• Opening Hearts

    • Cultivating Minds

    • Celebrating Jewish Identity and Tradition

    • From Generation
      to Generation

Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School (RASPEDS) is a co-educational Jewish Day School located at the heart of New York City on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. We provide a boutique educational experience for preschool through eighth grade students in a warm and nurturing environment that helps each child to thrive academically and socially.

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  • Discover our signature Taste of Shabbat Program (ages 14-23 months) and Early Childhood Summer Program (ages 2-5), combining top-notch education with summer fun! Nurture social, emotional, and physical development for preschoolers in a child-centered setting. Learn More about our Summer Programs and Register Here
  • Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School is delighted to present Act II, our popular after-school program for Toddlers through Grade 7 students, led by our RASPEDS licensed and experienced teachers! Learn more about our ACT II Programs
  • Enrollment is now open for the 2024-2025 school year! Learn more and start your application
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Upcoming Events

Oct
14
Indigenous Peoples Day – No Board of Ed Busing
Oct
16
SCHOOL CLOSED (Sukkot)
Oct
21
The Dr. Polly Etkind Hochberg Lecture Series
Oct
22
Community Unity Sukkot Event
Oct
23
SCHOOL CLOSED (Hoshanah Rabbah, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah)
Oct
29
Dads Basketball Night
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  • Outstanding academics with award-winning math teachers, dedicated facilities for computers, robotics, art, and a large gymnasium, all within a warm and family-friendly Jewish Day School.

    – Niche.com review

  • The relationship with the shul augments the facilities and activities in a unique way like no other day school in Manhattan.

    – Niche.com

  • The kids are down to earth, have good values and the school environment is warm and inviting.

    – Niche.com

  • My kids are more than happy to go to school every morning.

    – PrivateSchoolReview.com review

  • They promote a love of Israel, good morals and a passion for learning with excellence. Kids are happy and kind. A true gem and the best Jewish elementary and preschool in New York!

    – PrivateSchoolReview.com review

  • The education my boys receive is stellar and I know that no matter where they end up afterwards, Park East will have set them up for utter success!

    – Niche.com review

  • This school is one of the best in all of Manhattan! With top-notch security, a high-end educational curriculum, a historical past, and incredible teachers - this makes for an amazing educational program and school.

    – Yelp.com review

Sam & Esther Minskoff Cultural Center Park East Day School Inc admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.