Jewish Educational Center

Jewish Educational Center

Jewish Educational Center/Infobox
latd = 40 |latm = 40 |lats = 01 |latNS = N
longd = 74 |longm = 14 |longs = 05 |longEW = WThe Jewish Educational Center is a fifteen-year yeshiva school located in Elizabeth, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in preschool through 12th grade Throughout the day students learn a mixture of Judaic and secular studies.

The school includes these divisions:
*Yeshiva of Elizabeth -- Pre-Kindergarten to 5th grade for boys, Pre-Kindergarten to 6th grade for girls.
*Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy (RTMA) -- 6th to 12th grade for boys
*Bruriah High School for Girls -- 7th to 12th grade for girls

JEC, as it is commonly known, is run by its dean, Rabbi Elazar Mayer Teitz.

The Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses offered are: AP Chemistry, AP Physics B, AP Physics C, AP Calculus AB and BC, AP Computers A and AB, AP United States History, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Jewish History, AP Psychology, AP Biology, and AP Statistics. Most of these are only primarily offered to juniors and seniors.

Each year over 90% of the Senior class decides to study for a year or two in yeshivas in Israel before beginning college.

Faculty

*Rabbi Elazar Mayer Teitz - Dean
*Rabbi Eliyahu D Teitz - Associate Dean
*Mrs. Chanie Moskowitz - Principal (RTMA)
*Rabbi Noach Sauber - Assistant Principal (RTMA)
*Rabbi Sharir Yablonsky - Assistant Principal, Middle School RTMA)
*Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz - Yeshiva Principal
*Rabbi Joseph Oratz - Principal (Bruriah)
*Mrs. Marcy Stern - Principal (Bruriah)
*Mrs. Chaya Newman - Head of Bruriah

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

JEC has been a member of the Yeshiva League since the league's inception in 1979.JEC teams include:

JJV - Middle School

*Basketball
*Hockey

JV - High School

*JV Basketball
*JV Hockey
*JV Softball
*JV Baseball

Varsity - High School

*Varsity Basketball
*Varsity Hockey
*Varsity Softball
*Varsity Baseball
*Varsity Wrestling

All High School

*Soccer
*Tennis
*Flag Football

Academic teams

*Debate
*Mock Trial
*JV College Bowl
*Varsity College Bowl
*JV Torah Bowl
*Varsity Torah Bowl
*NJ Challenge
*Chess

External links and references

* [http://thejec.org School web site]
* [http://www.jvelite.com jvelite]
* [http://eteamz.active.com/HAYMiSh Hockey Association of Yeshiva Middle Schools]
* [http://www.edline.com Edline]

References


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