- Chicagoland Jewish High School
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Chicagoland Jewish High School 
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Address 1095 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, Illinois, 60015
United StatesInformation Type Parochial; Coed Religious affiliation(s) Conservative Judaism Established 2001 Dean Bruce Scher Head of School Tony Frank Number of students 153 Campus Suburban Color(s) Blue and White Mascot Tiger Nickname CJ (see-jay) /sē jā/ Rival Ida Crown Jewish Academy[citation needed] Director of Admissions Rachel Spiro Registrar Martha Keefe School Social Worker Gary Auslander, PhD Website http://www.cjhs.org Chicagoland Jewish High School (CJHS, Hebrew: תיכון שיקאגו)[1] is a secondary school located in Deerfield, Illinois.
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Curriculum
CJHS [1] offers a dual curriculum of general studies and Judaic studies. It is affiliated with the Solomon Schechter Day School Association [2], and its student body includes students from all streams of Judaism. Every day begins at 8:00 A.M. with Shacharit, a Jewish prayer service, followed by breakfast. Classes begin at 9:00 A.M. and end at 3:30 P.M., with optional Minchah services held during advisory, or after school depending on when the sun sets. There is also an extra class period from 3:30 P.M. until 4:10 P.M. for students to have a gym class, practrice with their sport team, or meet with teachers.
Sports: CJHS offers a variety of sports, such as basketball, soccer, cross country, tennis, ultimate, badminton, golf, bowling, volleyball, swimming, dance (not a sport), and others, with the department increasing every year.
Co-Curriculars: CJHS allots a 41 minute period on Tuesdays and Thursdays, during which activities such as LD Debate, Model United Nations, dance, vocal music, jazz band, drama, yearbook, photography, and art take place.
Va'ad: The student government, the Va'ad Hastudentim (formerly Va'ad Hatalmidim; Va'ad means committee), represents the student body. There are also many other clubs, such as the Tiger Times (the school newspaper), the Crocheting Club, a fashion club, a biking club, an Israel club, the American Mathematics Competitions Club, Friend's Club, the United States Politics Club, Garden club, Youth Philanthropy Initiative, Interfaith Youth Corps, the Vaad Tefillah, and the Va'ad Tikkun Olam. Students are encouraged to start new clubs with the help of a faculty advisor.
Shabbatonim: During selected weekends, the school gathers together for a fun Shabbat full of activities to strengthen the sense of community within the school.
History
CJHS opened its doors in 2001, welcoming 23 freshmen and 3 sophomores. In the 2005-2006 school year, 94 students attended CJHS, and the number increased to 132 students in the 2007-2008 school year, along with many new faculty members. Due to growth in its student body, CJHS moved from its Morton Grove campus to a state-of-the-art high school in Deerfield in fall 2007. In the 2009-2010 school year, the number of students increased yet again, to 153.
Student body
As of 2011 the students from CJHS were from Algonquin Buffalo Grove, Chicago, Deerfield, Evanston, Glencoe, Highland Park, Lake Zurich, Lindenhurst, Long Grove, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Niles, Northbrook, River Forest, Riverwoods, Skokie, South Elgin, Vernon Hills, Wheeling, and Wilmette. A/some student(s) was/were from Creve Coeur, Arizona. As of the same year students attended 42 different synagogues.[3]
References
- ^ Chicagoland Jewish High School
- ^ SSDSA
- ^ "Demographics." Chicagoland Jewish High School. Retrieved on February 5, 2011.
External links
Categories:- Conservative Jewish day schools
- High schools in Illinois
- Jewish day schools in the United States
- Educational institutions established in 2001
- Deerfield, Illinois
- High schools in Cook County, Illinois
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