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09/04/2026

Throwback Thursday is taking us back through the first two weeks of school—and apparently our Tigers wasted absolutely no time getting back into the swing of things. 🐯

⚽🏐 We’ve already seen some exciting soccer and volleyball, plenty of teamwork, and lots of Tiger spirit on the field and court.

🪷 In the Lower Division, a room full of VERY enthusiastic first graders learned from Miss Lily about…lily pads. (Sometimes the lesson plan practically writes itself.)

🇮🇱 We also welcomed a group of Israeli high school students from the Ambassadors Ramat HaNegev Teens (ART) program, which brings Israeli teens to Denver JDS to connect with our students and participate in programming together. After joining our morning assembly, our visitors and Upper Division students headed to the Commons to make—and, importantly, eat—shakshuka together before the ART students spent time doing...well, art...with our Lower Division Tigers.

🔗 And speaking of working together, our entire Lower Division—from PK through 5th grade—contributed compliments to one VERY long paper chain. Because apparently when you ask a few hundred Tigers to say something nice about one another, you’re going to need a lot of paper.

🐱 There have also been plenty of kitten shenanigans, new routines becoming familiar, old friendships picking right back up, new ones beginning, and far more happening in our classrooms and hallways than we could possibly fit into one post.

Two weeks down, an entire school year to go—already plenty worth looking back on with lots more to come.

09/01/2026

There is always a special kind of Tiger spirit for the first Kabbalat Shabbat of the year! 🐯🎶

And a lively one it was—complete with surprise guest shofar blowers and back up singers, traditional blessings, and some old AND new choreography. We loved welcoming Rabbi Sacks, Rabbi Hyatt, and Cantor Lehrman to the Strear Family Gym to help us kick off this year’s Kabbalat Shabbat schedule and celebrate together as a community.

💙 But one of the best parts of our first Kabbalat Shabbat is also one of our most treasured Tiger traditions.

Each year, our 5th grade students and faculty form a human tunnel to welcome our newly minted kindergarten class—wearing their intentionally giant Class of 2039 T-shirts—into the gym and into a very special relationship with their new Hebrew Buddies.

Throughout the year, 5th graders are paired with kindergarteners for various lunches together, giving our older students the chance to mentor some of our youngest Tigers, practice Hebrew together, and help their buddies get comfortable with a new language and with the school.

📚 It starts with a walk through a tunnel, but over the years as these students grow, we get to watch these relationships develop and blossom as they learn from—and take care of—one another.

That’s Tiger spirit. That’s community. And that’s a pretty great way to kick off a new year of Kabbalat Shabbat together.

08/31/2026

Nothing says Mischpacha Monday like the whole Lower Division gathering together to hear Mr. Mike and Morah Elaina blow the shofar! 📯

Throughout the month of Elul, our LD students start their mornings with this centuries-old Jewish tradition—and if you’ve ever heard a shofar up close, you know it’s a pretty effective way to get everyone’s attention.

Elul is the Hebrew month leading up to Rosh Hashanah, traditionally a time to pause, reflect on the year behind us, and think intentionally about the year ahead. The daily sounding of the shofar serves as a kind of wake-up call—a reminder to look inward and begin preparing for the new year.

🐯 At DJDS, it’s also one more way Jewish learning and tradition come to life. Our students don’t just learn about Elul and the shofar—they hear it, experience it, and gather together as a community to take part in a tradition shared across generations.

A pretty meaningful way to start the morning—and the new year—together.

08/28/2026

This week’s Shabbat Shout Out goes to our Student Council for planning and pulling off a VERY successful Upper Division Back to School Bash! 🐯👏

🌭 There were hot dogs and Kona Ice treats, Gaga and Jenga, visits (and plenty of cuddles) from our resident kittens, and a remarkably organized flag football competition.

🪣 And, of course, no Upper Division Back to School Bash would be complete without a chance to dunk our faculty and Student Council leadership. Repeatedly.

While it may not have been an academic event, our students still managed to learn a few important things: who makes the funniest face when a bucket of very cold water is poured over them, who is surprisingly brave under those circumstances, who somehow remains calm, cool and collected, that vegan chicken nuggets are actually pretty good—and that getting over 100 students to look in the same direction for a photo may be the most difficult challenge of all. 📸😂

Most importantly, our Tigers proved once again that they know how to maintain a healthy balance of work and play—and that they definitely know how to celebrate the return to school, even if it does mean the return of homework.

