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The Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston is a K-8 co-educational Jewish day school located in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.

Campuses: Lower School
Grades K-3
Gosman Building
Shaller Campus
60 Stein Circle
Newton, MA 02459

P: 617-964-7765
F: 617-964-8693		 Upper School
Grades 4-8
Marcus Building
Shoolman Campus
125 Wells Avenue
Newton, MA 02459

P: 617-928-9100
F: 617-928-9108
Founded: 1961
Student body: 500 girls and boys in grades K-8
Average class size: 15 students
Teacher/student ratio: 1:8
School day: Lower School hours are 8:10 am-3:00 pm

Grades 4-5 hours are 8:00 am-3:10 pm

Grades 6-8 hours are 8:00 am-4:05 pm Monday-Thursday, and 8:00 am-3:10 pm on Friday.

From November-February, Friday dismissal time is 2:00 pm for grades K-3 and 2:10 pm for grades 4-8.
Educational schedule: Kindergarten students have one full-time teacher who incorporates Hebrew, Torah, Jewish holidays and customs within the school day.

In grades 1-5, students spend half the day with the secular teacher and half with the Judaic studies teacher.

Grades 6-8 are on a middle school schedule, where they change classrooms for each subject. Approximately 50% of the day is spent learning secular subjects, and 50% on Judaic subjects.
Facilities: Schechter owns both its campuses. The Upper School was constructed in 1995; the Lower School was renovated in 2001. Both facilities are air conditioned and include classrooms with computers in each room; science, art and music rooms; small group learning spaces; libraries, teacher resource centers; gymnasiums and outdoor playgrounds and athletic fields. The Lower School has a kindergarten wing with a large group rotunda area and a separate outside playground for kindergarten students. The Upper School has two computer labs.

The school’s outdoor fields, indoor gymnasiums, multi-purpose rooms and classrooms are available for rental to such organizations as sports leagues and summer camps. For information, contact Liz Chesarone at 617-928-9100 x 4520 or liz.chesarone@ssdsboston.org
Students’ home communities: SSDS students live in more than two dozen Greater Boston communities, including Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Framingham, Natick, Needham, and Newton.
Affiliations: Member of the Solomon Schechter Day School Association (SSDSA) of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ). Although affiliated with the Conservative movement, Schechter welcomes families from across the entire spectrum of Jewish observance and practice.


Accredited by and member of the Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE)

Beneficiary agency of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston (CJP)