Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School

TVT is more than just an exceptional college preparatory education rooted in Jewish values. From Transitional Kindergarten to graduation, TVT provides a caring community that embraces pluralism and provides a one-of-a-kind experience to nurture your child with academic, emotional and character growth in preparation for college and beyond.

Our carefully selected faculty are experts in their fields, and more than half hold advanced degrees. With intimate settings of small class sizes, teachers form lasting relationships with students as they progress through the grades. Innovative dual curriculum with individualized and blended learning challenge students to think critically, to work collaboratively and to explore creatively in state-of-the-art classrooms designed with the latest technology and curriculum.

The success of our graduates speaks volumes about the opportunities our students have embraced at TVT. Fifty-five percent of TVT’s class of 2016 is attending a US News and World Report’s Top 50 University, and eighty percent of TVT students applying to a University of California (UC) campus were accepted. High school ACT scores, among the highest in Orange County, continue to rise, and our elementary students’ test scores have risen steadily over the past four years to new heights of excellence, illustrating the full strength of the TVT TK-12 academic program. This is simply remarkable and a testament to the dedication of our students and faculty as well as the substance of the TVT curriculum.

The TVT experience goes far beyond academics. Immersion and service learning projects allow students to engage in high-quality, hands-on experiences, preparing them to become inquisitive learners, compassionate citizens and courageous leaders in their community and in the world.

We are a nurturing, caring community that embraces pluralism, cultivates Jewish identity and inspires students to lead MEANINGFUL Jewish lives. We provide an INDIVIDUALIZED college preparatory environment that challenges students to think critically, work collaboratively, and explore creatively in order to realize their fullest potential. We prepare students to be inquisitive learners, COMPASSIONATE citizens and courageous leaders in their community and in the world.

At TVT, we provide a college preparatory education rooted in our Jewish values of caring for the community, justice, kindness, respect, truth, and repairing the world (tikkun olam). We know that joyful learning today leads to meaningful achievements tomorrow, so to spark and kindle this joy, we are guided by our beliefs that:

• Positive student-teacher relationships are a source from which learning begins, and they provide models for healthy relationships going forward;
• Good character is as important as strong intellect, so we interweave both, cultivating students' ethical values in concert with our academic program;
• educating students according to their individual needs and abilities allows them to flourish developmentally;
• Setbacks, especially those born of educational risk-taking, are opportunities for growth;
• Hands-on learning bridges the gap between theory and practice, motivating students to see the practical applications of their education and to become more self-directed learners;
• When students enter the decision-making process, they become more engaged and responsible citizens;
• Service to others enhances our lives, engendering compassion and meaning, so our curriculum is imbued with service-learning opportunities;
• Our community is strengthened when we partner with families who share our philosophy and who are committed to supporting their children's growth;
• Judaism means many things to our students and families, so we proudly celebrate it as a source of identity, values, spiritual meaning, intellectual discipline, tradition, and community.

TVT is devoted to building a pluralistic, educational community where mutual respect is essential, as is the dedication to Klal Yisrael (unity of all Jewish people). Students are taught about the spectrum of Jewish practice, values and beliefs in an environment that supports their own journey of exploration.

TVT recognizes that there is a variety of Jewish religious beliefs and perspectives that result in different forms of religious practice. As a pluralistic school, TVT believes that it is important to appreciate and honor these different approaches, to be respectful of them, and to educate our students as to their existence, origins and place within the Jewish community and our heritage.

We do not present any one philosophy, belief or perspective as being the “correct” one or the “authentic” one. Students learn that there are different approaches and answers to the question, “What does Judaism say about …?”

We strive to create an environment where students are all welcomed and included in the greater community.
We encourage critical thinking, questioning and careful analysis of the broad variety of options while students each choose their own Jewish path. Our approach to the diversity within TVT’s Jewish community is one that will enable us to Love Learning, Live Values and Discover Heritage.

Middle & Upper School Campus
Address: 5 Federation Way, CA
Postal Code: 92603