Kehillah Jewish High School is an independent college preparatory high school located in Palo Alto, California. "Kehillah" is a Hebrew word meaning "community." The school is one of a series of pluralistic (community) Jewish day schools in the United States at the high school level.
In the fall of 2005, the school moved from its original location in San Jose to its new campus at 3900 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, where it also hosted the Keddem Congregation (Reconstructionist Judaism) for several years.
Kehillah Jewish High School was founded in 1999 and opened in the fall of 2002 on the Blackford High School campus in San Jose with 32 9th grade students. Rabbi Reuven Greenvald joined Kehillah as its Head of School in the summer of 2004 and left in March 2007. He was replaced by Lillian Howard, who most recently served as the founding Head of School of the Shoshana S. Cardin School in Baltimore, Maryland. Upon Lillian Howard's retirement in June 2013, Rabbi Darren Kleinberg, Ph.D. became the Head of School. Rabbi Darren Kleinberg, Ph.D. left in the end of the 2019-2020 school year. During the 2020-2021 school year, Dr. Daisy Pellant became the new Head of the School.[2]
Since 2002, Kehillah Jewish High School has grown from a 9th-grade class of 33 students to a community of approximately 220 students in grades 9-12. The school experienced multiple years of double-digit enrollment growth. In 2016 Kehillah was described as the fastest-growing Jewish community high school in North America by Marc Kramer, co-executive director of Ravsak, a national Jewish community day school network.[3]
In addition to American students, Kehillah has a large Israeli student population. Students’ first languages include Russian, Hebrew, Spanish, and French as well as English. They live as far south as Morgan Hill, as far north as Burlingame, and as far east as Castro Valley and Fremont. Approximately half attended public school through 8th grade, and the other half attended private and public middle schools.
The new 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) campus at 3900 Fabian Way in Palo Alto, California was completed for the 2005–2006 academic year. It is situated across the street from the recently opened Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life,[4] a new development for the Palo Alto JCC and the senior home. The facility was originally constructed in 1997, and was extensively remodeled in 2005. The building includes 27 classrooms, four tutorial rooms, high-end physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science laboratories, music and art rooms, a photo lab, a makerspace, a library and assembly space, student and faculty work and meeting spaces, faculty and administrative office clusters, and a Beit Midrash – a room for prayer and study. Each teaching space is equipped with extensive electronic media and SMARTBoard technology. The campus was most recently renovated in the summer of 2016, during which the library, theater, and student learning center were redesigned. After the COVID-19 pandemic, in the summer of 2021, the campus was renovated again to remodel all classrooms. The library, student center, and hangout spaces were also redone to look and feel more inclusive.
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North American Association of Jewish High Schools
Private Schools in the Bay Area
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Learn how and when to remove this template message Kehillah Jewish High School is an independent college preparatory high school located in Palo Alto California Kehillah is a Hebrew word meaning community The school is one of a series of pluralistic community Jewish day schools in the United States at the high school level Kehillah Jewish High SchoolAddress3900 Fabian WayPalo Alto CaliforniaUnited StatesCoordinates37 25 30 N 122 06 16 W 37 4249 N 122 1045 W 37 4249 122 1045InformationTypeIndependent Coeducational SecondaryEstablished1999Head of schoolDaisy PellantTeaching staff38 5 on an FTE basis 1 Grades9 12 1 Number of students216 1 2017 18 Student to teacher ratio5 6 1 CampusSuburbanAffiliationJewishWebsitekehillah wbr orgIn the fall of 2005 the school moved from its original location in San Jose to its new campus at 3900 Fabian Way Palo Alto where it also hosted the Keddem Congregation Reconstructionist Judaism for several years Kehillah Jewish High School was founded in 1999 and opened in the fall of 2002 on the Blackford High School campus in San Jose with 32 9th grade students Rabbi Reuven Greenvald joined Kehillah as its Head of School in the summer of 2004 and left in March 2007 He was replaced by Lillian Howard who most recently served as the founding Head of School of the Shoshana S Cardin School in Baltimore Maryland Upon Lillian Howard s retirement in June 2013 Rabbi Darren Kleinberg Ph D became the Head of School Rabbi Darren Kleinberg Ph D left in the end of the 2019 2020 school year During the 2020 2021 school year Dr Daisy Pellant became the new Head of the School 2 Since 2002 Kehillah Jewish High School has grown from a 9th grade class of 33 students to a community of approximately 220 students in grades 9 12 The school experienced multiple years of double digit enrollment growth In 2016 Kehillah was described as the fastest growing Jewish community high school in North America by Marc Kramer co executive director of Ravsak a national Jewish community day school network 3 In addition to American students Kehillah has a large Israeli student population Students first languages include Russian Hebrew Spanish and French as well as English They live as far south as Morgan Hill as far north as Burlingame and as far east as Castro Valley and Fremont Approximately half attended public school through 8th grade and the other half attended private and public middle schools Contents 1 Campus 2 Notable Alumni 3 References 4 External linksCampus editThe new 50 000 square foot 4 600 m2 campus at 3900 Fabian Way in Palo Alto California was completed for the 2005 2006 academic year It is situated across the street from the recently opened Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life 4 a new development for the Palo Alto JCC and the senior home The facility was originally constructed in 1997 and was extensively remodeled in 2005 The building includes 27 classrooms four tutorial rooms high end physics chemistry biology and computer science laboratories music and art rooms a photo lab a makerspace a library and assembly space student and faculty work and meeting spaces faculty and administrative office clusters and a Beit Midrash a room for prayer and study Each teaching space is equipped with extensive electronic media and SMARTBoard technology The campus was most recently renovated in the summer of 2016 during which the library theater and student learning center were redesigned After the COVID 19 pandemic in the summer of 2021 the campus was renovated again to remodel all classrooms The library student center and hangout spaces were also redone to look and feel more inclusive Notable Alumni editHarris Mowbray 5 References edit a b c d KEHILLAH JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL Private School Universe Survey National Center for Education Statistics Retrieved 15 December 2021 New Head of School Kehillah Jewish High School 2019 06 25 Retrieved 2020 07 27 Kehillah High sees big growth j the Jewish news weekly of Northern California J 6 May 2016 Retrieved 2016 10 20 Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life Archived from the original on 2006 12 05 Retrieved 2007 01 28 Alumni Spotting Harris Mowbray s Philanthropic Efforts to Make Braille More Accessible External links editOfficial website North American Association of Jewish High Schools Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education Private Schools in the Bay Area Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kehillah Jewish High School amp oldid 1208752527, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
