As the only Jewish day school in the nation’s capital, MILTON students benefit from the school’s urban location and the expertise of our community of public servants, scientists, business leaders, academics, artists, and other professionals who enrich the academic experience of our students.
MILTON is a vibrant, pluralistic Jewish day school where students, families, and faculty mirror the diversity of Jewish practice in the community. Our warm, close-knit community shares in each other’s lives, learns together, participates in a variety of family and adult programs, and contributes to local and global communities through civic engagement.
The school serves 480 students in Pre-K – Grade 8 at our Kay and Robert Schattner Center North and South Campuses.
Think MILTON could be your child’s home? We would love to meet you to see if there might be an opportunity to welcome your family to ours.
On South Campus, the Sadnah, or workshop, is filled with old bottle tops, marker caps, buttons, large seashells, metal and wood scraps, solo cups, plastic tubes, clay, and clothespins—just to name a few things. Each class in Early Elementary (PK, Kindergarten, and Grade 1) visits it twice a week, working with atelierista (and MILTON parent!) […]
Learn MoreIn just a few short years, MILTON has built a strong and growing Athletics program. This year is MILTON’s second in the PVAC (Potomac Valley Athletic Conference), and we have been steadily building on the successes of our first year. We are excited to see our program grow in terms of skill, size, and community […]
Learn MoreAt this year’s Purim Ball, the Grade 5 team was spotlighted for their interdisciplinary, collaborative, and creative work on the Unsung Heroes project. This is the final major project that students complete in Elementary School and combines their work in General Studies, Judaic Studies, and Hebrew which they present in a culminating event with family […]
Learn MoreIntroduction by Mikah Goldman Berg, 2024-25 MPA co-chair. The MILTON Parents Association was thrilled to bring Camp MILTON back for the third year. As the current co-chairs of the MPA, Julie Newport and I love Camp MILTON. It is where the previous MPA co-chairs encouraged us to plan a class together, an open-fire cooking class, […]
Learn MoreIf you enter the room during one of Nechama Malkiel’s Grade 4 Judaic Studies classes, you may hear students sing, to the tune of “She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain”: “A havruta is a triangle of three; my partner and my text and my me!” before diving into their regular partner work.
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Studying Torah is an important part of every student`s experience at MILTON. Today, Grade 3 took an important step to mark the start of their studies: receiving their first chumash. Parents came to celebrate this milestone and together, the families studied texts, learned about calligraphy, and got a close look at Ashkenazi and Sephardic Torah scrolls. We are excited to see our students grow as Jewish learners throughout their time at MILTON!
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Big news from Pre-K: the monarch caterpillar they have been studying emerged from its chrysalis as a butterfly! The students were able to see the chrysalis gradually open throughout the day and then released it so it could migrate to Mexico. Go butterfly, go!
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Yesterday, our community came together to mark the third anniversary of October 7. We encountered the many dimensions of this moment in different ways: hearing from students and staff about their experiences, interpreting poetry and music, dedications at athletic games, gathering together to pray for peace, and more.
The day reminded us that the story of the last three years is not one of a single moment in time, but of a broader story that’s still being written – one of loss and resilience, heartbreak and healing, memory and hope.
In the words of one of our Shinshinim, we could ask ourselves at moments of pain: "Why me? Why us?" But instead, she charged us to ask ourselves: "What can I do to help someone else?"
May the memories of those we honored continue to inspire many such questions and many such blessings.
We love interdisciplinary connections! Grade 6 used the book they have been studying in Humanities, City of Ember, to connect to their first major design thinking project of the year. Using the context from the book, they developed tools that solved problems the underground city faces such as ladders, time telling devices, energy generators, and more.
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