The Dean's Blog

One of many new programs we introduced this year was our IKaRR Initiative , aimed at raising awareness and understanding of the values of...

While 11th grader Jamie Epstein chose to tackle an issue that poses personal challenges to many in the Orthodox world, 12th grade Zahava ...

Back in November I posted about our 6th grade's initiative to send school supplies to the Cheery Children Education Centre , an orphan...

At the beginning of Rabbi Stein's Contemporary Jewish Issues course, our high school students are informed that the goal of the course...

Our 2nd graders, under the direction of Morah Chaya Shochet, created this amazing visual and audio tour of 5,000 years of Jewish history.  N...

As many of you know, we owe much of our accomplishments over the past few years to the generous support of the AviChai Foundation.  The foll...

Rabbi Noam Stein, our Upper School Director of Student Life and the chair of our Torah She Ba'al Peh and Machshava departments, will b...

Traditionally, a siyyum marks the completion of a book of a Torah which one has studied.  In Mrs. Amy Stein's 7th and 8th grade Chumas...

The Lower School erupted in fun-filled, educational, and uplifting competition this week when Rabbi Joel Finkelstein's talk on Yom Yerus...

Have a look at the 4th grade's video d'var Torah for this week.  It's Rashi and Rashbam like you've never heard them before....

In what was one of the closest races in recent memory, three students have been awarded the top honors at our upcoming high school graduat...

We once again have students who qualified for the finals of the national Bible contest, the Chidon HaTanach.   This weekend 8th graders Tani...

Last week we had our annual high school debate.  Though the Girls High School did not field any teams this year, the competition was no l...

JTA Washington Bureau Chief, Ron Kampeas wrote a nice article on our Corky's fundraiser from earlier this year.  Thanks again to Dena Wr...

Last week our 5th through 8th grades hosted our first ever Science Expo.  A modified version of what we used to call a science fair, this ye...

Thanks to the initiative of their teacher, Mrs. Cindy Massey, our 6th graders just finished Skyping with social entrepreneur, adventurer, an...

Last week, Mr. Dave Lewellyn took his AP Environmental class to Shelby Farms to conduct a water quality testing lab.  He met with Mr. Larr...

The annual Girls High School Dinner took on a very special feel this year, as the student-driven fundraising event paid homage to women who ...

This is my sixth Yom Ha-Atzma'ut here at the Academy and while they have always been high-spirited enjoyable days, we have never had any...

To commemorate Yom HaZikaron, our Torah MiTzion Kollel and Bnot Sherut transformed our computer lab into an exhibit hall replete with poster...