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If they need a French teacher and don't mind hiring a non-Jew, I know where they can find one in the Upper East Side. I wonder if Anne Protopappas could apply for a job.

https://www.thefp.com/p/spence-teacher-sues-after-firing-france-hihab-ban

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Yay Emet Classical Academy. A different, but continuing trend in the Western Civilization rebirth. These future leaders give me hope.

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As an aside, one of the founders of the synagogue was Bernard Hart—the grandfather of the author Bret Harte. Both would be delighted.

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This sounds like a wonderful school. May God bless you with community, learning, and success.

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"But contemporary American culture—which feels desiccated and hollowed out and unsure of what it is and, more importantly, what it is supposed to be—can no longer be depended on to generate consistently excellent teachers who worry about cultivating our children’s souls."

This line is a little confusing. I thought the whole point of this was to be anti-ideological. Frankly, I do not want any teachers focusing on the cultivation of my child's soul. I want them to teach my kid how to read and write, particularly in elementary school.

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A mother wrote why this school could not have arrived at a better time at Families for NY https://families4newyork.com/nyc-voices/emetclassicalacademy

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What is Emet's policy on grade inflation? The gold standard is that only ten percent of the students in a class can receive an A grade. Sad fact: not all the students who can afford private school have the intellect or discipline for a first class education.

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Maybe the readers of this site can afford the $46,000 tuition. I hope there are scholarships and other funding for the kind of family I came from. Had I school age kid...I'd consider this. I look at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass ....for curiosity, to see if a Jewish student could find this an alternative to the Jew Hate ivy league. MuslimStudent Assoc. No Jewish one....No Jews? I hope aside from beethoven they'll introduce kids ...at the sephardic synagogue no less...the music heritage of the Jews of the Mid EASt.....It'd be nice for Jews who are not from that background....like myself....to hear this. And Today's kids need to her chazunut and Yiddish art songs too. latin and Greek...okay....I went o public hs...the Greek kids studied ancient greek....they all spoke the contemporary....some Jews like me took Modern Israeli Hebrew class as a senior elective. Hebrew School provided little Jewish education other than rote readings in the siddur....no wonder kids acted up. Too bad....all my teachers were young, personable men.

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So glad to learn of this school and its marvelous principals. What a beautiful story.

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See https://emetclassicalacademy.org/ for information not necessarily mentioned in the article. Anything wrong with the fancy Yeshiva high schools like Ramaz or Flatbush which place their graduates in top-notch universities? Or are they too "religious" for a preparatory school? Emet is supposed to teach "Torah" but it is not clear what is meant by that, but I suppose they do not want to frighten away potential prep school refugees. A student will study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin and perhaps a modern language, but I can tell them from experience that this may be problematical. Good luck on 6th graders doing Hebrew and Greek. Time will tell whether the school is necessary or successful. As for Tikveh, there are many more and suntry Jewish "plebian" endeavors which are far more worthy of help and support.

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One prof for Jewish and Zionist history. I hope she's not giving the "woke" version. I always wonder if Ramaz now has its own execrable "Jewish" voice of peace" club. or who knows...what else for anti Zionism...? pro hamas? After all it's a Jewish school. so is Jewish pride allowed or that too is chauvanist and racist? No one from a Sephardi or Mizrahi background at a school housed at Spanish Portugese synagogue? That wouldn't be so bad. I looked at the link you provided.

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There is more to life and to education than level of "fancy" and placement into so-called top-notch universities.

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Undoubtedly. I was writing from the perspective of the parents and the school trying to recruit students.

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The parents want something other than what is available, hence the appeal of the school.

My kids' classical school tells prospective parents "if your primary concern is getting your child into the most prestigious college possible we are not a good fit for each other."

The top-notch college business is only a selling point to certain types of people who are already well served in the market.

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Oh no no no no. As a passionate classical education parent, and aspiring teacher in the classical tradition: it's not about "can my kid still get into an Ivy?" Asking that question at all is a fundamental misunderstanding of the point of classical education. It is not about elitism; in fact it's about rejecting elitism in favor of *excellence* no matter what college or career -- or no college or career at all -- comes after the graduation day. I could go on all day but I'll leave it there.

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Yes, thank you. LOL I was reading and focused and all about it and then - wham - that question jolted me out of the reverie....

What Jewish students who actually care about their Jewish heritage and culture and history - which is what you'd presume about kids in a specifically-Jewishly-identified school - are looking to get into the Ivies after what has happened to Jews at the Ivies in 2023/2024?

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good comment....do the kids want this ...or their parents? Pride Month is okay if you're gay....no Pride in being Jewish...I'm no kid.....in fact a lot of shame....what the f...all the kids with their black "JEWS SAY" anti Zionist pro hamas t shirts. I wish this school well. IN MY NAME....ashamed jews.

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Some good news for a change!

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The article also mentioned Tikvah Fund. Tikvah has outstanding education opportunities for smart Jewish students to learn about American exceptionalism, Zionism, and western values. Highly recommend!

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Am only sorry that am way to old to start anew.

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I know where they can get a great French teacher…

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I had the same thought!

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I'd swap out the Krav Maga for Brazilian jiujitsu, but otherwise great curriculum.

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after Lu Lu I'll stick with something original from the Jews.

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