifer SugarmanSarah Miller and Sam TarlinSuzanne and Rabbi Herb TobinSheila and Norman WeinstockBrenda and Arnold Zaltas

$180-$499 Cynthia and Steve AdelmanRonit and Ron AmitAnita Kite and Robert ArmesBetsy and Randy BarskeLeslie and Rabbi Laurence BazerBeverly Benedetti and

Robert BerkowitzJudy and Alan BernsteinDorothy and Stanley BilskyAnnie and Andrew BlankPat and Michael BlankPhyllis BlumbergBox Tops for Education Andrea and Ed BroadwinThe Butcherie Louise CitronBarbara and Milton ColemanMohammad Djamshidi

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Nancy and Dale DonchinKimberly DuckworthSol EisenbergMarlene FarbmanRabbi Aviva and Ari FellmanSara and Russell FormanLinda and Michael FriezeBarbara Fritz ElliottZelda and Elkan GamzuDana GitellRosalyn GouldHeather Zacker and David HarlowJoyce and Marvin HartsteinNancy Hoffman and Joel HarrisPamela Shuman Howitt and

Robert HowittIrene Sege and Mike JacobsRonda and Joshua JacobsonJanis and David JoelLori KaganRona and John KahnBarbara and Michael KalvertCarrie Wechsler and Tal KatzArlene KatzmanYael and Doug KatzmanAlison Butter and Alan KlevanKoleinuNorma and David KramerSara KramerEleanor and Barry KrasnerTony MartinReva Tankle and John McArthurEmily Beker and Ben MintzJody and Geoff MostowDebbie and Mark NeedlemanRobin and Robert NicholsElizabeth and Michael NullAlexandre OliveiraGail and Mark PalmerLucia Press

Judy and Stuart RheinRav Shira Shazeer and

Cantor Ken RichmondSolomon RosenbergBeth Rosen and Robert RoshPhyllis and Richard RotbergLori Bornstein and Alan RothmanPhyllis and Samuel RubinovitzRabbi Larry and Robin RubinsteinMara RubinsteinBarbara and Arthur SafranJody Comins and Mike SchnurSharona SefaradyBarb SiegelCarol SokolHelene SotskyJennifer and Rabbi David StarrStop & Shop Supermarket Co. Arlene SugarmanArleen and Herb TarutzTemple Israel of Natick Jonathan Krasner and Frank TiptonUnlimited Links Inc. Jennifer Slifka and Luis VidalSharon and James WaldmanIrit Tau Webber and David WebberElayne and Eric WeinsteinWe’re All In This Together Geri and Barry ז״ל WestFelice and Mark WhittumAndrea Cohen and Carl ZackDavid Zaltas

Up to $179 Irma and Seymour AndrusLisa and Alan Avery-PeckNurit and Dan BabchuckBarnes and Noble Melanie Bazer

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Harriet BergSusan BerkowitzElizabeth Kraut Nahar and

Avi Bernstein-NaharRonda and Norman BloomsteinSusan and Alex BravermanMerlyn CareyJulie and David ChivoDvorah CohenReesa and Ed CohenJoyce CohenDonna and Kevin ComeauCongregation Shaarei Tefillah Lois and Howie CooperDeborah and Jason DanielsMarilyn DanielsSusan and Ken DebenedictisLinda and Steve DesatnickPamela Gilman and

Richard DiamondJohn DinussonCarol and Herb DreyerEinat and Dar EfroniCarol Ann and Armand EpsteinLisa and Scott FeldmanLois FinnDeborah and Daniel FinsLois and Arthur FinsteinBarbara FishmanLauren and David FishmanLeora FishmanMichelle and Mark FolickmanFortini & Wilcox Realty, Inc. Patricia FultonBarbara GaffinEleanor GalleraniAnita and Fred GelfandRobert GlazierCantor Jamie Gloth

Judy and Stuart RheinRav Shira Shazeer and

Cantor Ken RichmondSolomon RosenbergBeth Rosen and Robert RoshPhyllis and Richard RotbergLori Bornstein and Alan RothmanPhyllis and Samuel RubinovitzRabbi Larry and Robin RubinsteinMara RubinsteinBarbara and Arthur SafranJody Comins and Mike SchnurSharona SefaradyBarb SiegelCarol SokolHelene SotskyJennifer and Rabbi David StarrStop & Shop Supermarket Co. Arlene SugarmanArleen and Herb TarutzTemple Israel of Natick Jonathan Krasner and Frank TiptonUnlimited Links Inc. Jennifer Slifka and Luis VidalSharon and James WaldmanIrit Tau Webber and David WebberElayne and Eric WeinsteinWe’re All In This Together Geri and Barry ז״ל WestFelice and Mark WhittumAndrea Cohen and Carl ZackDavid Zaltas

Up to $179 Irma and Seymour AndrusLisa and Alan Avery-PeckNurit and Dan BabchuckBarnes and Noble Melanie Bazer

Betty and Jerry GoldbergRobin and Bruce GoldweitzShawn and Mark GranoffMichelle and Marc GuttmanEllen Ball and Bruce HaimowitzHanto Restaurant Lynne HellerLizbeth and Michael HeyerSherri and Wayne HimleEdith Goldman and

Morton HoffmanJoan HoltzCarole Mitnick and Chris JohnsonNancy KaftanRobin KahnJanis and Steven KaminPaulette and Joel KandelHelen and Robert KaplanSally and Herb KepnesEmily KershnerOrit Kent and Meir LakeinMillie and Larry LauengerJoel LeemanRabbi Murray LevineNathaniel LewAnne LiptonNitzan and Joe MacDermottAllison and Elliot MaelJulia Morgunova and

