Gann Academy
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The Gann Academy Seal
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333 Forest Street Waltham, MA, Middlesex 02452 United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°23′42″N 71°13′01″W / 42.39513°N 71.21703°WCoordinates: 42°23′42″N 71°13′01″W / 42.39513°N 71.21703°W |
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| School type | Private Independent coeducational secondary |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Judaism |
| Denomination | Pluralistic |
| Established | 1997 |
| Status | Open |
| President | Alan Crane |
| Head of school | Rabbi Marc Baker |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 5:3 |
| Hours in school day | 9 |
| Classrooms | 65 |
| Color(s) | Maroon and White |
| Slogan | Who Will You Become? |
| Mascot | Red Heifer |
| Nickname | Gann |
| Team name | Gann Heifers |
| Accreditation | New England Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Publication | Perspectives Hatichon |
| Newspaper | Shevuon Hatichon |
| Tuition | $39,000.00 |
| Website | www.gannacademy.org |
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Founded in 1997, Gann Academy is a coeducational Jewish high school located in Waltham, Massachusetts. The mission of Gann Academy is to educate, to inspire, and to empower intellectually confident, passionately engaged, ethically responsible Jews who, through critical thinking and the contribution of their unique voices, will create a vibrant Jewish future and build a better world where human dignity will flourish. Gann Academy is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools. Gann Academy was accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges in the spring of 2004.
Gann Academy was founded in 1997 as "The New Jewish High School of Greater Boston." "New Jew" (as it was casually nicknamed) was originally adjacent to Brandeis University. The school opened with 48 students in the 9th and 10th grade. Seeking larger facilities and a more permanent home, the school moved to the top four floors and basement of the Fleet bank building (BankBoston at the time of move in) at the intersection of Prospect St. and Main St. in Waltham and used the basement of the local Temple Beth Israel for additional classroom space. The school changed names in 2003 in honor of philanthropist Joseph Gann who donated $5,000,000 to the school. In the fall of 2003 the school moved into its current building in Waltham, on land formerly occupied by the Murphy Army Hospital.
Gann Academy is a pluralistic day school with students and faculty coming from a number of different denominations of Judaism. There are students of Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, Secular, and Non-denominal backgrounds. Students have mandatory Z'man Kodesh 2 days a week but have a variety of different options as to what type of Z'man Kodesh they want to go to. The school as a whole keeps vegetarian dairy Kosher and students do not bring Treif into the building.
Gann offers a variety of athletic programs, both team and recreational athletics, including basketball, soccer, tennis, ultimate frisbee, baseball, cross country running, fitness, martial arts, yoga, table tennis, Basketball, and soccer. Gann has sent athletes onto play in elite college programs. In 2006, 2007, and 2009, the Boys basketball team won the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Division IV State Championships. Gann Academy's biggest sporting event of the year is its annual basketball game against Maimonides Maimonides School
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