King David School, Melbourne

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The King David Scool
Motto: Lehavin Ulehaskil ("To Know And Understand")
Established	1977
School type	Private
Religious affiliation	Jewish (Progressive Judaism)
Principal	Michelle Bernshaw
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The King David School is an independent progressive Jewish day school located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia that offers tuition from Pre School to Year 12. It is affiliated with the Victorian Union of Progressive Judaism.

It has campuses in the Armadale area close to the Jewish community of Melbourne. The King David School consists of the Southwick Pre-school centre, the Southwick Junior School (prep school to year 2), the Magid Campus (year 3 to year 8) and the Magid Institute (year 9 to year 12).

The school has also recently purchased a building named Minimbah close to its Magid Campus for year 3 to 8. Possible uses for the building include sports facilities and performing arts facilities.

The school achieves high academic results and is a member of Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne (EISM). It's LOTE (Languages Other Than English) program includes Hebrew, French, Spanish, Russian and Yiddish. The school offers co-curricular programs in sport, music, drama, debating and outdoor education. It is the fastest growing Jewish day school in Australia with over 800 students.

[edit] History

In the early 1970s a group of visionary people from Melbourne's Jewish community realised the need for a progressive Jewish day school. In May 1977 the school purchased a property in Armadale. In the 1980's, the school grew in popularity and in 1984 the Magid campus was established. It was dedicated by His Excellency Chaim Herzog, then President of the State of Israel.

In 1991 the school opened a pre-school centre. In the late 1990's the school began to offer the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). In 2006 the Magid Institute was conpleted and a year 9 centre was opened.