The Curriculum Initiative

TCI supports Jewish culture and identity at independent high school campuses. TCI is the only organization specifically working with Jewish students and their friends at independent, non-Jewish high schools; a group comprised of tens of thousands of teens. TCI’s methodology has been informed by more than 13 years of experience working within the independent school community, granting us unique insight into how to engage this elusive population of teens. We go to them. We meet students where they spend the bulk of their time: at school. By working directly with the schools, TCI creates and provides compelling content for Jewish student clubs, all-school programming, classrooms, and inter-school retreats. Each program is designed to engage students and their peers by making it easy to participate, inclusive to all, and by creating opportunities for leadership training, exploration of identity, and service learning; all experienced through a Jewish lens. The response has been overwhelmingly positive and TCI has an active presence at close to 75 schools in our four regions: New England, Metro New York, the Mid-Atlantic, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Our staff and educators are professionally prepared to design programs that address each school's needs through: Student Programs Professional Development Resources With tens of thousands of Jews attending independent schools around the country, TCI’s approach is creatively serving an important segment of Jewish youth.