词条 | Torah Academy School, Johannesburg |
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|name = The Torah Academy| image = established =| type = Independent, Single-sex educational, Day School| religion = Jewish (Chabad Lubavitch)| head_name = Dean| head = Rabbi D. Hazdan| city = Johannesburg, Gauteng| state = | country = South Africa| campus = | enrollment = K-12| faculty = | class = | ratio = | athletics = | homepage = www.torahacademy.co.za| }} The Torah Academy is a Chabad Jewish day school in Johannesburg, South Africa. It comprises a Boys' High School, a Girls' High School (on a separate campus), a Primary School and a Nursery School. The Mission of the school is to "provide and promote the highest quality Jewish and general education to a diverse community of Jewish children... [and] to cultivate students to reach personal excellence, and to be responsible members of society." [https://web.archive.org/web/20111121060437/http://www.torahacademy.co.za/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/470105/jewish/Mission-and-Vision.htm] Although the school is Chassidic Orthodox, families of all levels of observance are welcomed. The school provides a Kodesh (Jewish Studies) curriculum "combined with a strong secular studies program within a single framework." [https://web.archive.org/web/20120309085348/http://www.torahacademy.co.za/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/470123/jewish/Curriculum.htm] Kodesh studies [https://web.archive.org/web/20120309085340/http://www.torahacademy.co.za/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/470124/jewish/Kodesh-Studies.htm] comprise Torah (Chumash, Navi, Mishna and Talmud), Halacha (Jewish law), Hebrew language, and Jewish History; at the Boy's High School, studies are within a Mesivta environment. The secular program [https://web.archive.org/web/20120309085348/http://www.torahacademy.co.za/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/470123/jewish/Curriculum.htm] follows the national and provincial standards, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110623154710/http://www.torahacademy.co.za/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/470115/jewish/Primary-School.htm] and students are fully prepared for writing "Matric";[https://web.archive.org/web/20110622071147/http://www.torahacademy.co.za/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/470116/jewish/Boys-High-School.htm] pass rate are generally very high, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110623174556/http://www.torahacademy.co.za/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/1087823/jewish/Matric-Results.htm] and students often achieve competitively in these exams. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100326144319/http://www.sajewishreport.co.za/pdf/2010/jan/top_results.pdf][https://web.archive.org/web/20111007015415/http://www.sajewishreport.co.za/pdf/2011/jan/14-january-2011.pdf] The main campus,[https://web.archive.org/web/20111121060447/http://www.torahacademy.co.za/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/470108/jewish/Our-Building.htm] purchased in 1980, comprises a stone building with stained glass windows on approximately {{convert|11|acre|m2}} of lawns and gardens, playing fields-including netball, basketball and soccer fields, recreational facilities, classrooms, a computer/media centre, science laboratory, a pre-school department and an administrative block, (Lubavitch House), which contains the offices of the dean and administrator. There is a dining room, boardrooms, printing room, kitchen, and the Torah Academy Shul on premises. See also
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