This year, the high school administration is implementing new grading policies in an effort to make the grading evaluations more equitable for students.  The administration established four new grading...

Antisemitic graffiti was found under a bridge in North Bethesda on Josiah Henson Parkway on Sunday, Aug. 27. The vandalized bridge featured a swastika and the message “CLUB ARYAN EXCELLENT” painted...

This year, the administration is making an extra effort to enforce the school’s kippot policy. Having been neglected largely because of the COVID- 19 pandemic, the school has made the decision to refocus...

This past summer, Israel’s Technion University held a science and technology based summer program for 48 international high school students in Haifa. This group included seniors Nava Feldman and Simon...

Several high school courses and programs are getting significant updates this school year. The freshman biology course will now be organized around storylines, the junior Hebrew curriculum will be centered...

In her eight and a half years as a science teacher and four years as Upper School STEM Coordinator at CESJDS, Middle School Principal Cassandra Batson has worked face-to-face with students to inform, educate...

As students were out enjoying their summer vacations, teachers and administrators from CESJDS were leading an initiative to better Jewish history education nationwide. In 2019, JDS launched the Center...

To conclude the first week of school, high school students had a chance to bond with their grade through adventure type field trips, while middle school students served the community through service field...

As junior Shiri Cohen takes the stage at the National Theatre as part of the Brandon Victor Dixon awards, she begins singing “So Long Dearie” from “Hello, Dolly!,” as she had months prior on the...

This spring, hundreds of people rallied in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reforms. The plan, which Netanyahu...

Junior Rena Katz sits on the grass of the National Mall playing cards with her friends, soaking up the sun and enjoying the break from school. High school students and staff explored the Washington, D.C....

From May 16 to 21, the eighth grade went on the third annual Bridges Capstone Trip to end their middle school experience. Accompanied by nine of their teachers, the eighth grade visited Atlanta and Montgomery,...