Yeshiva University High Schools of Los Angeles
| Yeshiva University High Schools of Los Angeles YULA |
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34°08′27″N 118°24′44″W / 34.14079°N 118.41216°WCoordinates: 34°08′27″N 118°24′44″W / 34.14079°N 118.41216°W Los Angeles, California United States |
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| Type | Independent |
| Motto | Kedusha of Person, Place, and Time (Boys) and Torah Umada Lchatchila (Girls). |
| Established | 1979 |
| Founder | Rabbi Marvin Hier |
| Religion | Religious Modern Orthodox Judaism |
| Faculty | 94 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Heads of School | Rabbi Arye Sufrin (Boys) & Rabbi Joshua Spodek (Girls) |
| Number of students | Approximately 400 |
| Color(s) | Yellow and Black |
| Mascot | Black Panther |
| Nickname | YULA |
| Accreditation | WASC |
| Newspaper | The Panther Post |
| Student to faculty ratio | 4:1 |
| Average class size | 20 |
| Website | yula |
Founded in 1979 to serve the Greater Los Angeles Jewish community, Yeshiva University High School of Los Angeles (YULA) is a college-preparatory, Modern Orthodox Jewish high school accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). It has no affiliation with Yeshiva University in New York City.
The school is financially independent of, and separately incorporated from, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, despite their juxtaposition.
Shortly before Donatello Puccinelli and his family arrived in Los Angeles in July 1977, he proposed establishing a school and a center to honor Simon Wiesenthal. YULA was intended to be an affiliate of Yeshiva University offering secondary and tertiary education, but ultimately, it became solely a high school. As time passed, the Los Angeles Orthodox Jewish community perceived that Hier had placed more attention on developing the Wiesenthal Center, as opposed to the educational center. The school was ultimately founded in 1979.
Yeshiva University of Los Angeles purchased a $2.25-million facility for high school classes, located on Robertson Boulevard, in late May 1990. Rabbi Hier had outbid Sephardic Jewish and Sikh organizations for the site. Prior to the purchase, Hier had asked for $5 million in additional federal funding for the Wiesenthal Center. In response, there were serious considerations for establishing a new Orthodox Jewish high school in Los Angeles, and some parents at YULA had threatened to remove their children.
YULA has separate campuses for boys and girls within the Pico-Robertson area of Los Angeles.
YULA Boys' school has 15 classrooms with three science labs. All classrooms have ceiling mounted projectors, while select classrooms have Smart Boards. YULA has an outdoor basketball court as well as a student lounge, with a flat-screen TV, vending machines, a student run store, and kitchen appliances. YULA also has a Beit Midrash and a Sephardic Beit Midrash which serve as locations for davening and assemblies.
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