Milton Only School

Milton was founded in 1988 as the Jewish Primary Day School. The school was established at Adas Israel Congregation by a small group of parents who wanted to provide their children with a pluralistic Jewish education in their home city of Washington, DC. The founders envisioned a school that would seamlessly integrate the teachings of our Jewish heritage with an excellent general studies education, all in a nurturing and challenging environment that recognized the individual needs of each child. This vision continues to guide the school today. In 1999, the school became an independent institution. In 2002, Milton purchased a building on 16th Street to serve as the school's permanent home. As the school's reputation and prominence increased, its student population grew steadily. To accommodate this growth, Milton purchased a second building on 16th Street, which opened in the fall of 2013. The school's North and South Campuses are the Kay and Robert Schattner Center, named in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Schattner in recognition of their extraordinary support. Responding to a growing demand for a Jewish middle school in the city, and in order to align with the entry years for middle school in the region, the Milton Board of Trustees decided in the fall of 2014 to expand the school to add Grades 7 and 8 and to create a middle school. The Gottesman family and Ambassador Alfred Moses joined together to provide a transformative gift to build the middle school, renovate and expand the Kay and Robert Schattner Center North Campus, and honor the late Milton Gottesman. In the spring of 2017, the school officially became known as Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation's Capital. The middle school is the Moses Family Middle School. The first class of the Moses Family Middle School graduated from Grade 8 in 2020.