New Community Jewish High School
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New Community Jewish High School (informally known as "New Jew") is a Jewish high school in West Hills, California. It offers a college preparatory program for students in grades 9-12; 145 academic courses including 58 electives; 5 world languages; 14 Advanced Placement courses in Math, Science, English, History, and Languages; 22 competitive athletic teams; a global Jewish education program featuring exchange programs with high schools in Tel Aviv
; experiential education programs featuring overnight grade level trips and an All School 3-night “Shabbaton”; social action and interest clubs including robotics, Israel advocacy, cancer awarenss, Save Darfur, Invisible Children
, music appreciation, Film, Debate, American Politics, and many more; musical theatre and drama productions; Science Academy; a comprehensive college guidance program; and school and community leadership opportunities.
The school was founded in 2002 with 40 students, and was located at the West Hills campus of the Jewish Federation
of Greater Los Angeles. It outgrew the available space within two years, and relocated its campus to share space at Shomrei Torah Synagogue, a conservative
synagogue. In January 2011, it was reported that the school (now with 400 students) would purchase the West Hills Federation campus where it had begun, with a planned return to that location by 2012 or 2013.
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
; experiential education programs featuring overnight grade level trips and an All School 3-night “Shabbaton”; social action and interest clubs including robotics, Israel advocacy, cancer awarenss, Save Darfur, Invisible Children
Invisible Children
Invisible Children: Rough Cut is a 2003 American documentary film. Its subject is the abduction and forced enlistment of children by the sectarian Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.-Synopsis:...
, music appreciation, Film, Debate, American Politics, and many more; musical theatre and drama productions; Science Academy; a comprehensive college guidance program; and school and community leadership opportunities.
The school was founded in 2002 with 40 students, and was located at the West Hills campus of the Jewish Federation
Jewish Federation
A Jewish Federation is a confederation of various Jewish social agencies, volunteer programs, educational bodies, and related organizations, found within most cities in North America that host a viable Jewish community...
of Greater Los Angeles. It outgrew the available space within two years, and relocated its campus to share space at Shomrei Torah Synagogue, a conservative
Conservative Judaism
Conservative Judaism is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out of intellectual currents in Germany in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s.Conservative Judaism has its roots in the school of thought known as Positive-Historical Judaism,...
synagogue. In January 2011, it was reported that the school (now with 400 students) would purchase the West Hills Federation campus where it had begun, with a planned return to that location by 2012 or 2013.