'Ideal student' focus of gala skit, presentations
Nearly 500 people, including parents, teachers, administrators and alumni gathered at the Upper School campus on June 3 for a gala to celebrate the success of the 2003-2004 Ma’ayan fund raising campaign.

Nussbaum ends 23-year tenure at LS
After 23 years of working at JDS, Lower School Principal Dr. Geraldine Nussbaum will retire at the end of this school year.

Administration applauds honors program; few changes planned
A year after the implementation of the new three-tiered high school honors system, teachers and administrators have applauded the new “opportunities” it has created.

Despite acknowledged illegality, music downloads continue
Though 76 percent of JDS students say that they know that it is illegal to download copyrighted music from the Internet, 54 percent of students report that they do so anyway.

Friend of many dies tragically, prematurely
After Judaics Coordinator Yoram Bar-Noy announced his move to the Lower School for the upcoming school year, Rabbi Avi Weinstein was appointed to take over the position once he leaves.

Ten faculty to leave school
For a variety of reasons—from moving to different parts of the world to raising a family—ten Upper School faculty members will not be returning for the 2004-2005 school year.