United Synagogue Day School
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United Synagogue Day School (USDS) is a private elementary
(Junior Kindergarten to Grade 5) and middle school
(Grade 6 to Grade 8) Jewish day school
in Toronto
, Ontario
.
Founded in 1957 as the Foundation Day School at the Beth Tzedec Synagogue, it was renamed United Synagogue Day School in 1961. One of the largest Conservative Judaism
schools in the Solomon Schechter Day School Association
, USDS has an enrollment of about 900 students in two campuses. It is the second largest Jewish elementary day school affiliated with Toronto's UJA Federation Board of Jewish Education and is one of the largest feeder schools for the Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto
. In 2010, after a large doantion, the school changed its name to Robbins Hebrew Academy, or RHA.
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
(Junior Kindergarten to Grade 5) and middle school
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
(Grade 6 to Grade 8) Jewish day school
Jewish day school
A Jewish day school is a modern Jewish educational institution that is designed to provide Jewish children with both a Jewish and a secular education in one school on a full time basis, hence its name of "day school" meaning a school that the students attend for an entire day and not on a part time...
in Toronto
Toronto
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, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
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Founded in 1957 as the Foundation Day School at the Beth Tzedec Synagogue, it was renamed United Synagogue Day School in 1961. One of the largest Conservative Judaism
Conservative Judaism
Conservative Judaism is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out of intellectual currents in Germany in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s.Conservative Judaism has its roots in the school of thought known as Positive-Historical Judaism,...
schools in the Solomon Schechter Day School Association
Solomon Schechter Day School Association
The Solomon Schechter Day School Association is the organization of Jewish day school that identify with Conservative Judaism. The association provides guidance and resources for its member schools in the United States and Canada...
, USDS has an enrollment of about 900 students in two campuses. It is the second largest Jewish elementary day school affiliated with Toronto's UJA Federation Board of Jewish Education and is one of the largest feeder schools for the Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto
Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto
The Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto , or "TanenbaumCHAT", is a secondary Jewish day school which is located on two campuses in the Greater Toronto Area in Canada.-Campuses:...
. In 2010, after a large doantion, the school changed its name to Robbins Hebrew Academy, or RHA.