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Prizmah Thought Leadership, Enrollment
Enrollment trends play a pivotal role in shaping the present and future of our schools. Over the last few years, Jewish day schools and yeshivas have experienced significant variations, in relation both to each other and to...
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Enrollment
How can we expand our enrollment? Is there a target audience we have not yet explored? These are questions our head of school, Rabbi Moshe Schwartz, asked when he began his tenure at Krieger Schechter Day School in 2015. He...
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Enrollment
As a previous admission professional, I vividly recall returning to school post-Passover break, with the reenrollment deadline behind us, dedicating hours to contacting current parents who had not yet reenrolled their...
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Prizmah Thought Leadership, Enrollment
Storytelling has always come naturally to me. I see how lives and people and circumstances fit into beautiful, meaningful narratives, and I can package the many layers into digestible-but-nuanced assets with relative ease...
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Enrollment
In the world of day school enrollment, the phrase “better late than never” takes on a whole new meaning when it comes to late-season applicants. Sure, many families embark on their school search early in the year. But talk to...
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Fundraising & Development
Paula is simultaneously pragmatic about the immediate needs of schools and visionary about their potential. “We know that strong, successful schools can endure,” she said, even if future challenges are not yet known. “By...
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Rosh Chodesh Shvat, according to Beit Shammai, marks the New Year for trees. However, according to Beit Hillel, we observe the date on the 15th of this month (טו בשבט), which arrives today. This machloket (disagreement)...
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A new report released by Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools, representing 110 schools across North America, shows increased inquiries from public and private school students interested in mid-year transfers into Jewish...
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How do we know if our work is making the positive change we want to see? Research evidence can be a critical input for understanding who we work with, how our educational programs are functioning, and what outcomes they...