Golda Och Academy
| Golda Och Academy | |
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| Address | |
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1418 Pleasant Valley Way West Orange, NJ 07052 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Jewish |
| Established | September 1965 as Solomon Schechter Day School Of Essex And Union, January 2011 as Golda Och Academy |
| Principal | Christine Stodolski (Upper School) Carrie Siegel (Lower School) |
| Head of School | Adam Shapiro |
| Faculty | 69.3 (on FTE basis) |
| Grades | PreK-12 |
| • Pre-kindergarten | 14 |
| • Other | 521 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7.5:1 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) |
Blue and White |
| Athletics conference | Super Essex Conference |
| Team name | Road Runners |
| Website | School website |
Golda Och Academy is a private Jewish day school that offers secular and religious education for Jewish children from pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade at two campuses in West Orange in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Until June 2011 the school was called Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union. The school primarily serves families in Essex and Union counties, but attracts students from all over northern and central New Jersey and also New York.
As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 521 students in grades K-12 (plus 14 in PreK) and 69.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.5:1.
In 2015, Head of School Dr. Rabbi Joyce Raynor announced her retirement and her position was filled by Upper School Principal Adam Shapiro. Christine Stodolski was hired as Upper School principal and Carrie Siegel took over as the Lower School principal.
The school first opened in September 1965 co-located with Congregation Beth Shalom in Union, New Jersey, having been founded by its rabbi, Elvin I. Kose, along with Horace Bier and Nat Winter. The first classes were kindergarten and a first grade consisting of 18 children. A class was added each year for the initial class, and there were nine remaining to graduate from high school in 1977. This was the first high school affiliated with the Solomon Schechter Day School Association.
The school moved into its own facilities in 1979 for the first time with the acquisition of the former Roosevelt School in Cranford. Classes were held in various locations in Union and Essex counties. That was followed seven years later in 1986 by the purchase of the Irving Laurie Building in West Orange. In September 1991, the Upper School moved into a newly constructed building on Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange, which in 1995 became Eric F. Ross Campus.
The Lower School completed a $7 million renovation that began in 2012, which included an expansion of the building, building of a new wing and refurbishment of existing spaces. Project highlights included the addition of a science discovery lab and outdoor classroom and garden, a new technology lab, synagogue, playground, library, and cafeteria; creation of a specialty space for art and music; updated and wired classrooms; and increased accessibility.
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