May 28, 2026
If you’ve walked into MILTON lately, you might have noticed that the walls of the North Campus lobby are covered in colorful tiles with Hebrew letters and phrases like “I bring laughter,” “I bring color,” “I bring energy,” and “I bring myself.” Cardboard cutouts of scraggly rocks line the walls below. Accompanying the tiles is […]
May 26, 2026
You see our security team every day at arrival and dismissal, the bus door, and the entrances to both of our campuses. They are a vital part of day-to-day life at MILTON, and play a huge role in keeping our students and staff safe at school. Read on to learn more about each member of […]
May 26, 2026 by
If you’ve visited North Campus in the past few weeks, you may have noticed a new presence greeting you at the doors: a cherry blossom-adorned panda. Or maybe you’ve walked to the National Zoo from the Woodley Park metro and seen a black and white striped panda outside a restaurant, or the panda near the […]
February 19, 2026
All students at MILTON spend time in Exploratory class, where they develop engineering, programming, and design thinking skills in the Design Lab. But some students are expanding upon this by spending their time after school and on weekends on the Robotics team.
May 2, 2016 by
In this parasha, God instructs Moshe regarding the procedures for the Day of Atonement; sexual prohibitions are then listed. In one of those strange vicissitudes of the Jewish calendar, the parasha we read immediately following Pesach addresses the Temple service on Yom Kippur. Our minds are still wrapped around the fun we had at the […]
April 20, 2016 by
A fishbowl, half-filled with dirt, with a paper butterfly inside. Taped around the outside of the fishbowl: the poem “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” which we read during our 5th grade Holocaust study. A tube of golf balls, 6 yellow for the Jews, 5 others in various colors for the gays, Jehovah’s witnesses and Roma […]
April 20, 2016 by
A team of JPDS-NC 5th and 6th graders took on the first ever RAVSAK-Technion Design Challenge! They built a Passover-themed Rube Goldberg machine that journeys through the ten plagues. Check out our behind-the-scenes video!
April 19, 2016
I’m a native of South Orange, New Jersey and graduate of Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union (now Golda Och Academy). I moved to Washington in 1994 to follow a lifelong interest in politics. I worked as a staffer on Capitol Hill in the House and Senate for nine years, before becoming a […]
April 19, 2016
Our family has been involved with JPDS-NC for the last 16 years, since our son, Jake, started Kindergarten at the old Montgomery Hills location, continuing with my tenure as a Board Trustee and President, our daughter Abby’s graduation in 2011, and through to my current terms returning to the Board and serving as Co-Chair of […]
April 18, 2016 by
Leah graduated in 2004. Reflecting on her time at JPDS-NC, she shared what she loved most about the school: “JPDS-NC was a wonderful place for me to grow, learn, and really grow to love learning. It was an incredibly supportive environment, one where students felt they could participate. The small classes allowed you to be […]
April 14, 2016
I’m the relatively rare non‑transplant to the DC area. I grew up in Silver Spring, and graduated from a (different) Jewish day school. Lucy is a Jewish day school alum as well, from a school in the UK. The grounding and foundation in Jewish texts, tradition and practice that our day school education gave us […]
April 14, 2016
The Hasenberg family’s love affair with JPDS-NC began the day we visited the school in 2009. As our daughter Ellie is now on the verge of graduating and our son Benny looks forward to joining the first class in the Middle School, that relationship continues to flourish. Indeed, it feels like our family has grown […]
April 14, 2016
I am the proud parent of JPDS-NC sixth grader Lincoln Aftergood. My husband Steven, Lincoln, and I have been a part of the JPDS-NC community for seven wonderful years. I’d like to share with you how and why I volunteer at JPDS-NC and how grateful I am to have landed a seat on the JPDS-NC Endowment […]
April 13, 2016 by
This Sunday we held our annual Performing Arts Show, featuring fabulous Israeli dancing by students in grades Pre-K to Six, as well as exuberant performances by our fifth and sixth grade Percussion Chug and Drama Chug students. Watch the video of this wonderful event! (Please note: this link will take you to a 15-minute preview; you will have […]
