| Torah Day leads way in Community Supported Agriculture movement |
Robin Saul picked a lemon cucumber at the Torah Day School of Atlanta's garden. "You have to try one of these," she said. "These are unbelievable." ...
Thursday, July 29, 2010
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| Davis Academy alum returns to teach |
She had no intention of working where she once attended, but the opportunity was too good to pass up. Stefanie Solmson, who once attended Davis Academy as a student, will be in her first year teaching at the day school when the classroom doors open on Aug. 16...
Thursday, July 29, 2010
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| Hellmann enjoys dynamic week at Morehouse's Coca-Cola Pre-College Leadership Program |
Weber School rising junior Zane Hellmann is honest about his feelings before his participation in Morehouse College’s 2010 Pre-College Coca-Cola Leadership Program. As this year's only Caucasian and only Jew to be participating, he had the pressure of playing ambassador...
Friday, July 09, 2010
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| Weissmann appearing at Y.A. to make test-taking easier |
The website for Ivy Insiders’ test prep programs says that the founders were united by the belief that “the best way for high school students to beat standardized tests is to learn from college students who beat the same tests themselves.”...
Monday, July 05, 2010
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| Ryan Chaliff, Riverwood Valedictorian |
This Georgia Bulldog by birth (both his parents attended, his sister currently attends, and it is the only school to which he applied) was driven to get good grades throughout his high school career by the friendly sibling rivalry of the three Chaliff children.
Monday, June 21, 2010
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| Sam Miller, Riverwood Salutatorian |
Sam, who said his photographic memory should get all the credit for his academic success, will be riding his great grades and knack for science all the way to Duke University next year.
Monday, June 21, 2010
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| Marc Powell, North Springs Salutatorian |
If the future Georgia Tech student looks familiar, it’s because he’s been in the pages of the AJT before to recognize awards received, like the Rensselaer Medal for future leaders in the technology industry, and many successful seasons with the St. Andrew’s Rowing Club.
Monday, June 21, 2010
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| Jeffrey Hirsh, Woodward Academy Valedictorian |
Washington University in St. Louis gets both an addition to its tennis team and a scholar in this young man next year, though it was a tough call between his eventual destination and Georgetown.
Monday, June 21, 2010
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| Jared Isenstein, Woodward Academy Salutatorian |
A son of two doctors, he knows about the importance of a good breakfast, normally eating the same meal before each test to get the grades that got him into Princeton.
Monday, June 21, 2010
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| Ben Chesler, Yeshiva Atlanta Co-Salutatorian |
A science buff, he was struck by chemistry in middle school and will take that passion to the University of Georgia in a few months.
Monday, June 21, 2010
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| Allison Briskin, Weber Salutatorian |
She approached every day (test or no test, at Woodward freshman year or at Weber the other three) with the same determined mindset, one that the professors at WashU will no doubt admire.
Monday, June 21, 2010
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| Josh Belinky, Yeshiva Atlanta Co-Salutatorian |
A calm demeanor belies his uncompromising thirst for excellence, but his ambition is evident when assessing his plans for a year in Israel participating in Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi followed by attending the University of Michigan.
Monday, June 21, 2010
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| Rebecca Stein, Yeshiva Atlanta Valedictorian |
Off to UPenn is YA’s academic and multi-sport star, though before that she’ll spend a year in Israel for the Nishmat program of the Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women.
Monday, June 21, 2010
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| Amanda Wolkin, North Springs Valedictorian |
UPenn won the sweepstakes for this former soccer and cross country team captain, two-year editor of the Oracle student newspaper and National Honors Society president.
Monday, June 21, 2010
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| Ari Axler, Weber Valedictorian |
Though headed to Stanford next year and born in Manhattan, N.Y., she’s still an Atlanta girl all the way: She moved here at two weeks old and serves the community as the founder of he Take a Swing tennis program and vice president of Hands on Atlanta Youth Service Advisory Board.
Monday, June 21, 2010
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| Lewin's teaching methods land him university honor |
If you’re taking one of Professor Jonathan Lewin’s classes at Kennesaw State University, be advised: You don’t have to take notes...
Sunday, May 23, 2010
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| The Weber School: From potential to prominence |
An implausible concept born in the minds of two Wexner Fellows in 1991 has not only been realized, but has matured to adulthood. On Sun., May 2, a large collection of leaders, donors, faculty, parents, students and community members gathered to celebrate the Weber School’s becoming a bar mitzvah...
Friday, May 07, 2010
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| Epstein students return from two week trip to Israel
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Matthew Moskowitz, an eighth grader at The Epstein School, walked up to the Western Wall in Jerusalem. He left a note in one of the cracks and prayed...
Monday, May 03, 2010
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| Weber hits a milestone |
In this day and age of extravagant parties and hundreds of guests, it’s easy to forget that the 13th year for boys and 12th year for girls are about becoming a bar or bat mitzvah, not just celebrating it...
Monday, May 03, 2010
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| Israeli non-profit hopes to bridge socioeconomic gaps |
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For a country known for its technological innovation, Israel has seen a recent disparity in graduation rates among high school students.
Recent statistics show only 67 percent of high school students from affluent areas are earning diplomas...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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| Paul Oberman Accepts Yeshiva Principal Position |
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After four years, Rabbi Elisha Paul has found his principal.
Deciding Yeshiva Atlanta needed a principal to fill the void left when former principal Dewey Holbrook retired four years ago, Rabbi Paul, Yeshiva's headmaster, searched out Dr. Paul Oberman...
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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| Day Schools Adopt Collaboration Agreement |
Greenfield Hebrew Academy has signed separate agreements with Yeshiva Atlanta and the Weber School to provide a "seamless transition" from middle school to either of the Jewish high schools...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
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