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HaYidion: The Prizmah Journal

Fall 2024
סתיו תשפ"ה

Raising Enrollment

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Prizmah Columns

From the CEO: This Is Our Moment. What Will It Take?

From the Board Chair: Removing Hurdles

Research Corner: The Impact of a Jewish Day School Education

The Advice Booth: Collaboration Between Development and Enrollment

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In This Issue

Raising Enrollment

This secret is out: Jewish schools are the place to be. Enrollment across the field continues to rise, as families—both parents and children—find their spiritual, intellectual and emotional homes in our schools. Since October 7, our schools serve as a haven where Jewish students don’t have to hide who they are or risk being attacked or ostracized. Once families are in the door, they want to stay, often asking why it took them so long to get there in the first place. They become not only committed members of the school community but ardent ambassadors as well.
About This Issue
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Over the past several years, the field of Jewish day schools has seen steady and significant growth. While some of the increase was influenced by Covid and by the October 7 attacks and their aftermath, the schools' appeal to new students derived from the excellence of their education, the warmth and inclusivity of their culture, and the strength of their leadership and faculty. This issue offers a broad survey of initiatives that have helped schools raise and manage their enrollment, including recruitment and retention.

 

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About HaYidion

HaYidion is the thought-leadership magazine of Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools. It is published twice a year. No articles may be reproduced or distributed without express written permission of Prizmah. All rights reserved.

The articles here represent the diverse views of the North American Jewish day school field, and not necessarily those of Prizmah.

School Feature: The School Where I Never Expected to Be
School Feature

The School Where I Never Expected to Be

Sometimes, the path to enrollment is clear and well trodden: parents, older children attended the school; the school reputation and family values perfectly aligned; friends all send their children to the same school. Other times, the path is not so obvious and foreordained. Here, parents describe their unusual paths to schools they fell in love with.
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