# @denverjewishdayschool on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYYLekACBRT
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65624781-denverjewishdayschool-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-15T23:30:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Denver Jewish Day School (@denverjewishdayschool) — https://gondola.cc/denverjewishdayschool

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This week’s Shabbat Shout Out (one that should be shouted from the mountain tops!) goes to the people who keep DJDS running—our teachers, administrators, facilities and operations team, institutional advancement team, learning support specialists, counselors, coaches, advisors, and everyone in between.

From stop sign duty to teaching the ABCs and aleph-bet…
From coaching high school athletics to teaching AP classes…
From organizing faculty appreciation breakfasts to staying late for clubs, performances, games, rehearsals, and student events…

This place runs on an enormous amount of care, flexibility, patience, humor, creativity, and caffeine.

At any given moment, someone on this campus is solving a problem no one else even knew existed, stepping in to help a student, moving furniture, rewriting a lesson plan, fixing technology, answering emails, finding lost sweatshirts, or cheering someone on.

And through all of it, our students feel known, supported, challenged, and cared for.

Earlier this week at our Staff Appreciation Breakfast, we also had the privilege of honoring 16 faculty and staff members celebrating milestone anniversaries at DJDS:

⭐ 5 Years
Mary Cruz De La Riva
Alix Kivlin
Asha Merkes
Natalie Mohan
Ben Huston
Eden Jackman
Jennifer Margolis
Kirya Jultak
Melanie Salniker

⭐ 10 Years
Charlene Irani
Rebekah Kochavi
Heidi Markenson
Danielle Shwartz
Megan Zitron

⭐ 25 Years
Rufina Feld

⭐ 36 Years
Jerry Rotenberg

These educators and staff members represent generations of commitment, mentorship, leadership, and care for this community.

And while we’re at it, we also want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our incredible PTO and parent volunteers, who helped make Teacher Appreciation Week feel so special. The breakfasts, treats, decorations, notes, and thoughtful touches did not go unnoticed.

To everyone who helps make DJDS what it is every single day: thank you. We see you—and the truth is, there’s never really a way to thank you all enough for everything you do!

Shabbat Shalom.

#ShabbatShoutOut #StaffAppreciationWeek #DJDSTigers #OurDJDS #WhyDJDS #TeacherAppreciation #SchoolCommunity

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teacherappreciation, schoolcommunity, djdstigers, ourdjds, staffappreciationweek, whydjds, shabbatshoutout

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