David Posnack Jewish Day School

History

The school was founded in 1974 as an elementary school located in Plantation, Florida. The middle school was added in 1983 and the high school in 1998. In January 2011, the David Posnack Jewish Day School consolidated its lower, middle and high schools onto one campus in Davie, Florida. Previously, only the lower school was located on the campus, with the middle and high schools located in Plantation, Florida.

For the 2011-2012 school year, the school was renamed from David Posnack Hebrew Day School to David Posnack Jewish Day School.

Lower School

For the 2011-2012 school year, the Lower School introduced iPads for grades K-4 and Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 Slate PCs for grade 5. All of the iPads are stored in mobile PC storage units, referred to as C.O.W.s. (Computers on Wheels) 5th Grade students get to use the Slates in school.

Upper School

For the 2009-2010 school year, the Upper School initiated a Tablet PC program, using the Toshiba Portege M750 Series Tablets. If the student did not wish to purchase a tablet, they could use their own laptops.

For the 2010-2011 school year, new students purchased the Toshiba Portege M780 Series Tablets. Students could use non-Tablet computers, if they also used the Wacob Bamboo Tablet Attachment. For the 2011-2012 school year, new students purchased either the Fujitsu Lifebook T731 or the Fujitsu Lifebook T580. Software used includes DyKnow, and Microsoft Office (including Microsoft OneNote). The school supports Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 8 for the Tablets.

Curriculum

High School curriculum includes Science, Mathematics, Tanach, English, Hebrew, Physical Education, Health, World History, and Rabbinics. The School has an outstanding Advanced Placement program in History, Economics, Government, Psychology, Human Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Calculus, Statistics, English, Music and Art. (In the High School, if a student finishes the required Hebrew curriculum, they learn Arabic for their last year in high school.) Middle School curriculum includes Science, Torah, Mathematics (Including up to two-year ahead Advanced Courses), Hebrew, English, Physical Education, World History, United States History, Jewish Denominations, Jewish History, Israel History and Holocaust Studies.

Extracurricular activities

Student activities at Posnack include:

Athletics

Posnack has had successful tennis and swimming teams, and has won four all-sports championships since 2005. Winter soccer state runner up in 2005-2006 and in the path Of goalith, David Posnack did the impossible that year, beat University school in heroic fashion in David Posnack Hebrew Day school's first ever district finals win. With this unsurmountable victory became district champions. First Ever State Championship playoff berth led by midfielder, Solomon Braun (went to play for Princeton), Abraham Braun, Eitan Siso, Forward Barak Lynn, Oshri Amar, Josif Rotlowitz, Sharon Keidan, Danny marks, Jeremey klawsky and Goalie Alex Fried (most winning Goalie in the school's history record for most shutouts ever recorded.) The dearly departed and most winning Athletic director, head coach Mitch Evron (personally coached Andy roddick before being recruited to DPHDS.) became the first team in the history of winter boys soccer to beat a team it has never beaten ( University school) in the most thrilling upset both schools have ever seen in the history of each schools existence. Through the 2010-2011 season, the basketball team played in Florida's Class 1A private school division. Since the 2011-2012 season, Posnack competes in the new 2A Urban classification. The Posnack athletic program received national attention in 2011 when former-NBA player Kenny Anderson was named coach of the High School Boys' Varsity Basketball team. Anderson's signing with Posnack echoed Joe Bryant pursuing his first coaching position at Akiba Hebrew Academy in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania in 1992-1993.