Ma'ayanot Yeshiva High School
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The Ma'ayanot Yeshiva High School is a private Jewish day school
for girls in grades nine through twelve, located in Teaneck
, New Jersey
, United States. Ma'ayanot was founded to meet the need of the Orthodox
communities of Bergen County and neighboring areas for a conveniently located and academically excellent high school for girls. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Secondary Schools since 2002.
The school's primary goal is to create a caring, inspiring, and academically stimulating environment for the religious, intellectual and personal growth of each of its students. The school aims to inculcate values of Ahavat Torah (love of Torah
) and Yirat Shamayim (fear of God) into every aspect of our school. In an atmosphere of mutual respect between staff and students, the school is committed to helping young women learn to take themselves seriously as Avodat Hashem (God's creations), as women, as thinking, capable, caring, and sensitive human beings.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 175 students and 22.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.0.
Jewish day school
A Jewish day school is a modern Jewish educational institution that is designed to provide Jewish children with both a Jewish and a secular education in one school on a full time basis, hence its name of "day school" meaning a school that the students attend for an entire day and not on a part time...
for girls in grades nine through twelve, located in Teaneck
Teaneck, New Jersey
Teaneck is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, and a suburb in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 39,776, making it the second-most populous among the 70 municipalities in Bergen County....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States. Ma'ayanot was founded to meet the need of the Orthodox
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...
communities of Bergen County and neighboring areas for a conveniently located and academically excellent high school for girls. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation...
Commission on Secondary Schools since 2002.
The school's primary goal is to create a caring, inspiring, and academically stimulating environment for the religious, intellectual and personal growth of each of its students. The school aims to inculcate values of Ahavat Torah (love of Torah
Torah
Torah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five books of the bible—Genesis , Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers and Deuteronomy Torah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five...
) and Yirat Shamayim (fear of God) into every aspect of our school. In an atmosphere of mutual respect between staff and students, the school is committed to helping young women learn to take themselves seriously as Avodat Hashem (God's creations), as women, as thinking, capable, caring, and sensitive human beings.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 175 students and 22.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.0.
External links
- School website
- Data for Ma'ayanot Yeshiva High School, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
- Ma'ayanot volunteering at the Hebrew Free Burial Association's Silver Lake Cemetery - November 2006