Announcing Our Middle School Excellence Awards

Dear GOA Families,

 

I am pleased to announce that our Board of Trustees recently authorized the creation of a new GOA Middle School Excellence Award. Open to new and continuing students, this award is meant to highlight the core values of our school’s mission: Love of Learning, Community, Respect, Love for Israel, Commitment to Repairing the World and Inspiring Jewish Life and Learning. Applicants will compose a brief essay describing how they exemplify excellence in one of these values and submit a letter of reference. Winners will receive awards of up to $10,000 per year, renewable through ninth grade. These awards may be combined with need-based financial aid. For more information, please see the program description below.

 

Golda Och Academy is blessed with an extraordinary faculty, student body, families and facilities. Our GO Connect program helps students who are new to Jewish day school gain the Hebrew language and text skills needed to thrive here. We integrate general and Jewish studies, feature an extraordinary STEM lab, and incorporate project-based learning across our program. Robust offerings of competitive sports, theater, choir, clubs and travel round out our academic program. We are especially proud of our High School trips to Israel in 9th and 12th grades. 

 

The GOA Board of Trustees has made recruitment and retention at the Middle School level an institutional investment priority. Our intention with this award is to lift up our school’s values, recognize our students who demonstrate our values with excellence and attract new students to join our program. If you know a prospective student who would be a good candidate for this award, please contact our Office of Admissions at admissions@goldaochacademy.org or 973-602-3645.

 

Wishing you a hag sameah,

 

Rabbi Daniel Nevins

Head of School