"In the garden there's a tree planted

by someone who only imagined me.

What love, what vision. I marvel at the gift.

No fruit could be sweeter than this.

I'm standing on the shoulders

of the ones who came before me." - Doug Cotler 

 

Thank you to all of those who came before me -

including my parents and the founding families who dared
to dream about building a Jewish day school in Washington, DC,
and everyone who has helped to build JPDS and now Milton, and
educate its students since.

Mazal tov to you, and mazal tov to my fellow honorees!

 

Rachel Brandenburg

 

Mazel tov Edna!

Mazel tov Maia!

 

Thank you for your extraordinary service and
devotion to our school.

 

You are an inspiration.

 

We could not have gotten to this point without
your leadership.

 

Dear Ms. Girona and G'veret Kochavi,
 
Kindergarten is so much fun because of you two, our amazing teachers! We love going to school to learn with you every day! Thank you for teaching us about communities and community contributors, social insects and our ecosystem, our bayit and mishpachah, and most importantly, for

inspiring us, believing in us, and caring for us.
 
With gratitude and love,
 
Ari, Charlotte, Eden, Edra, Elise, Hadar, Henry, Isaac, Jakey, Lev, Lior, Naya, Oren, Ruby, and Shira
 

 

Gan Aravot would like to give a warm and heartfelt "THANK
YOU" to Mrs. Davis, Geveret Broder, and Ms. DeLeon.

 

The Pre-K crew looks forward to school-and the fun new
experiences that school invariably brings-each and every day.

 

From cooking challah each week, to special field trips,
neighborhood walks, Tina Clementina, and (of course!) glida, you
three personify the joy of learning.

 

We love you!

 

- Arthur, Ben, Caleb, Carmel, Ella, Etai, Ezra, Izi, Judah,
Louie, Louisa, Maayan, Rya, Stella, Suri, Talia, Yael, Yehuda

 

Dear Ms. Winter, G'veret Berger, 

Ms. Angie, and Adon Peleg, 

We love our teachers in Gan Rimonim; 
You make the best Kindergarten team
Science, Math, Foundations and Ivrit;
Learning with you is always so sweet 
  
We get to do things that are so super Cool;
Like have Zero the Hero for the 100th day of school
Student Spotlights, podcasts and field trips galore;
We're excited to continue learning more and more!

Love, Jacob, Jake, Caleb, Vered, Ellie, Georgia, Ori, Sylvie, Sebastian, Lior, Nadav, Sophie, Jessa, Zeke, Henry
 

To our Wonderful 5th Grade Teachers: 

 

We love what we do everyday in 5th grade;

From our class projects to all of the friendships we've made.

Thank you for teaching us about the American Revolution;

Luckily the Boston tea party didn't cause too much pollution!

The Colonial Village was such a blast;

Those silversmiths and apothecaries were blasts from the past.

In math we learn how to convert and round;

in science we learn where electrons are found.

We now know about Psukim and Parshanut;

We have weekly quizzes on Shoresh...which means root!

Thank you, our teachers, for all that you do;

We have loved 5th grade because of you!

 

Love, All of the 5th Grade Students

Huge thanks to the 2022-2023 Sixth Grade teaching team...
Fani Bettmann, Nawal Boudani, Marissa Chattler, Shifra Chelst, Elana Cohen, Avner Cohen-Zamir, Marnina Cowan, Silvia Edenburg, Wendy Herndon, Devora Hornstein, Tirza Kramer, Elana Kravitz, Guillermo Martinez, Revital Mashal-Schwartz, Rabbi Daniel Moses, Rosie Nathanson, Dikla Pinchas-Roll, Terry Volk, Rabbi Avi Weinstein, Adina Witztum
 
... for helping our students flourish in their first year of middle school, and building their sense of wonder, community, and understanding about everything from our ancient traditions and civilizations to the science and culture of today. 
 
With love and appreciation from the families of the 55 (!) of us:
Ariel, Oren, Adi, Keren, Lila, Emma, Max, Delilah, Moses, Jacob, Shaya, Noam G, Zachary, Evy, Eden H, Natalie, Elijah, JoJo, Yael, Aviva, Rebecca, Eiden, Ethan, Caleb, Gabriel, Harriet, Danny, Ezra, Noah, Anna, Alana, Riva, Ami, Nadia, Shyli, Amalia, Dalia, Noam P, Henry, Devin, Micah, Phoebe, Arthur, Eden S-G, Nat, Gabey, Dylan, Shira, Sam,

Hannah, Avi, Hava, Nathan, Jemma, Lirone

Thank you to all of the seventh grade teachers! You've challenged, inspired, and excited our children. You've helped them make the transition to becoming responsible Jewish adults by teaching them ethics and our traditions, as well as helping them build on previous skills and develop a more complex understanding and tools to navigate their future.

You're passionate.  And it shows.

Thank You and Kol HaKavod!
From your grateful students and their families:
Molly, Joshua, Sophia, Dahlia, Rivi, Quincy, Lily, David, Hobbes, Ya'ara, Flora, David, Theo, Hersh, Eli, Liat, Theo, Eitan, Yonah, Juliana, Gilad, Eliana, Zecharyah, Emma, Jonah, Alex, Isadora, Sammy, Yaniv, Sellah, Eitan, Lev, Eliav, Nobel, Abby, Jack, Hannah, Emmett,

Gabriella, Aviv, Aaron, Lior
 

Dear Mrs. Ravski and Geveret Heinrich: 

Ma-daniim, Ma-ma-dani-im!  
You inspire us to be our best selves and you make learning so much fun!
We will forever remember our special adventures with you all around D.C. and our efforts to impact this city that we love so much!  
Now we have our sights on the great beyond, consulting on trips to Mars!
We are all growing in so many different ways - thank you for everything you do to help us to discover that it's ok to make mistakes, there is no such thing as perfect, that we can learn anything with practice, and that school is a place where we are joyful.  

We love you!!
Sam, Elliott, Ellie, Max, Logan, Benji, Yael, Aliyah, Bernadette, Margaux, Jonah, Shusha, Boruf, Harry, Millie, Tamir, Ori, and Ayla
 

 

We love the endless dedication, hard work and love our 3rd grade teachers show us in Spacious Skies!!! 

 

We have loved exploring our states, the NOAA field trip, physics, science, biographies and Hanukkah celebrations.  

Thank you every day,

Ms. Gally, G'veret Cohen Rosenfeld. Mr. Furlong and G'veret Gazit!!!

Love, 
Sheyn, Tayla, Maheder, Idan, Evie, Abby, Mikey, Adira, Yael, Rafi, Eli R., Sadie, Mattan, Miri, Simon, Maya, Eli S. and Sophie!