Huge shout out to StuCo for all the work that went into making the evening happen, and to everyone who came out to help us kick off the 2026–27 school year!

Shabbat Shalom! ❤️🐯

08/27/2026

For this Throwback Thursday, we’re celebrating a Tiger who has gone from the halls of DJDS to some pretty unexpected places—and still knows his way back home. 🐯

Sam Kaufman, Class of 2010, joined us as the special guest at our first Upper Division assembly of the year, returning to the Strear Family Gym where he spent plenty of time as a DJDS student himself.

From the Strear Family Gym to the stage of America’s Got Talent as a member of The Human Fountains—alongside fellow DJDS alumni—and now back again, Sam’s story is a pretty great example of something we love about this place.

💙 For so many of our alumni, DJDS is where they first found their people, discovered pieces of themselves, tried new things, and built relationships that lasted well beyond graduation. They’ve gone on to do some pretty incredible (and occasionally very unexpected) things—but those connections have a way of bringing them back.

There’s something very poignant about watching a former Tiger stand in the same gym where he once stood up as a student, spitting water for a Color War lip sync, but this time sharing his journey with the students sitting there now, who are just beginning to think about their own.

Because you never really know where these hallways will take you. But you can always find your way home. As you'll hear a lot around this campus, it all connects here.

08/25/2026

Tiger Tuesday is putting the spotlight on the Class of 2027, who are officially leaving their mark on campus—quite literally. 🐯🎨

Our seniors kicked off the year with one of our favorite Upper Division traditions: painting their parking spaces!

From favorite sports and games to clever designs, bold colors, inside jokes, poignant quotes, and plenty of personality, the senior spots are a pretty accurate representation of the Class of 2027: creative, colorful, ready for a challenge, and definitely not boring.

🖌️ There was planning. There was painting. There was at least one rain storm in the midst of all of this that had everyone in a frenzy, and probably at least one moment of realizing a parking space is MUCH bigger when you have to cover the entire thing with paint.

But the finished spaces are worth it—and we love seeing a little piece of each senior’s personality on display!

Here’s to the Class of 2027 and a final year that’s already looking pretty colorful. ❤️🐯

08/21/2026

It’s our first Shabbat Shout Out of the new school year, and this one goes to ALL of our students, faculty, and staff for a fantastic first week back! 🐯👏

From the art room to the Farmette, and from the science lab to the soccer field, campus is bustling again. Classrooms are full, teams are practicing, projects are underway, friendships are picking up where they left off—and everyone is settling back into the wonderfully busy rhythm of life at DJDS.

🗓️ And we’re just getting started. The coming weeks bring our first Kabbalat Shabbat of the year, the PTO Shabbat Dinner, High Holidays, Middle and High School soccer and volleyball games, a StuCo trip to Coors Field, and plenty more learning, celebrating, competing, creating, and connecting along the way.

But first, after a very full first week, we think everyone has earned a little Shabbat rest.

Great first week, Tigers. We’re so glad to have you back. ❤️🐯

Shabbat Shalom!

08/19/2026

It’s Wild Wednesday, and WE’RE BACK! 🐯🎉

From our tiniest Tigers (yes, the kittens) to our veteran teachers, and from our brand-new PreK students to our class of 2027 seniors starting their final year at DJDS, campus is officially full again—and reunited feels pretty good.

There were hugs with friends and teachers we haven’t seen since June, plenty of new faces mixed in with the familiar ones, impromptu dance parties, excited reunions, new classrooms to explore, and all the wonderfully wild energy that comes with hundreds of Tigers finding their way back to campus at once. 💃🕺

Some kids walked in like they’d never left. Some needed an extra hug. Some were ready to see their friends and absolutely NOT ready to hear the word “homework.” And we’re pretty sure the Farmette animals were just happy to have their audience back. 🐐🐓🐱

After a quiet(ish) summer, there’s nothing quite like seeing our hallways, classrooms, playgrounds, fields, and Farmette filled with our students and staff again.

New year. New adventures. Same wonderfully wild DJDS community.

Welcome back, Tigers. We missed this. ❤️🐯

08/18/2026

The incredible Upper Division Faculty and Staff are so excited to welcome students back to school this week! We're thrilled to have a full house back in the building.

*Video production by Cooper Coughlan

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