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291 Meadowview Avenue
Hewlett Bay Park, NY 11557
(516)374-6851
fax (516) 374-2532
Accredited by the N.Y. Board of Regents (June '97)
Accreditation by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (Spring '99)
History of the School
On June 15, 1992, the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach acquired the magnificent campus of the former Lawrence Country Day School in Hewlett Bay Park. In response to the need for continued quality education for its own graduates, as well as students throughout Nassau, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Jewish community at large, HALB created the Yeshiva High School for Girls at Hewlett Bay Park, dedicated in 1994 as the Stella K. Abraham High School. Now a full four year high school, the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls provides academic excellence in both Limudei Kodesh and Secular Studies, and seeks to inculcate its students with a love for and commitment to Am Yisrael, Torat Yisrael, and Medinat Yisrael, in consonance with the HALB tradition.
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About the Campus
Our facilities are housed in a unique, historic, mansion surrounded by nine wooded acres. Existing amenities include an auditorium, regulation size gymnasium, cafeteria, athletic fields, and gardens. New additions to our campus include a bilingual computer based library, a well stocked beit midrash, a magnificent hi-tech computer room, and fully equipped state-of-the-art science laboratories. The park-like surroundings create a gracious and idyllic atmosphere unparalleled for religious, educational, and social development.
Back to top of pageThe Stella K. Abraham High School, with a population of310 students in grades 9-12, draws from approximately eleven towns in Nassau and Suffolk counties and ten communities in Brooklyn and Queens. There is one student from Rochester, N.Y., one from Minnesota, and one from Manhattan. Scholarships are available for needy students. There are 65 students in the senior class.
Admission to SKA is gained through achievement on standardized tests administered to all applicants, a personal interview, elementary school records and elementary school recommendations. There were 200 applications for 93 freshman places for the school year 1999-2000.
The school year, consisting of 180 days, is divided into trimesters. Each trimester (30%) is averaged with the final exam (10%) to arrive at the annual grade. For courses with a midterm exam (e.g. science, math, social studies), the midterm exam and final exam are combined (25%) and are then averaged with trimester grades (each 25%) to arrive at the annual grade. Calculated at the end of each year, the GPA is based on all credited courses. Students who achieve an average of 90 or above are eligible for membership in the SKA chapter of the National Honor Society.
The Stella K. Abraham High School provides a challenging and comprehensive double curriculum required of all students. The school day begins at 8:30am and concludes at 5:15pm. The college preparatory programs leads to Advanced Placement Courses in English, Calculus AB &BC, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, American History, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Music Theory and Studio Art. The Judaic Studies program offers courses in Bible, Talmudic Literature, Jewish History, Jewish Philosophy, Jewish Law and Hebrew Language and Literature. An advanced Hebrew class leads to the Jerusalem Examination.
Elective courses are offered in advanced foreign language, sign language, studio art, creative writing and journalism, computers, Jewish medical ethics, business, law, film workshop, math and science. Unless indicated, there are no honors sections in these courses.
The Stella K. Abraham High School offers a full program of co-curricular activities including athletics teams (basketball, volleyball, softball and tennis), lifeguard training, dramatics society, debating society, community service groups, charity and service organizations, high school bowl, Torah Bowl, Jerusalem Bible contest, dance troupe, art club, choir, mock trial and math league. A dramatic play and musical production take place annually.
SKA Publications include a newspaper, a yearbook, a weekly Torah newletter, a literary journal, a holocaust journal, a Hebrew journal, a Passover Haggadah, a foreign language journal, a Jewish History journal an playbills for the drama society.
The Mock Trial Team was the first Yeshiva and first all-girls' school to win the New York State Championship Mock Trial Competition. One senior won first place in the National Art Contest sponsored by the Holocaust Museum in Washington.
Our basketball and volleyball teams won the league championships; our debate team won awards in each competition and first place in the annual inter-yeshiva league competition. Our school newspaper and both the literary and holocaust journals received gold medal awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.