Carmel School, Perth
| Carmel School | |
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Dianella & Yokine, WA Australia 
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| Coordinates | 31°53′59″S 115°51′47″E / 31.8998°S 115.863°ECoordinates: 31°53′59″S 115°51′47″E / 31.8998°S 115.863°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Motto | Faith & Knowledge |
| Denomination | Jewish |
| Established | 1959 |
| Principal | Shula Lazar |
| Staff | ~80 |
| Enrolment | ~750 |
| Colour(s) | Blue and White |
| Website | www.carmel.wa.edu.au |
Carmel School is a private Modern Orthodox Zionist Jewish school in Perth, Western Australia which was founded in 1959. It offers Jewish religious and cultural education as well as conventional secular education for students from Kindergarten to Year 12 though its two school components: "a full-time primary school", and high school. It is the only Jewish day school in WA.
The Perth Hebrew School, housed by The Perth Hebrew Congregation "was the forerunner to Carmel School". It doesn't have many members anymore, due to the existence of Carmel School.
In 1957 a Jewish kindergarten was opened with 17 pupils, which led to the creation of Carmel School in 1959. Its first location was adjacent to the Brisbane Street synagogue, before moving to the current location in Yokine in 1962. The junior high school was opened in 1974 and in 1978 the senior high school was completed.
In 2005 and 2006, Carmel School took part in the S.C.R.A.M (Schools Conflict Resolution and Mediation) initiative.
In November 2006 it opened a state-of-the-art Early Learning Centre which houses students from Kindergarten to Year 1.
Since 2008, the school has hosted annual meetings by The Australian Association for Religious Education entitled "Common History – Shared Future", which are "about Judaism [and] featuring some eminent Jewish educators and speakers from around the world".
In 2009, on the 80th birthday of Carmel School Life Member Harry Hoffman OAM, the school published a book about his life entitled Hate Never Sat At My Table. The author was then-principal Christina Dullard. In honour of Hoffman's (and the Korsunski's) philanthropic contributions to Carmel, in the same year the school was renamed H & S Hoffman and G Korsunski Carmel School.
On 13 September 2009 the Kadima Performing Arts Centre, a state-of-the-art building for drama and arts and media was opened. It also celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009. In 2012, the drama theatre was named the Nassim Family Theatre, "in lovely memory of Gladys Nassim at a cocktail evening".
The school has officially adopted The Jewish War Memorial (located on Fraser Avenue, Kings Park). It seeks to do research into the military servicemen. The school has also adopted the Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust.
In the week leading up to 11 April 2010, Brendan O’Connor, the minister for Home Affairs visited Carmel School to talk to students and staff about internal terrorism threats and border security.
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