Contact Us
Dr. Jeffrey Davis
Principal Maimonides Upper School
Phone: (858) 704-3777
Fax: (858) 704-3771
jdavis@sdja.com
Attendance Hotline
Phone: (858) 704-3722
attendance@sdja.com
For details click here.
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Curriculum
Maimonides Upper School offers a dual curriculum of General and Judaic Studies. General Studies include English, history, science, mathematics, the arts, and physical education. Judaic Studies contain Hebrew and courses in Jewish texts, history, culture, and religious practices.
The curriculum includes classroom instruction, extended field trips, ethical expectations, and Tikkun Olam activities to optimize the education experience.
- For information about high school Graduation Requirements, click here.
- For year-by-year Sample Schedules for Middle School, Grades Six through Eight, click here.
- For year-by-year Sample Schedules for High School, Grades Nine through Twelve, click here.
- For a Course Catalog including detailed information each course, click here.
- For information about Overnight Field Trips, click here.
- For information about the Ethical Expectations embodied in our discipline plan, click here.
- For a Graduation Requirements Worksheet, click here.
 Video Clip: Academics
Maimonides Arts Collective (MAC)
MAC embodies two different programs, the regular school-day course offerings and the after-school program. During the regular school day MAC offers the following courses for students in grades 6-8:
- Art and Ceramics
- Music
- Theatre - Academy on Stage (AOS) and Academy on Tour (AOT)
For students in grades 9-12 the following offerings are available:
- Ceramics
- Digital Photography
- Graphic Design
- Music - including AP Music Theory
- Publications - including the yearbook ( The Roar ), the literary magazine (Eighteen), and the newspaper (SDJA Quarterly)
- Theatre - Academy on Stage (AOS) and Academy on Tour (AOT)
- Video Production
- Visual Art - including AP Studio Art
MAC After-School Program
The MAC after-school program pools the talents and passions of arts educators and students in the fields of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts. Its goals are to promote awareness and educational opportunities for students to develop their artistic understanding and skills in a given discipline by participating in a comprehensive and integrated arts program. MAC provides an environment where students who are serious about the arts participate in a well-articulated, pre-professional program that will allow them to develop their art, create “portfolios” to go to art schools of their choice, and/or to work as professionals in the arts.
Tikkun Olam - Repairing the World
Participating in Tikkun Olam, or repairing the world, teaches students that we each have a responsibility to make the world a better place. Students learn that each individual working to do something good can lead to a community collectively making a difference in the world in which we live. Understanding what community means and feeling a sense of obligation to and respect for community are important goals at San Diego Jewish Academy. SDJA will often use current events and crises as learning opportunities to teach students that everyone has a responsibility to help when there is a problem or need.
Hevrat Tikkun Olam
Hevrat Tikkun Olam, “a group of friends repairing the world,” was launched to encourage students to become involved in community service. A steering committee comprised of two students from each of the upper school grades, and a parent and staff advisory board, are responsible for recruiting and organizing the year’s programs.
This past year, the group hosted a Chanukah party at Monarch School, a facility for homeless teens in Downtown San Diego. Students made hundreds of potato latkes and Chanukah cookies, and members of Academy on Stage entertained the teens with songs and dances. Also during Chanukah, Golda Meir Lower School joined forces with Maimonides Upper School Mexican Culture Club to help rebuild a synagogue in Cancun that was damaged by Hurricane Wilma. On the festival of Purim, upper school students performed holiday songs for the residents of Brighton Gardens Assisted Living Facility.
To record your community service hours, download the Tikkun Olam Record
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