Hebrew Academy of Morris County

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name = Hebrew Academy of Morris County


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grades = Prek-8
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type = Jewish day school
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enrollment = 136 (in K-8 as of 2005-06, plus 56 in preK)
faculty = 15.8 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 8.6
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location = 146 Dover Chester Road
Randolph, NJ 07869
information = 973-584-5530
website = [http://www.hamc.org School website]

Hebrew Academy of Morris County is coeducational Jewish day school serving approximately 225 children in nursery school through grade eight. The school serves the Jewish community of Morris County, New Jersey, along with students from Sussex County and Warren County. As a community day school, the school accepts students from all branches of Judaism. As of 2006, HAMC is a member of [http://www.ravsak.org RAVSAK] , a transliterated acronym from Hebrew which in English means Jewish Community Day School Network, having previously been affiliated with the Solomon Schechter Day School Association. [ [http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/090706/njHebrewAcademyDrops.html Hebrew Academy drops its affiliation with Conservative day school body] , "New Jersey Jewish News", September 7, 2006. "Nathan Bohrer-Abraham Kaufman Hebrew Academy of Morris County in Randolph has shifted its affiliation from the Conservative movement’s Solomon Schechter Day School Association to Ravsak, an umbrella organization for nondenominational community day schools."]

The school opened in 1967 with a total of 18 children at the Morristown Jewish Center in Morristown. The school opened its current facility in Randolph in September 1980. [ [http://www.hamc.org/about%20us/history_of_hamc.htm History of HAMC] , accessed September 29, 2006]

As of the 2005-06 school year (the latest year for which data is available from the National Center for Education Statistics), the school had a total enrollment of 192 students. The school had 56 students in preschool programs. In kindergarten through eighth grade, there were 136 students and 15.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 8.6. [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=00868291&ID=00868291 Data for the Hebrew Academy of Morris County] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 16, 2008.]

Awards and recognition

For the 2006-07 school year, the Hebrew Academy of Morris County was one of four schools in New Jersey — and the only non-public school — recognized with the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2006/2006-schools.html#nj No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools in 2006] , accessed September 29, 2006]

References

External links

* [http://www.hamc.org Hebrew Academy of Morris County]
* [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=00868291&ID=00868291 Data for the Hebrew Academy of Morris County] , National Center for Education Statistics