Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy
| Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy (SAR Academy) ישיבת סער |
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New York City (Riverdale, Bronx), New York United States |
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| Type | Private coeducational primary, middle, and secondary |
| Established | 1969 |
| Principal | Rabbi Binyamin Krauss |
| Grades | PreK-12 |
| Enrollment | approx. 1,250 |
| Color(s) | Yellow and Black |
| Mascot | Bee |
| Accreditation | The Blue Ribbon Award (For academic excellence) |
| Website | www.saracademy.org |
Coordinates: 40°54′14″N 73°54′40″W / 40.90389°N 73.91111°W
Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy, better known by the acronym, SAR Academy, is a coeducational, private Modern Orthodox Jewish day school. The school is located in the Riverdale section of the New York City borough of the Bronx.
Its name derives from the three schools which merged to form it, Salanter (named after Rabbi Yisrael Salanter), Akiba, and the Riverdale Academy, all Orthodox yeshiva day schools. The three schools merged in 1968 and adopted the current name. The school is situated on the former estate of the Italian operatic and symphonic conductor Arturo Toscanini. The land for the school was purchased in 1968. The school moved into its new building in 1974. Designed by Caudill Rowlett Scott, the building was given the prestigious Albert S. Bard Award in 1975.
The school's founding principal was Rabbi Sheldon Chwat, who was followed by former Assistant Principal Rabbi Yonah Fuld, who was then succeeded by then assistant principal Rabbi Joel Cohn, all of whom subsequently moved to Israel; the principal since the 2005–06 academic year has been Rabbi Binyamin Krauss, who is helped by associate principals Sharon Richter, Beth Pepper, and Rebbeca Ostro Nagata.
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