Mission Statement:
"Our goal is to provide the finest possible education there is to offer anywhere in the world. With Torah as our bedrock, Sephardic heritage at our roots, we strive to equip our students with the knowledge, confidence, and character, to achieve any goal the mind can imagine."
Our Values:
"Our goal is to provide the finest possible education there is to offer anywhere in the world. With Torah as our bedrock, Sephardic heritage at our roots, we strive to equip our students with the knowledge, confidence, and character, to achieve any goal the mind can imagine."
Our Values:
Mission and Values
Commitment to Morals and Ethics
Commitment to Student Achievement
Commitment to Excellence in Secular Studies and Higher Education
Commitment to Halakha and Hashkafa
MDY recognizes that:
- Every person is capable of greatness
- Each individual has their own unique strengths that must be continuously explored and developed
- Self-confidence is fundamental to personal goal-setting and achieving
- Creativity, and the act of creating, is crucial to the process of teaching, learning, and contributing to society
- Critical thinking is an essential lifelong habit, and instrumental in reaching for achievement
MDY is focused on:
- Teaching Torah Shebikhtav and Torah She-Be-alpeh
- Halacha based on Shulhan Aruch by Rabbi Yoseph Karo
- Our long-standing Sephardic customs and traditions, and teaching Hebrew in the negun of our Syrian ancestors
- Cherishing and celebrating the existence of the modern State of Israel, and supporting it through prayer and deed
- The belief that Medinat Yisrael is our homeland and an indispensable part of our identity as Jews
MDY strives to:
- Instill within its students the highest standards of morals and ethics
- Stress the importance of mitzvot in both "Man to God" and "Man to Man" Torah laws
- Respect various opinions and followings, even those we may not agree with
- Nurture its students to be a source of Kidush Hashem to our community and the Jewish world at large
MDY believes:
- All students require a top notch secular education
- This includes the study of sciences, mathematics, liberal arts, and cultures
- In preparing its students for their entry into the highest caliber colleges, to become respected members of society, and to fulfill the Jewish cause of “being a light unto the nations."
