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Join Community Day School and PJ Library Pittsburgh on 10/20 as we explore the beauty of Sukkot through science, technology, engineering, art, and math (S.T.E.A.M.)
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Join Community Day School and PJ Library Pittsburgh with your child (ages 2-5) for a PJ Library story, a snack, and fun building inventions with a Jewish holiday theme using recycled materials.
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CDS Middle School student Abigail Naveh won 2nd Place in a nationwide essay contest about her experience making connections with older adults through the Better Together intergenerational learning program.
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Congratulations to CDS math teacher Leslie Frischman for winning the 2019 Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics (PCTM) Middle School Junior High Level Master of Math Award.
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On Friday, May 24, the 28 members of the CDS Class of 2019 received their diplomas and become the newest alumni of Community Day School. Kol HaKavod!
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Each spring, the graduating 8th Grade class travels to Israel together for two weeks as the capstone learning experience of their Hebrew and Jewish Studies curriculum.
![CDS Class of 2015 graduation photo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1561745428/comdayorg/zwbf5rdemaoyj56qavgk/CDSClassof2015.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1561745428/comdayorg/zwbf5rdemaoyj56qavgk/CDSClassof2015.png","width":362}])
Mazel tov to the CDS Class of 2015 on their high school graduation...see what's in store for the next leg of their educational journey at some of the nation's top universities.
![Yom HaShoah Logo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1556023391/comdayorg/on64ipcrldrvbjkkirho/YomHashoahImage.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1556023391/comdayorg/on64ipcrldrvbjkkirho/YomHashoahImage.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1556023391/comdayorg/on64ipcrldrvbjkkirho/YomHashoahImage.png","width":540}])
CDS Middle School students will take part in the nationwide effort to honor victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution by holding a Days of Remembrance (Yom HaShoah) ceremony on May 2.
![Beauty and the Beast Jr. curtain call]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1554733727/comdayorg/smdv3znlgvlms2jxupjn/BeautyBow.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1554733727/comdayorg/smdv3znlgvlms2jxupjn/BeautyBow.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1554733727/comdayorg/smdv3znlgvlms2jxupjn/BeautyBow.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554733727/comdayorg/smdv3znlgvlms2jxupjn/BeautyBow.jpg","width":960}])
CDS Middle School brought to life a "tale as old as time" with the spring musical production of Beauty and the Beast Jr.
In the headlines:
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Pirates score a hit at JCC and CDS, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
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CDS celebrates King legacy with Afro-Semitic experience, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
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These teenage ‘Minyan Makers’ prayed every week with Pittsburgh shooting victims, The Forward
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Students come together to remember victims, survivors of synagogue shooting, WPXI-TV
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At Squirrel Hill school, students shine ‘light into the darkness, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Jewish students at Community Day School honor victims of Tree of Life shooting, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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How a Jewish school in Pittsburgh teaches about anti-Semitism, NPR
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Jewish students honor Pittsburgh’s victims at homemade Holocaust memorial, The Forward
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Refusing to put fear at the center of Jewish identity, The Atlantic Monthly
- What's the big idea? Independent school leaders address their challenges, Pittsburgh Quarterly
- Senses of Sukkot, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle,
- Sukkot Fest at CDS, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
