by Amy Adler

Enrollment trends play a pivotal role in shaping the present and future of our schools. Over the last few years, Jewish day schools and yeshivas have experienced significant variations, in relation both to each other and to past performance…With strong professional practices, we can identify trends that can support your efforts to drive enrollment at your school. Read more.

by Jodi Wahlberg and Nissa Weinberg

How can we expand our enrollment? Is there a target audience we have not yet explored?

These are questions our head of school, Rabbi Moshe Schwartz, asked when he began his tenure at Krieger Schechter Day School in 2015. He noticed an important local trend: Many families in our community send their children to public elementary schools and then apply to independent schools for middle school. He quickly began to wonder why they weren’t applying to KSDS. Read more.

by Beth Rivkind

As a previous admission professional, I vividly recall returning to school post-Passover break, with the reenrollment deadline behind us, dedicating hours to contacting current parents who had not yet re-enrolled their children. Armed with my list of families, I made countless calls and sent emails in the hopes to reenroll all students. Typically, these were not parents who were considering other school options; they were the persistently busy people, struggling with yet another task of completing the reenrollment process amid life’s demanding to-do list. Read more.

by Miriam Stein

In the world of day school enrollment, the phrase “better late than never” takes on a whole new meaning when it comes to late-season applicants. Sure, many families embark on their school search early in the year. But talk to any admission professional or school leader and they will tell you that “admission is a year-round cycle.” The more we embrace what each season offers during the cycle, the more we can be prepared to shift our expectations and dive into the process with eyes wide open. Read more.

by Cheryl Weiner Rosenberg

Storytelling has always come naturally to me. I see how lives and people and circumstances fit into beautiful, meaningful narratives, and I can package the many layers into digestible-but-nuanced assets with relative ease, save for a few human moments of lagging inspiration. So, telling the profound story of Jewish day schools—such a big part of my family’s life and my professional role—should come easily enough to me. Read more.

Thanks Chicago Jewish Day School for spreading day school love this week!

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET // 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT

Learn how to navigate DASL and leverage data to learn how your school compares with others. This tutorial will walk through DASL reporting, and help your team understand how to access the data you need to make informed decisions. Learn more and register.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET // 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT

This session for school development professionals is an opportunity to learn how to navigate your DASL data to optimize and support your school’s strategic development work. Learn how comparative data on school salaries, finance, enrollment, and development can help your school make data informed decisions. Learn more and register.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET // 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT

This session for school admission professionals is an opportunity to learn how to navigate your DASL data to optimize and support your school’s admission and enrollment processes. Learn more and register.

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET // 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT

For heads of school, admission professionals, development professionals, educational admins, directors of teaching and learning, and marketing and communications professionals

What does it take to build a school from scratch? Especially a school as sophisticated as a Jewish day school.This podcast will sit down with Rabbi Dr. Gil Perl, who throughout his career has taken three schools from concept to reality. Most recently, he helped open the Jewish Leadership Academy in Miami, Florida in August 2023. Learn more and register.

Is your school looking for new trip opportunities? Kosher X Tours and JExpeditions, now in their 25th year, offer schools the opportunity to partner and create amazing educational trips around the world. Check it out at KosherXTours.com.