Donna Klein Jewish Academy

Donna Klein Jewish Academy is a diverse and close-knit community of families across the spectrum of Jewish denominations with a common commitment to Jewish identity, heritage and values. The school is located within the vibrant, 100-acre campus of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. The largest Jewish campus in the country, concern for safety is paramount with 24-hour security.

Students thrive in a nurturing environment where everyone knows and supports one another. New students make friends easily. The traditional and contemporary not only co-exist but complement each other on a campus where a strong sense of community and deep respect for diversity buoys spirits and keeps the focus on education. Daily life revolves around family-centered values and the celebration of traditions among the generations: L’Dor V'dor, Shabbat, Tefillah, lifecycle ceremonies, cultural performances and community service. Parents are welcomed partners in their child’s education and faculty provides a watchful continuum of care between school and home. The DKJA family comes together as one, in a culture of intellectual honesty, kindness and tikkun olam — the commitment to social action and pursuit of social justice — that translates to the larger world.

Our mission is to educate our children and the Donna Klein Jewish Academy community to be knowledgeable and responsible citizens of the world, committed to Jewish values and lifelong learning. Our values:

• DKJA is committed to each student knowing the history, traditions and values of the Jewish people, literate and conversant with our texts and ideas, and being deeply identified with Klal Yisrael and Medinat Yisrael. We are dedicated to motivating our students to maintain a deep and passionate lifelong engagement with Jewish life.
• Our diverse Jewish community strives to model the unity of the Jewish people. We seek ways to learn from those who hold different views and practices while, at the same time, recognizing and creating a community that understands we are ultimately one people.
• We are dedicated to the State of Israel, the Land of Israel and the People of Israel. Through classes, speakers, conversation and experiences, we instill in our students a love for Israel and recognition of its centrality in the past, present and future of the Jewish people.
• Formal and experiential Jewish education are at the core of our Judaism at DKJA, sparking a fire within our students to appreciate and to build committed Jewish lives, expressing one’s identity through practice, and acts of kindness and leadership.

Donna Klein Jewish Academy is a community of commitment, bonded by a love of knowledge and the joy of learning. Here, a dual curriculum of college preparatory academics and Judaic Studies ensures a level of academic rigor and achievement that few other schools can match. The comprehensive K-12 program offers something rare: a 21st century education founded in centuries of wisdom and tradition. Teachers are the heart and soul of the DKJA experience. Caring and talented, they provide a deliberate balance of challenge and support, inspiration and discipline, setting high expectations and providing the assistance needed to achieve students' goals.

The school’s STEAM-powered curriculum includes Honors, AP and advanced college-level courses including pre-med, pre-law and engineering programs in High School. Integrated classroom technology and innovative teaching methodologies provide a state-of-the-art learning experience. A broad range of hands-on and immersive learning experiences at every grade level provide the relevant context that transforms classroom knowledge into real-world skills.

DKJA also is the only Jewish Community Day School in the world to have earned certification as a FranklinCovey Leader In Me Lighthouse School. Beginning in Kindergarten, this renowned leadership program equips DKJA students with the critical thinking, problem solving, communication and executive functioning skills that are the hallmarks of high achievers.

As testament to the school’s high academic standards, DKJA graduates consistently gain admission to the country’s most prestigious colleges and universities and go on to rank among a “Who’s Who” of Jewish leaders around the world. College acceptances include Amherst College, Brandeis, Columbia University Jewish Theological Seminary, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, NYU Stern School of Business, Princeton, Tel Aviv University, Vanderbilt and many other fine educational institutions.

Students explore their passions and develop their talents through the arts, athletics, clubs, community service and through Shomrei HaAdamah, our school-wide environmental science project. Donna Klein Jewish Academy offers an after-school program filled with activities such as engineering, cooking, dance, debate, Minecraft and chess. Fine arts programs encourage lifelong engagement with music, art, and theater. A competitive sports program fosters the values of discipline, commitment and teamwork. Our students participate in both national and state competitions including Lego League, Haifa Teen Tech, SourceAmerica Design Challenge: Designing Technology So Everyone Can Work, VEX Robotic Competitions, and Chidon Hatanach (International Bible Quiz). At DKJA, individuality is celebrated. Students have the chance to discover who they are and gain self-esteem and confidence that comes from personal achievement.