History and Mission

MWJDS was founded in the spring of 2001 by a group of interested families seeking to create an excellent school where intensive Judaic and secular studies would be offered in a warm, pluralistic environment, reflecting the special nature of our Metrowest community. MWJDS, the 14th Jewish day school in the Boston area, opened its doors in September 2003 at the former Juniper Hill elementary school in Framingham, which is centrally located in the Metrowest area. We were awarded a Prestigious Challenge Grant by Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE), an organization devoted to founding excellent new day schools.  MWJDS is a member of The Network of Jewish Community Day Schools (RAVSAK), a beneficiary agency of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), and receives support from CJP and the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Boston (BJE).

We are a learning community with an integrated Judaic and general studies curriculum. We expose our children and their families to the wonderful texts and cultural components of our tradition. We educate for literacy in both Western and Jewish culture. Hebrew is an important component of our curriculum. A literacy consultant is an integral part of our staff, ensuring that all students meet the Massachusetts Frameworks curriculum. We have a science specialist and a strong emphasis on creativity and the arts. To create this learning environment, our teachers will be learners as well, since we know that excellent and continually developing teachers will be the key to our success.

MWJDS is a pluralistic Jewish environment: a community where individual differences are respected and honored. Our student body, faculty, and staff are diverse in backgrounds and experiences. We now educate children in grades K-5, adding a grade annually through grade 8. To create a community where all families and children can feel comfortable, we keep a kosher kitchen, ask students and staff to bring dairy lunches and  maintain a nut-free school.  The MWJDS school calendar follows traditional Jewish and secular holiday observances, as well as most of the Framingham Public School calendar.