North Shore Hebrew Academy

North Shore Hebrew Academy
North Shore Hebrew Academy
	The main campus
Location
	16 Cherry Lane, 26 Old Mill Road, 400 North Service Road; Great Neck, Nassau County, New York; United States
Coordinates	40°49′8″N 73°44′37″W / 40.81889°N 73.74361°W
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Where dreams become accomplishments
Religious affiliation(s)	Modern Orthodox Jewish
Established	1954
Founder	Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Wolf
Head of school	Jeffrey B. Kobrin
Grades	Pre-K–12
Color(s)	Green and Gold
Mascot	Brandon (Lion)
Team name	Lions
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Tuition	$38,000
Website	www.nsha.org, www.nshahs.org

North Shore Hebrew Academy (NSHA or NSHAHS) is a Modern Orthodox yeshiva located in Great Neck, New York.^[2]^[3] The academy has four divisions: Pre-K, Elementary (Grades K-5), Middle School (Grades 6–8) and High School (Grades 9–12).

The founding principal of North Shore Hebrew Academy was Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Wolf.^[4]

North Shore Hebrew Academy grades Pre-K through 5th grade is located at 16 Cherry Lane in Great Neck, NY. It has a total student population of about 400 students.

North Shore Hebrew Academy Middle School (Grades 6–8) is located at 26 Old Mill Road in Great Neck, NY 11024, sharing a campus with the Great Neck Synagogue. It has a total student population of approximately 170 students.^[5]

North Shore Hebrew Academy High School (Grades 9–12) is located at 400 North Service Road, Great Neck, NY 11020. The total student population is approximately 400 students. The high school was founded in 2001;^[6] a new 187,000 sq ft (17,400 m²) facility was opened in 2006. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association. The school was rocked by a cheating scandal in 2011, as were some other schools on Long Island; local youth were paid to take SAT and ACT tests for students.^[7] In 2016, Niche.com listed it as one of the 100 best private schools in New York.^[8]

The high school and middle school athletic teams are called the Lions.

Ivan Kaufman is the chairman of the board and Daniella Muller is the President.^[9] Kaufman was the primary initiator of the effort to add a high school, which opened in September 2000.^[10] From 2001 through 2022 Dr. Daniel J. Vitow was the Headmaster of the high school. This position was given to Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Kobrin, who had previously been the Rosh Yeshiva and head of the elementary and middle school divisions.

On December 15, 2020, North Shores website and email system was hacked and was bombarded with antisemitic content including but not limited to Hitlers speeches, hate speech about a school trip to the “ovens” and messaging to the students and teachers.

References

^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 2009-07-12. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
^ Onorato, Amy (12 June 2013). "North Shore Hebrew Academy High School graduates 84". Newsday. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^ "Report: North Shore Hebrew Academy Added To List Of Schools With Students Involved In SAT Cheating Scandal". CBS New York. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^ "North Shore Hebrew Academy History". North Shore Hebrew Academy.
^ "North Shore Hebrew Academy". Private School Universe Survey. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^ O'Reilly, Anthony (19 June 2014). "North Shore Hebrew graduates 10th class". The Island Now. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^ Anderson, Jenny; Peter Applebome (1 December 2011). "Exam Cheating on Long Island Hardly a Secret". Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^ Bonner, Ryan (22 February 2016). "The 100 Best Private High Schools in New York". Patch Media. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^ "Officers & Board of Education". North Shore Hebrew Academy HS. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^ Fischler, Marcelle S. "Long Island Journal; Banker Is Backing a Yeshiva High School", The New York Times, December 24, 2000. Accessed December 22, 2020. "The North Shore Hebrew Academy High School is scheduled to open next September in a temporary facility leased in Lake Success. So far, 99 applications have been received for the 9th grade and 26 for the 10th grade. Plans for a new $20.5 million school -- including a synagogue, 31 classrooms, science labs, a library, lounges, tennis courts and a music conservatory, art studio and outdoor swimming pool -- were filed on Dec. 4 with the Village of Lake Success."