This year, and over the last 18 months, Kadima has undergone an accreditation self-study through the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS), the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Builders of Jewish Education (BJE).
It was an amazing process as our community took a deep look into each aspect of the Kadima program and experience.
In December, five members of the Accreditation Visitation Team spent four days on our campus, examining our school and developing a report and findings.
Here is what their final report had to say about our academic program:
The Visiting Committee Commends:
1. The Faculty, Staff and Administration for setting high academic standards.
2. The faculty, administration, and staff for the
implementation of benchmarks for student performance.
3. The faculty, administration and staff for creating the
Student Achievement Team structure and seeking outside consultancy in the area
of Learning Differences.
4. The administration, faculty, and Staff of the school for
active bulletin boards both in the class and in the hallways.
5. The faculty, staff and administration, and Student Body
for including Charity (tzedakkah) and Social Action (tikkun olam) as value lessons.
6. The School’s commitment to leveling instruction in math,
language arts, history, and any subject areas where students are better served
by this practice.
7. The Physical Education, Music, Art, and enrichment
programs that inspire students.
Commendations Specific to Hebrew and Judaic
Studies
The Visiting Committee Commends:
8. The faculty and administration for its commitment to
teach Judaic Studies and Hebrew with Hebrew as the primary language of
instruction.
9. The faculty, administration and staff for creating levels
of Hebrew instruction based on student’s skills and through these achieving
impressive performance results on all levels in the areas of Hebrew reading,
writing and oral fluency.
10. The Rabbinic leadership of the school for their
commitment to the development of critical thinking.