Vladimir MakhnovskiyNorma Marcus ז״לMarjorie and Arthur MarionMary Dean and Rich McKeeGail Smookler and Richard McLarenJoanne Camann and Stuart MentzerHarriet MerkowitzTamar Biala and Yehuda MirskyValerie and Chris MontuoriBarbara and Jerry Naditch

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New England Board of Cantors Nancy and Philip NewfieldEileen and Robert NicholsMarcia and David NovickRae and Louis PaleyJudy Meyers and Mark PasternackJoyce and Bruce PastorEdna PerlmutterJames PerlmutterRonnie and Roy PologeSusan and Alessandro PorroJill and Steve PressmanIna and Jerry RegosinAlice Ain Rich and Jack RichBarbara & Michael RichmondCarol and Stanley RichmondEileen Winston and Gary RosenbergSusan RubinSybil SalomanBobbi and Michael SchainSusan and Robert ScherrLinda and Howard Schiffman

Phoebe and Howard SchnitzerJan Moidel Schwartz and

Steve SchwartzLeticia ScoolerHelen and Howard SiegelCantor Wendy SiegelSarah SonnenfeldMarlene and Alfred SpillerHolly and Jason StengelMarc StoberSandy and David TallAlyse and Glenn UnterbergerCynthia and Ralph ValencicSharon and James WaldmanMartin WechslerCindy and Bruce WhiteLorraine and Arthur WhiteMelinda and Fred WhittumMichelle and Adam WilenSheila and Bill WolfsonSusan and Dan WulfMarissa and Dan Zwelling

Thank You to our Volunteers!

Helen AvivLee Bauer

David BayerNancy BayerTamar BialaAnnie Blank

Donald BlochJoyce Bohnen

Clay CaseyHope Casey

Sabrina Casey ‘15Harvey ChasenMarsha ChasenJason Daniels

Kimberly DuckworthGahl Efroni

Barbara Fritz EliottDavid Farbman

Karen FarbmanLindsay FarrerVictoria Felson

Renée FinnSteven Finn

Barbara FishmanDana GitellEli Gurock

Sheri GurockDebbie Hager

Pamela Shuman HowittSteve Kamin

Holly KamplerJerry KamplerSam Kampler

Lou KatesMilly KatzmanYael Katzman

Carolyn KellerAlan KlevanEvie KintzerAnita Kite

Norma KramerAudra Lizarralde

Vladimir MakhnovskiyBurt Marmer

Elaine MarmerJina Missle

Julia MorgunovaJody Mostow

Rabbi Beth NaditchMark Needleman

Bobby NicholsNathan Nichols ‘15

Robin NicholsJennifer Novick

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2017-2018 / 5778 School Year Faculty & Staff

Rav-Hazzan Scott M. Sokol, Ph.D.Head of School

Steve AbramowitzRonit Amit

Nurit BabchuckLeslie BazerEmily Beker

Amy BrickmanAlison Butter

Joanne CamannMerlyn CareyDvorah Cohen

Deborah Daniels

Einat EfroniAlyson Fainbarg

Michelle FolickmanCarrie FuchsNancy KaftanJanis KaminRobin Kaye

Emily KershnerNitzan MacDermott

Valerie MontuoriPat Murphy

Beth NullSolomon RosenbergFrancine RothkopfMara RubinsteinPhoebe SchnitzerRav Shira Shazeer

Carol SokolHolly Stengel

Jordana StengelAvraham Wachs Cashman

Nissa Weiss

2017-2018 Board of Directors

Hope Casey & Steven FinnCo-Presidents

Evie KintzerVP of Strategic Planning

Beth NaditchVP of EducationDavid Rothkopf

VP of FinanceLou KatesTreasurer

Mark NeedlemanSecretary

Lindsay FarrerImmediate Past President

Renée FinnFounding Chair

Annie Blank & Yael KatzmanFamily Connection

Co-PresidentsCarolyn Keller

Founding Head of School

DirectorsDavid Bayer

Donald BlochHarvey ChasenLinda Sue SohnMilly KatzmanSarah NewmanJennifer NovickAmy SchectmanIrit Tau-Webber

Thank You to our Volunteers!

תודה רבה

Michael NullEmily Spector Piovoso

Charna ReichelArlene Remz

Cantor Ken RichmondBurton Robinson

Mitchell RosenbergDavid Rothkopf

Micah Rothkopf ‘15Sam Rothkopf ‘13

Jill SandbergLarry Sandberg

Amy SchectmanJan Moidel Schwartz

Charlie SisitskyCarol SokolMyra Snyder

Irit Tau-WebberDavid WebberHuong Wolf

Rafe WolfJeff Wolk

Marla Wolk

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MetroWest Jewish Day School fosters the growth of students in grades Pre-K through 8 within a pluralistic and respectful environment, helping them to become

confident learners with the skills and values to think critically and creatively.

Our curriculum integrates 21st century skills with Jewish knowledge and wisdom to engage our students in a rich, multi-faceted learning experience. We support our students’ individual learning styles, enabling them to realize their full potential and find their place in the world.

MetroWest Jewish Day School50 Pamela Road ✡ Framingham, MA 01701 ✡ www.mwjds.org

(508) 620-5554 ✡ Fax (508) 620-0945

We are so grateful for our partners:

MetroWest Jewish Day School is proud to serve families in 17 towns from Boston to Worcester and beyond!

MetroWest Jewish Day SchoolEngage. Inspire. Excel.

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