As we come upon another Shabbat, I wanted to express my gratitude to the alumni community of Ilan Ramon Day School, in particular the student alumni community. Two weeks ago more than 30 alumni students gathered for Shabbat dinner to show their support and love for their school. I want to thank Jack Polson and

These last few days have been very busy up on campus. The remediation team is hard at work and has begun the process of cleaning all of the classroom spaces. They have begun pulling up the carpeting, removing the ceiling tiles and cleaning the books and toys that are in the classrooms. They have also

The last 10 days have been very busy for us. We resumed classes at our temporary site and the children are all enjoying being back in class learning and spending time with their teachers and friends. A special thank you to Temple Etz Chaim for the kindness and generosity that they have shown by opening

From the flames that tried to take us down several weeks ago, tonight we will light a flame that will raise us back up with hope and peace. These last several weeks, our community has been blessed to be moved from feelings of despair and destruction, to a place of light and hope through the

I went up to the school this morning for the first time since the fires that swept through our lovely neighborhoods. I was initially overwhelmed with the damage but then COMPLETELY overwhelmed with what was left untouched, EXACTLY how we had left it at the end of that Thursday afternoon. And I felt blessed, just

We are so excited to have welcomed our students back this morning. Everyone is settling in nicely to our temporary home and having a great day. It is great to be together again and hear the sounds of children’s laughter and learning.

Dear IRDS Families, Happy Thanksgiving! Our Ilan Ramon Day School Community has so much to be thankful for. Thank you for your support over the past couple of weeks. It has been heartwarming to see our community come together committed to rebuild our beloved school. I wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with