Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School

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Hillel Community Day school

School type	Private
Religious affiliation	Jewish
Opened	1973
Location	Miami, Florida, USA
Grades	PK-12
Campus surroundings	Urban
School colors	Blue
Headmaster	Dr. Adam Holden

The Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day Schools (SSHCDS) is a private, Jewish, co-ed pK–12 school near Aventura, Florida just north of the city of Miami. It is located adjacent to the Michael-Ann Russel Jewish Community Center. It is currently the second largest Jewish Day school in the country. [http://www.floridajewishnews.com/site/a/Local_Briefs_Miami-Dade_63/]

About the school

The school's enrollment is approximately 1100 students. Class size in the Lower School ranges from 16-23 depending on grade level. The school has a large international student community. It has students ranging from countries all over the Americas, Europe, and Israel. The school consists of an ECE, Lower, Middle and High School.It was founded in 1973.

Hillel also contains a program for children with certain disabilities called the Kesher program, run by patient and understanding adults who know how to guide and nurture their students.

History

Hillel evolved from a dream first conceived in the late 1960s by Dr. Joel and Peshe Dennis, Rabbi Max A. Lipschitz, and a handful of other founding fathers and mothers. The kind of traditional Jewish day school they envisioned, now known as The Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School, was born in early 1970.

In 1976, Hillel moved to its present site in North Miami Beach and expanded its campus to over 10 acres adjacent to the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center. Years later, they realized another vital goal with the opening of The Ben Lipson Hillel Community High School.

When construction was completed on the high school wing in 1994, the '94 and '95 seniors were there. As the fresh concrete was being poured, they left their footsteps imprinted in what has since come to be known as the "Footsteps to the Future." [http://www.hillel-nmb.org/About_Us/History/history.htm]

Athletics

Hillel offers intramural and interscholastic sports such as cross country, golf, soccer volleyball, basketball, tennis, baseball, crew, and fencing. [http://www.hillel-nmb.org/page.php?pid=55]

Divisions

Hillel consists of three divisions:
*The Juda and Maria Diener Lower School, which includes all of the early childhood education (PK) and grades Kindergarten to grade five.
*The Henrietta Scheck Middle School, which includes grades six through eight.
*The Ben Lipson Hillel Community High School, whice includes grades nine through twelve.

External links

* [http://www.hillel-nmb.org/Welcome/welcome.htm Hillel Home Page]
* [http://www.floridajewishnews.com/site/a/Local_Briefs_Miami-Dade_63/ Rabbi Druin]