Hebrew charter school proposed
Albert Einstein Academy would be first of its kind in SCV and CaliforniaA local rabbi hopes to establish California’s first Hebrew language charter school in the Santa Clarita Valley.
If approved by the Hart district during the Jan. 20 board meeting, the Albert Einstein Academy for Letters, Arts and Sciences would be a college preparatory school planned for a fall 2010 opening, Rabbi Mark Blazer of Temple Beth Ami in Newhall said.
The public charter school would be open to everyone and students would not have to be Jewish to enroll, he said. The school would not have a religious base, he said.
In its first year, Blazer estimates the school would have 75 students in each seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade class. Each year, the school would add a grade until it becomes a 7-12 school, he said.
Academy leaders are still looking for a place to house the academy for the upcoming year.
At full capacity, the school would hold 450 students, he said.
“We have not had a problem getting interest from parents,” Blazer said.
Meeting a need
Local children are able to learn Hebrew at Jewish congregations, but, for Blazer, meeting two or three times a week is not enough.
If approved by the Hart district during the Jan. 20 board meeting, the Albert Einstein Academy for Letters, Arts and Sciences would be a college preparatory school planned for a fall 2010 opening, Rabbi Mark Blazer of Temple Beth Ami in Newhall said.
The public charter school would be open to everyone and students would not have to be Jewish to enroll, he said. The school would not have a religious base, he said.
In its first year, Blazer estimates the school would have 75 students in each seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade class. Each year, the school would add a grade until it becomes a 7-12 school, he said.
Academy leaders are still looking for a place to house the academy for the upcoming year.
At full capacity, the school would hold 450 students, he said.
“We have not had a problem getting interest from parents,” Blazer said.
Meeting a need
Local children are able to learn Hebrew at Jewish congregations, but, for Blazer, meeting two or three times a week is not enough.
