Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls

Infobox Secondary school
name = Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls

accreditation = MSA
established = 1992
type = Private secondary
principal = Helen Spirn
faculty = 43
students = approx. 310
city = Hewlett Bay Park
state = New York
country = USA
website = [http://www.skahalb.org www.skahalb.org]
grades = 9-12
address = 291 Meadowview Avenue

Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls is a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school, a high school for grades 9-12, located in Hewlett Bay Park, Nassau County, New York, USA. As of 2005 it had some 304 students and 43 teachers. The principal is Mrs. Helen Spirn.

The school is owned by the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach which purchased the former Lawrence Country Day School convert|9.2|acre|m2|sing=on campus in 1992 for $2.2 million. It aims for academic excellence both in the Jewish Limudei Kodesh (Torah studies) curriculum and in secular studies. The school is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1999. [ [http://www.css-msa.org/search.php?MODE=VIEW(NY270)&org=CSS Stella K. Abraham High School For Girls] , Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Accessed July 5, 2007.] It was renamed for longtime resident Stella K. Abraham in 1994.

History

The Hebrew Academy's purchase of the site in affluent Hewlett Bay Park caused controversy when the village sought to acquire the property through eminent domain, leading to charges of anti-semitism and the filing of a $55 million civil rights lawsuit. After nearly two years, a compromise was reached allowing the school to operate but limiting its size and the suit was dropped.

Awards and competitions

In 2001, two SKA seniors won the prestigious Siemens Westinghouse team science competition with their project entitled "A Viscometer for Ultra Thin Films". The students were subsequently named to 'Forbes" magazine's High Tech Teenage All America Team [Boland, Michael, [http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/asap/2002/0325/040.html "ASAP Teenage All Stars"] , "Forbes.com", March 25, 2002.] and were featured in the nanotechnology publication Small Times [Stuart, Candace, [http://www.smalltimes.com/print_doc.cfm?doc_id=2676 "Teen Inventors Earn Scholarship by making MEMS devices run better"] , "SmallTimes.com", December 4, 2001] .

The school's mock trial team won the Long Island and NY State championship in 1998, beating over 500 teams that competed in local events.

See also

* List of high schools in New York

Notes and references

* Stuart Vincent, "Bias Charged in Plan for Ex-School- Village officials defend proposal", Newsday, July 1, 1992, pg. 33.
* Josh Barbanel, "Village May Buy Property Where Yeshiva Is Planned", New York Times, July 1, 1992, pg. B5.
* Stuart Vincent, "School's Suit Alleges Anti-Semitism", Newsday, August 13, 1993, pg. 31.
* Stuart Vincent, "Yeshiva, Village Settle Dispute- Pact allows operation, growth", Newsday, March 16, 1994, pg. 27.
*Linda F. Burghardt, "Two From Hewlett Win Science Contest", New York Times, December 9, 2001, Sec. Long Island, pg. 12.
* Stacey Altherr, "Abraham H.S. Wins NY Mock Trial Event", Newsday (Melville, NY), June 7, 1998, Sec. LI Life, pg. G11.

External links

* [http://www.skahalb.org/ School Website]
* [http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/20354 PrivateSchoolReview.com]
* [http://www.siemens-foundation.org/documents/SiemensWestinghouseCompetitionWinners.pdf Siemens Westinghouse National Competition Winners pdf document]