The Solomon Schechter Day School, now known as the Gross Schechter Day School, of Cleveland, Ohio (f. 1980) is a day school affiliated with the Conservative movement of Judaism for children from preschool through the eighth grade. Nationally, Solomon Schechter day schools began after World War II, when Conservative Judaism was the largest of the Jewish denominations. Named for the English scholar (1857-1915) who helped to develop the Conservative movement in America, the schools were designed to provide a combination of excellent secular education, along with a serious program of Judaic and Hebrew studies. Each of the over sixty schools is independent and follows its state or regional independent school association standards; there are also Judaic standards regarding Jewish studies and religious observance set by the Solomon Schechter Day School Association of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
The school was formed by parents who wanted an alternative to the already existing Jewish schools in the Cleveland area: the Hebrew Academy, affiliated with the Orthodox movement, and the Agnon School, a non-denominational Jewish day school. After meeting with Conservative movement education professionals in 1979, the school opened with ten children in 1980, headed by principal Murray Kudroff. Each year another grade was added, and by 2000, the school housed a preschool and grades kindergarten through eighth with approximately 260 students. The school was housed at Congregation Beth Am in Cleveland Heights from 1980-1983, Greenview School in South Euclid from 1983-1990, and Park Synagogue in Cleveland Heights from1990-January 1993, before moving to the former Malvern Elementary School in Shaker Heights in January 1993, where a preschool was added. In 2000, ground was broken for a new building on land adjacent to and leased from B'nai Jeshurun Congregation in Pepper Pike. Finally, in August of 2002, the institution took on its current name and moved to its new campus in Pepper Pike, where it remains in operation as of 2016 with nearly 260 students. Kudroff served as principal from 1980-1990, Rita Shtull from 1990-1991, Lenore Koppel from 1991-1993, and taking over in 1993, Rabbi James Rogozen. Currently the school is headed by Randy Boroff.