By: Menasche Scharf
The newly formed Beis Yaakov Girls School in Stamford Hill will be holding its first reception on Sunday Parshas Chukas 26th June. The Bays Yaakov Maydel Schule, as it is fondly called by the locals, has gained its sterling reputation in no small part because Yiddish is part of the curriculum. The recent Ofsted inspection vindicated the schools' founders and supporters when the inspectors gave the school a resounding thumbs up
The school was founded by a group of young askanim who felt the acute pain and heartbreak of many a parent in our midst whose child could not be placed in a Jewish school, as an attempt to address the lack of space in all the girls' schools.
This much needed facility is now turning to the community for help in ensuring the material requirements are met for both the long and short term future.
A fund raising evening will be held at the home of Mr Shlomo Sinitsky, who is a trustee of this new school, in addition to his other communal commitments.
Dayan Padwa, shlita, the nasi of the school, will be in attendance to promote the core values of the school, which are being staunchly upheld by the staff and Acceptance Committee. The financial burden is carried by the school's finance committee whose tireless efforts have kept the school afloat, while the disproportionate expenses versus pupil ratio are currently unsustainable, due to the small number of children enrolled.
The school's management committee is full of hope that the community will take up this chance to help a new school with small beginnings which is set to grow into an award-winning educational powerhouse, producing real Yiddishe Mammes to shine forth in Klal Yisrael.
The planned September intake will reach the legal space limitation of the currently premises and the Building Committee is actively looking for larger premises for possible purchase in the near future.
Dear Rabbi Zecharya Greenwald
Re: Solving the Acceptance Debacle (16 April 2015)
Your proposal for a new central database is an excellent idea, but it will not address the root cause of this debilitating illness.
We had the merit to start a new school for girls, which addressed the urgent need for more learning places in our town.
The acceptance process is pretty much the same as other - more established - schools, with the exception that we give parents space to grow with their child: most of the education committee's time goes towards ensuring that parents become more involved in Yiddishkeit.
What you write about the endemic problem with seminary age girls is applicable to any age group.
Menasche Scharf
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