Ramaz School

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Ramaz School
ישיבת רמז
Image:Ramaz logo.gif
Established 1937
Type Private coeducational primary, middle, and secondary
Principal Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
Founder Rabbi Joseph H. Loookstein
Students approx. 1,150
Grades PreK-12
Location Manhattan, New York USA
Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, New York State Association of Independent Schools
Colors Blue and Gold
Mascot The Ramaz Ram
Yearbook Ramifications
Newspaper The RamPage
Website www.ramaz.org

The Ramaz School is a coeducational, college preparatory, private Modern Orthodox Jewish day school.

The name Ramaz derives from the initials of Rabbi Moses Zevulun Margolies (1851-1936), the grandfather-in-law of the school's founder, Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein (1902-1979). The current principal, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, is the son of Joseph Lookstein and was a member of the first class of six students when the school was established in 1937[1]. Rabbi Haskel Lookstein will give up his role as dean at the end of the 2005-2006 school year, but will remain the rabbi of the associated Kehilath Jeshurun Synagogue. He will be succeeded by Judith Fagin, currently the headmistress of the Middle School.

The school is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and consists of a lower school (nursery-4th grade), a middle school (5th grade-8th grade), and an upper school (9th grade-12th grade). The Headmaster of the Lower School is Rabbi Alan Berkowitz, and the Headmistress of the Middle School is Ms. Judith Fagin. Ms. Fagin will be replaced by Rabbi Jeffrey Kobrin, Ramaz '87 (currently the assistant dean at the Upper School), effective as of the start of the next school year. The Deans of the Upper School are Ira Miller and Rabbi Eliezer Rubin. Rabbi Joshua Bakst retired in 2003 and is currently the Dean Emeritus.

The Ramaz Upper School is a college preparatory school. It is located seven city blocks away from the other two school buildings, and draws students from throughout the city, as well as commuters from throughout the New York tri-state region.

The school is affiliated with Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun ("KJ"), located on E. 85th street, which shares a building with the lower school and is across the street from the middle school.

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[edit] Sports

The Ramaz School's team name is the Ramaz Rams. Ramaz fields a number of competitive and recreational athletic teams throughout the school year, such as basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, hockey, track, soccer, tennis, fencing, and dance. In most cases, their teams are members of the Yeshiva High School Athletic League which represents many of the Jewish day schools throughout the New York metropolitan area. In addition, they play exhibition games against other schools both in the Jewish day school and non-Jewish private school communities.

[edit] Academic Teams

Ramaz's academic teams include the debate, College Bowl, mock trial, model Congress, chess, mathematics, BIC (Business Investment Club), Federal Reserve Challenge, model United Nations and Torah Bowl teams.

[edit] Publications

Ramaz's publications include:

  • Breakthrough - a science and technology publication
  • El Ramillete - the Spanish student newspaper
  • Ramaz Voice - the school Politics and Current Events newsletter
  • Likrat Shabbat - a weekly publication devoted to Shabbat
  • Our Israel - a publication devoted to Israel
  • Parallax - the school's award winning literary magazine
  • RamPage - the school newspaper
  • 78 - the school magazine
  • Tarte aux Pommes - the French student newspaper
  • Toses - the Hebrew student newspaper
  • Ramifications - the school yearbook
  • The Sports Report - a sports publication

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gurock, Jeffrey S. (1989). Ramaz: School, Community, Scholarship, & Orthodoxy. Ktav. ISBN 0-88125-323-5.
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