Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (YULA) is a private Orthodox Jewish high school in Los Angeles, California, not affiliated with Yeshiva University in New York City. YULA was founded in 1979.
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YULA has separate campuses for boys and girls within the Pico-Robertson district of the city.
As of 2011[update] the principal of the boys division was Rabbi Heshy Glass and the principal of the girls division was Rabbi Avraham Lieberman. Mrs. Sherry Singer was the general studies principal for both divisions.
YULA has both Jewish and non-Jewish staff. Notable staff include:
The five departments are: History, English, Science, Math, and Hebrew.
At the end of the 2010 school year, former math department chair Manny Katz and Judaic studies teachers Rabbi Ephraim Niehaus and Carol Bess were relieved of their positions. All three had been with the school since its founding in 1979.[1]
Each school has a student body of approximately two hundred students from different areas of Los Angeles. Many students live in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood, Fairfax District, and the San Fernando Valley.
The YULA curriculum is split into two parts. One part is devoted to general studies such as history, mathematics, science, and English, while the other part of the day is devoted to Judaic studies, with a curriculum of classes on Jewish texts. Sections of Chumash, Navi, Mishnah, Gemarah & Mishnah-Brurah/Halachah are studied daily at the Boys school.
Extracurricular activities include (but are not limited to):
The school has sports teams in the following sports: Basketball (Vasity & JV), Baseball, Tennis, Volleyball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, & Bowling.
The varsity basketball team has won the annual Miliken tournament, Y.U. Red Sarachek Highschool tournament, and Memphis Tounament.
The YULA Boys & YULA Girls have separate Student Councils. The student council is made up of esteemed members of the current Senior class. Elections are held at the end of every school year, usually in late May. As of the 2010-2011 school year the Student Council at the YULA Boys school is headed by three Co-Presidents rather than a President and a VP. The 2011-2012 Student Council looks very promising going into the new school year, already the Student Council has made many preparations for the start of school in the fall.
Since the 2009-2010 school year the school has implemented Apple's Education Professional Services, providing every student and faculty member with a laptop computer and both campuses have Wifi access. Classrooms have either Smart Boards or over-head projector units.[2]