Our Facility & Overview Information

Our lovely building, in the heart of the Jewish Community Center campus, offers our students easy access to sports and aquatics facilities, cultural programs and visiting dignitaries. We bring our 'synagogue' to life with prayer and celebration in our own Riekes Museum and shul.

School Type: Independent, coeducational Jewish Day School for children Kindergarten through 6^th Grade.

Founded: 1964

Principal: Ron Giller

Principal Emeritus: Cookie Katskee

Location: Friedel has been in the JCC campus since 1994, when the Dan and Esther Gordman Center for Jewish Learning was built.

Lunch: Hot Kosher lunch and/or milk programs are available daily.

Faculty: Dedicated general studies and Judaic teachers in staff average 11 years. Specialists provide instruction in Art, Music, Swimming, and Gym.

Student/Teacher ratio: 9:1

Synagogues Represented: Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, and Reconstructionist

Accreditation and Memberships:

• Nebraska State Department of Education
• RAVSAK: The Jewish Community Day School Network
• PEJE: Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education

Achievement Test Scores: 2008—2009 Terra Nova Score Averages for 2^nd - 6^thGrades: (Percentiles for National Norms) (50 Percentile = National Average)

• Reading & Language Arts 85%
• Mathematics 96%

Student Awards: Modern Woodmen of America School Speech Contest - 1994 & 2008,  2009, Nebraska State Winners. 17 Students have placed at District level.

Alumni College Admissions (partial list):

• Boston University
• Northwestern University
• Brandeis University
• New York University
• University of Nebraska - Omaha
• University of Nebraska - Lincoln
• Creighton University
• Vanderbilt University
• Emory University
• Washington University
• Harvard University
• Yeshiva University
• Jewish Theological Seminary

2012-2013 Tuition: $6,350. Three payment plan options. Financial Aid is available through the Center for Jewish Education.

Annual Giving: All families are encouraged to participate.