Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls

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Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls
Established 1992
Type Private secondary
Principal Helen Spirn
Faculty 43
Students approx. 310
Grades 9-12
Location 291 Meadowview Avenue,
Hewlett Bay Park, New York, USA
Accreditation MSA
Website www.skahalb.org

Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls is a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school, a high school for grades 9-12, located in Hewlett Bay Park, Nassau County, New York, USA. As of 2005 it had some 304 students and 43 teachers. The principal is Mrs. Helen Spirn.

The school is owned by the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach which purchased the former Lawrence Country Day School 9.2 acre campus in 1992 for $2.2 million. It aims for academic excellence both in the Jewish Limudei Kodesh (Torah studies) curriculum and in secular studies. The school is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1999.[1] It was renamed for longtime resident Stella K. Abraham in 1994.

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[edit] History

The Hebrew Academy's purchase of the site in affluent Hewlett Bay Park caused controversy when the village sought to acquire the property through eminent domain, leading to charges of anti-semitism and the filing of a $55 million civil rights lawsuit. After nearly two years, a compromise was reached allowing the school to operate but limiting its size and the suit was dropped.

[edit] Awards and competitions

In 2001, two SKA seniors won the prestigious Siemens Westinghouse team science competition with their project entitled "A Viscometer for Ultra Thin Films". The students were subsequently named to 'Forbes magazine's High Tech Teenage All America Team[2] and were featured in the nanotechnology publication Small Times[3].

The school's mock trial team won the Long Island and NY State championship in 1998, beating over 500 teams that competed in local events.

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Stella K. Abraham High School For Girls, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Accessed July 5, 2007.
  2. ^ Boland, Michael, "ASAP Teenage All Stars", Forbes.com, March 25, 2002.
  3. ^ Stuart, Candace, "Teen Inventors Earn Scholarship by making MEMS devices run better", SmallTimes.com, December 4, 2001
  • Stuart Vincent, "Bias Charged in Plan for Ex-School- Village officials defend proposal", Newsday, July 1, 1992, pg. 33.
  • Josh Barbanel, "Village May Buy Property Where Yeshiva Is Planned", New York Times, July 1, 1992, pg. B5.
  • Stuart Vincent, "School's Suit Alleges Anti-Semitism", Newsday, August 13, 1993, pg. 31.
  • Stuart Vincent, "Yeshiva, Village Settle Dispute- Pact allows operation, growth", Newsday, March 16, 1994, pg. 27.
  • Linda F. Burghardt, "Two From Hewlett Win Science Contest", New York Times, December 9, 2001, Sec. Long Island, pg. 12.
  • Stacey Altherr, "Abraham H.S. Wins NY Mock Trial Event", Newsday (Melville, NY), June 7, 1998, Sec. LI Life, pg. G11.

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