News & Announcements

Jewish Academy of Orlando cultivates a culture of giving back to the community and to those in need by supporting school-driven and student-led fundraisers, recognizing students for acts of giving, and opportunities for students to participate in community service projects.

Jewish Academy of Orlando (JAO) celebrated Purim with a megillah reading, party, performances, delivery of mishloach manot (Purim baskets), and grogger sculpture creations. Third-grade students performed in the annual Purim play that tells the holiday’s story through music and dance.

Jewish Academy of Orlando second graders completed their
annual space unit with the Sun, Moon, and Stars Space Show where each student
demonstrated his or her knowledge of our solar system through music, song, and
dance.The program included dialogue and songs about gravity, the moon and stars,
planets, and the sun.

Jewish Academy of Orlando fifth grade students partnered with with Muslim peers from Leadership Preparatory School and Christian peers from Geneva School in, “Trees for Peace,” a multifaith tree planting service held at Mead Gardens. The tree planting is the second of the schools’ 3-part Multifaith Education Program (MEP) that is now in its 16th year. The students meet at each school to learn about each other’s cultures and religions

Show your school spirit and order by September 13th! Please bring your form and payment to Cyndi at the front desk.

Save The Date! - May 23th, 7:00 pm

The Jewish Academy of Orlando's production of Junie B. Jones the Musical at the Wayne Dencch Performing Arts Center in Sanford.

Ticket sales begin in March.

Jewish Academy of Orlando will break ground for its new Kindness Garden on Monday, January 21st, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The garden will be a segment of the campus playground. The project is part of a grant to incorporate fine arts in to the school’s Judaic Studies program.

Jewish Academy of Orlando presents Junie B. Jones - The Musical. This full-scale musical production will be presented one night only on May 23, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in Sanford. This high-energy show is based on Barbara Park’s best-selling children’s books.

Join us for our Kindness Garden Dedication on Friday, May 17, 2019. We will celebrate Shabbat at 8:15am in the JCC auditorium and then walk to the garden for our dedication ceremony. A reception will follow. Open to the community.

In an effort to reduce student and teacher absences, Jewish Academy of Orlando completed installation of the Violet Defense patented germ-killing technology.