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Welcome!
Thank you for your interest in our school.
We are delighted that you are considering Solomon Schechter Day School for your family. SSDS offers a rigorous academic program, a dynamic Jewish experience, and the bonds of friendship within a caring community.
Nestled on the scenic Buena Vista campus in beautiful West Hartford, SSDS represents the best of both worlds, offering an exceptional general and Judaic studies education infused with Jewish values. With small classes and a caring and dedicated staff, we focus on the individual needs of each child. Our graduates continue their educations at the top high schools and universities, and become professionals in every field. Equally important to what our students achieve... is who they become. Our students learn to appreciate their strengths and to confront their challenges, to celebrate their successes and to learn from their mistakes and those of others.
At SSDS, everyone is important. We recognize that each of our students and their families adds value to our community and our school. We share common values and a mutual respect for what makes each of us unique. Come see how this is realized through our school culture and our programming. Our acclaimed Judaic and General studies curriculum is complemented by an outstanding Creative and Performing Arts program. In Middle School, electives like Glee Club, Web Design, Journalism, and Movie Making are offered alongside additional languages like Chinese and Spanish. Our classrooms are Smartboard-equipped and our Apple Macbook Learning Lab and music studio help to facilitate the creative process. SSDS offers a holistic approach to education - nurturing your child's intellectual, social and spiritual development.
Serving the needs of the entire Jewish community, SSDS is an educational resource for the broader Jewish community offering a range of adult and family education opportunities in addition to our education. We are building confident learners, creative thinkers and caring individuals who are motivated to make a difference. Learn. Think. Do.
Solomon Schechter Day School - Education for a lifetime.
SSDS is committed to the Jewish community and does not discriminate based on financial need, offering generous scholarship and financial assistance. Please contact us for more information.
Come for a visit and experience our greatest asset... our warm community. Looking forward to meeting you.
Sincerely,
Behzad Dayanim
Head of School
860.561.0700
bdayanim@ssds-hartford.org
LearnThinkDo.org
Our Goal:
For our students to learn how to learn; to understand how to treat people; to respect themselves and others. Our students grow from curious, wide-eyed toddlers to adolescents who know how to lead with compassion.
Choosing SSDS
We foster intellectual curiosity and challenge all of our students to reach his or her potential. We nurture each child’s natural curiosity, whether in the lab, the gym, on stage or in the classroom. Our dedicated faculty, small class sizes and dynamic dual curriculum equip each child with tools for study and critical inquiry and encourage a commitment to Tikun Olam, building a better world.
An Investment that Lasts a Lifetime
A Solomon Schechter Day School education is a critical investment in your child’s future. The skills acquired at SSDS enable our graduates to excel in their high schools, both independent and public, and later at top colleges. More than just academic success, our graduates shine as responsible and involved members of their school communities, their Jewish community and the world community.
Tuition and fees at SSDS cover only a portion of the real cost of educating each child. In other words, every student at SSDS is subsidized regardless of need.