American Hebrew Academy
| American Hebrew Academy | |
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Greensboro, NC USA |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private, Boarding |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Jewish |
| Established | 2001 |
| Head of school | Alex Troy |
| Faculty | 51 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 137 |
| Average class size | 12 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 3:1 |
| Campus | Gated, 100 acres (0.4 km²) |
| Color(s) |
blue, white, and red |
| Athletics | 16 Interscholastic Sports |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Tuition | $24,000 (day students) $40,000(boarding students) |
| Website | americanhebrewacademy.org |
The American Hebrew Academy (AHA) is the only international Jewish college preparatory school in the world for boarding and day students between 9th and 12th grade. The coeducational school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina with a 100-acre (0.4 km²) campus designed by Aaron Green, protégé of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Academy is nationally accredited in the United States by the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). The Academy is also a member in good standing of The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) and the only Jewish school awarded the Green Ribbon by the U.S. Department of Education.
The academy was founded in 2001 by Maurice "Chico" Sabbah, a Sephardic Jew and Zionist in the international reinsurance business. A longtime resident of Greensboro, Sabbah wanted to create a high school option for the city's Jewish teens and to draw a critical mass of students from other regions of the country where Jewish day school was not a feasible option.
Sabbah’s nephew, Glenn Drew, has served as the school’s CEO and General Counsel since the Academy’s opening on September 10, 2001.
Operating on a trimester calendar, the unique curriculum at AHA is based on a 'dual-curriculum' model in which the general studies (Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Languages, Honors Level, Advanced Placement and Early College) courses are taught together with Jewish Studies which include Jewish Philosophy, History, Zionism, Religion and Culture). Unlike most Jewish schools in the United States, the Academy does not identify itself with any one particular movement or denomination of Judaism and therefore affiliates itself with and grants admission to students of any and all Jewish backgrounds.
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