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Join a vibrant community where every day is an opportunity for growth, connection, and making a difference.
The Gordon School is dedicated to helping students reach their highest potential through our nurturing, child-centered environment and our program of academic excellence. We teach our children to cherish the wisdom and faith of Judaism and embrace its rich heritage. Our age-appropriate programs promote growth and development in each child’s intellectual, social-emotional, ethical and spiritual domains.
The Center for Jewish Life at Beth David is home to a growing, diverse Jewish community in Greater Miami. As we focus on Jewish continuity, we embrace the evolution that comes with it. We are making room for more. For different. For exploration.
The Gordon School is dedicated to helping students reach their highest potential through our nurturing, child-centered environment and our program of academic excellence. We teach our children to cherish the wisdom and faith of Judaism and embrace its rich heritage. Our age-appropriate programs promote growth and development in each child’s intellectual, social-emotional, ethical and spiritual domains.
To embrace Kedushah (holiness) and study of the Torah, the connection with God and the sanctification of their lives through prayer and Jewish traditions.
To encourage V’ahavta L’Rayakha (love thy neighbor), self-sufficient, compassionate, considerate individuals who appreciate their own and each other’s uniqueness and are respectful of their teachers, peers and community.
To inspire Torah Lishmah (a love of learning) that encourages students to be critical and reflective thinkers and promotes a lifelong love of learning in a highly individualized, academically challenging environment.
To teach Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) and raise socially conscious, caring children with an active commitment to giving tzedakah (charity), doing mitzvot (acts of kindness) and engaging in social action to make the world a better place.
These are the leaders who make it all possible.
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For almost 40 years the Gordon School has provided an integrated curriculum combining the highest standards of secular academic excellence with the rich traditions of Jewish heritage. What started out as a single nursery classroom has now grown to 3 divisions that educate children as young as 4 months old all the way to 6th grade. This expansion is due to the vision and demand by Congregation and community families who want to have their children at The Gordon School through all stages of their education.
In 1986, Beth David Congregant Arlene Zakarin helped establish an early childhood center for toddlers and preschoolers at Beth David. That year, 10 families enrolled their children into the new Beth David program. By the following year the school tripled in size from one class to three. As the school continued to grow, so did our need for more space. And in 1989, the generosity of Norma and Sammy Gordon made possible the renovation of three additional classrooms, a new kitchen and a lunch room. The Gordon Family chose to pay tribute to Sam’s father, Robert J. Gordon and that year, the school was renamed The Gordon School of Beth David Congregation.
Registrations continued to increase at an amazing rate based on the school’s reputation for providing a nurturing environment where every child could succeed. Families loved the Gordon school so much they wanted to continue their children’s education there past preschool. So in response to a large number of parent requests a Day School was created to educate children from Kindergarten to Grade 5. Norma Gordon contributed not just with funding for these new grades, but also her time. To this day, she remains a champion of the school’s focus on meeting the unique needs of each child – emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual – to help each child develop to his or her full potential.
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In 2007, due to the increased need by members of the community for services specifically for children on the autism spectrum, a group of Beth David families led by our Senior Rabbi Julie Jacobs, spearheaded a mission to open an additional arm of the Gordon School – a Jewish day school program for children with autism.
In 2010, the Tikvah Center opened. The program, which started with two children, has grown exponentially. The Tikvah Center is positioned for growth as the need for small-class room settings, and individualized education for students on the autism spectrum is greatly needed in Miami.
The Gordon School is poised to grow again. In 2023, the entire 5th Grade class came together to request additional grades be added to the Gordon School as they wanted to keep their children in the nurturing yet academically rigorous environment of the Gordon School.
In 2024, The Gordon School will have its first 6th grade with plans to expand through 8th in the future.Gordon is the story of family-driven growth. Families love the school thanks to the exceptional environment fostered by our teachers and staff, some of which have been with us 10, 20, and even 30 years. They are dedicated to the highest standards for our students while also maintaining a space for individual growth and creativity of our students.
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We teach our children to cherish the wisdom and faith of Judaism and embrace its rich heritage. Our age-appropriate programs promote growth and development in each child’s intellectual, social-emotional, ethical and spiritual domains.
