Excitement was in the air when a capacity crowd overflowed the Auditorium for the Academy's Chanukah Delights evening.

The Junior High boys held their first ever PBL night entitled:

"An Evening of Discovery."

Welcome Back To Our Amazing Families and Welcome To All Our New Amazing Families! This school year has started off great with students already in the thick of it, learning and connecting! Parents and teachers have already met and we are all set to make this year the greatest one yet!

The Yavne class of 1969 held their 50th reunion this past summer! There were reunions held in Jerusalem, New York, and Cleveland! Mrs. Sarah Gutman presented Rabbi Dessler with pictures, letters, and a donation in memory of their dear friends.

It is an everyday juggling act to make sure our kids are safe and responsible with technology and all that it comes with! Dr Shapiro gets real about our kids and technology in this day and age. Information is key, so if you missed the event or just need another listen, click on the link below and tune in to this informative and entertaining talk!

On Professional Day, we hosted nationally renowned psychologist, author and lecturer, Dr. Robert Brooks of Harvard Medical School and Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Brooks spent two days with us, first meeting with our administrative team, then presenting a lecture to parents on Building Resilience Among Children and Teens, and finally providing a day of professional development focusing on the mindset and strategies of effective educators for the faculties of all divisions throughout the Academy spectrum. Dr. Brooks's presentations provided valuable insights and were extremely well received.

The HAC Kindergarten had a wonderful new start as students got off their busses and were warmly welcomed to their new home at the Oakwood Campus. Students and staff have been eagerly awaiting their first day in their new, state-of-the-art facilities, and they weren't disappointed!

“The Academy has certainly succeeded in growing and strengthening Jewish Cleveland,” Dessler said. “We are humbled by the school’s dramatic growth and by its profound impact upon the community. We are completely out of space and to accommodate its current and projected enrollment, the Academy has no choice but to build for a promising future.”

This past week, our students celebrated many milestones. From Preschool Graduations, to 8th grade Oakwood Graduation, to Yavne High School Graduation, our school community has much to be proud of and we wish our students hatzlacha as they move on to their next stage in life.