Intown Jewish Preschool

In the early 2000’s Rabbi and Dena Schusterman, founders of Chabad Intown noticed that many of the intown Jewish families sent their children to secular private schools of excellence. What if we could provide that kind of progressive early education in a Jewish context, they wondered?

Thus was born the Intown Jewish Preschool. Inspired by the educational pedagogies of local schools and global philosophies such as Reggio Emilia and Maria Montessori, we created our own brand of excellence in early learning. Sensitive to the nuance of Atlanta Intown Jewish families from Decatur to Buckhead, we tailor our community to the needs of the lived lives of the children today— a world with a greater sense of emotional awareness, persistent technology, and two working parents—we strive to create a harmonious safe space for the children to thrive.

We began as a “Mother’s Morning Out” with a group of seven children in our current location, the former Canterbury Preschool, three small homes as classrooms and a European style courtyard of outdoor space exceedingly vast for an intown property. Today we have a waiting list for each of our classes. We are hoping to renovate and expand in the near future because we are bursting at the seams!

Our purpose at the Intown Jewish Preschool is to provide the highest quality, child-centered education and a love for Jewish values in a secure, nurturing and stimulating atmosphere. Our children are viewed as collaborators: they are competent, curious, inquisitive, unique, and creative.

From intownjewishpreschool.org