Weinbaum Yeshiva High School

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Weinbaum Yeshiva High School
WYHS, Inspire and Challenge
"To Inspire and Challenge"
Location
7902 Montoya Circle
Boca Raton, FL 33433
Palm Beach County
United States
Information
School district Palm Beach
Founder Rabbi Kenneth Brander
Principal Rabbi Perry Tirschwell
Vice principal Mrs. Ora-Lee Kanner
Students 198
Type Jewish Private
Age range 14-18
Grades 9-12
Language English and Hebrew
Athletics 9 FHSAA Teams: Varsity Soccer, Varsity Basketball, Jr. Varsity Basketball, Varsity Baseball, Varsity Tennis
Team name Storm
Nickname WYHS
Newspaper Brainstorm, Highlites and the Yeshivon
Founded 1998
Status Open
Homepage www.wyhs.net

Weinbaum Yeshiva High School, commonly referred to as WYHS, is a religious Jewish high school yeshiva high schools that caters to both male and female students in grades 9-12.

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[edit] Location and Contact Information

The school is located at 7902 Montoya Circle, Boca Raton, FL 33433. It has 200 students from as far south as Miami and as far noth as Palm Beach Gardens take the bus or carpool to school each morning. The school's telephone number is (561) 417-7422. Its website is www.wyhs.net. The school is in the beginning of building a new campus at the Jewish Federation.

[edit] Mission Statement

The mission of the Weinbaum Yeshiva High School (WYHS) is…

To provide excellence in college preparatory and Judaic studies to Jewish teenagers who seek religious and academic growth in a safe and caring environment.

WYHS celebrates the ideals of Ahavat Yisrael (tolerance),Tikkun Olam (communal responsibility), and Medinat Yisrael (the State of Israel).

The goals of WYHS are to…

Inspire our students to make a life-long commitment to Jewish values, learning and observance

Challenge our students with a comprehensive college and yeshiva preparatory program - enabling them to gain admission to and succeed at the finest institutions of higher learning.

Empower our students to actualize their full potential, realize their personal dreams, and embrace all human beings with respect and kindness, while actively contributing to the broader Jewish and world communities.

[edit] Curriculum

The school year is separated into three trimesters. It boasts a dual curriculum, including both single-gender Judaic Studies classes in the morning and co-ed General Studies classes in the afternoon, separated by level, including accelerated and honors, among others. The Judaic Studies classes include Chumash (Bible), Navi (Prophets), Torah She Ba'al Peh (Oral Law), and Hebrew Language, amongst others. The General Studies classes include English, Science, Math, and History, with electives, like Spanish, Art, Graphic Design, or Contemporary Jewish History. The school also has various Advanced Placement (AP) classes including AP European History, AP U.S. History, AP Literature, AP Chemistry, AP Biology and much more. Many student also participate in Yeshiva University's Model UN.

[edit] School Athletics

The school hosts a range of athletics separated by gender, including varsity boys and girls soccer and tennis, boys baseball, girls volleyball and junior varsity boys and girls basketball. The sports teams are known as the Yeshiva Storm, and its supporters are called Storm Chasers. The school has 9 FHSAA (Florida High School Athletic Association) Teams: Varsity Soccer, Varsity Basketball, Jr. Varsity Basketball, Varsity Baseball, and Varsity Tennis.

[edit] Drama Program

The school's drama program produces one girls' Broadway musical and one co-ed comedy each year. It is run by Mrs. Elizabeth Saddler. The 2008 productions were "Guys and Dolls" and the Oscar Wilde classic "The Importance of Being Earnest." Past musicals include The Fantasticks, Into the Woods, Once Upon a Mattress, Annie, and The Best of Broadway; past comedies include Woody Allen's Don't Drink the Water, Arsenic and Old Lace, "The Actor's Nightmare" and Neil Simon's Rumors and Fools.

[edit] Community Service Requirements

Students must complete 10 hours of community service each trimester, totaling 30 hours by the end of the school year and 120 hours by the end of the students' high school careers.

[edit] School Year

The school year begins late August and runs through early to mid June , with breaks for Jewish holidays and a winter vacation in late January. The midterm is in January and the finals are in late may early June.

[edit] School Publications

The school publishes a weekly e-mail newsletter called Yeshiva Highlites, detailing recent school events and is received by more than 1,000 inboxes. The school newspaper, written and headed by students is called The Brainstorm and is published about once a month. The Hebrew language newspaper is called Yeshivon and is contributed to by students. The school annually publishes a literary journal and a yearbook.

[edit] Committees

There are numerous committees that students can join such as Yearbook, Newspaper, Community Outreach, Highlites, Public Relations, Drama and so much more. Students can join more than one committee.


[edit] History

As early as 1993, Rabbi Kenneth Brander, the rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue, held discussions with the communal leadership of South Palm Beach County about the creation of the first yeshiva high school between North Miami Beach and Atlanta.

In 1996, he organized The Committee to Form a Yeshiva High School, and in 1997 it hired Rabbi Perry Tirschwell to create the school. Mrs. Pam Turk, who was involved in the school from the beginning, was the school’s founding president. The school opened its doors to forty-one 9 th and 10 th graders in September 1998, and has grown quickly in its short history. The school graduated its first class in June 2001. The school was named in loving memory of Jack and Bessie Weinbaum in 2003. The school is located in Jacobs and Rubin Youth and Senior Center of the Boca Raton Synagogue in suburban, central Boca Raton. In the summer of 2004, the school more than doubled its space, and Dr. Sam Lasko assumed the presidency of the school.

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