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Quick Bytes: Complementary School Mergers (Part I)
Quick Bytes-- Government Support of Jewish Day Schools: Entitlements & Opportunities (Part II)
Quick Bytes-- Government Support of Jewish Day Schools: Entitlements & Opportunities (Part I)
Trending in the Jewish Day School Field: Tuition Grant Programs
From eJewishPhilanthropy:
2012 has seen the release of a number of regional Jewish day school tuition grant programs. While these programs vary in terms of how they're funded, who qualifies, and what percentage of tuition is being paid for, they all aim to transform the affordability issue from a liability into a way to welcome new families. They also give schools a chance to promote their value and connect with the community in meaningful ways.
Schools and communities have used many tactics to address the affordability issue, but the regional approach is one that has been gaining traction in recent years. Here are a few examples of communities that are implementing tuition grant programs:
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Abrams Hebrew Academy announces new grant and scholarship opportunities
From PhillyBurbs.com:
Abrams Hebrew Academy is pleased to announce two exciting new grant and scholarship opportunities for area Jewish families.
The Jewish Day School Collaborative, a project of the Kohelet Foundation, has provided funding for a select number of students to receive tuition grants and scholarships for the coming academic year at Abrams Hebrew Academy.
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Hebrew College cancels sale of campus
From The Boston Globe:
NEWTON - Eighteen months after the startling news that Hebrew College planned to sell its celebrated campus to retire $32.1 million in mortgage debt, its leaders say the school has regained its financial footing and will now stay put.
Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann, the president of Hebrew College, said the school is in the final phase of renegotiating its loan in a complex deal that will reduce the institution's debt to $7.4 million.
Read the full article in The Boston Globe...
Affordable Orthodox day school slated to open in fall
From The Washington Jewish Week:
A new Jewish high school is set to open this fall, providing an Orthodox education to seventh and eighth grade girls. Named the National Torah Academy (NTA), the school will be located at Congregation Har Tzeon-Agudath Achim in Silver Spring and will eventually expand to a full high school with separate classes for both boys and girls.
With the major issue of affordable Jewish education on the rise, the creators of the NTA have come up with a tuition price of $10,000 a year, a 40 percent difference from other Orthodox high schools in the area.
Read the full article at The Washington Jewish Week...
TX school district makes a digital leap in technology
From The San Antonio Express-News:
McALLEN — Most students stay as far from school as possible during Spring Break. So when McAllen Memorial High School Principal Rosie Larson saw a group of them huddled against the school building, tented in blankets against the unseasonable cold, she did a double take.
With a sense of triumph, Larson realized they were seeking Wi-Fi for their new school-provided iPads. The tablets, distributed across grade levels to students and teachers, give access to technology that does not exist for most homes in a district with a 67-percent poverty rate.
Read the full article in The San Antonio Express-News...
Technology leading the way to lower-cost day school education
From The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles...
The nondenominational Pre-Collegiate Learning Center of New Jersey doesn't have a math teacher. The East Brunswick school instead relies on experienced math tutors who help students work through an online math curriculum relying on outside sources.
At Baltimore's Ohr Chadash, a Modern Orthodox primary school in its first year, students receive iPads beginning in the fourth grade to do more online and group work.
Read the full article in The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles...