Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy
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Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy is a K-12 community Jewish Day School
located on the Jewish Community Campus in Overland Park, Kansas
. A private school offering an excellent Judaic program along with a college-preparatory secular education, HBHA serves about 230-250 students from diverse reform through orthodox backgrounds. The school creates an environment in which these children grow into well-rounded, committed and knowledgeable young adults who are devoted to God, Israel, community service and fellow Jews. HBHA provides challenging academics and moral, ethical and spiritual values. A 2005 Blue Ribbon Kansas School, Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy celebrated it's 45th anniversary this past (2010-11) school year.
In August 1980, classrooms were leased at the Kehilath Israel school building for the Upper School, and finally, in January of 1981, the Upper School was moved into portable annex buildings on the College Boulevard property; uniting all HBHA students at one location. The property consisted of 7.3 acres of land, including the Louis and Dorothy Cumonow Lower School Building. It had 13 classrooms, the Lowenstein Library, the Flo Harris Social Hall and a kosher kitchen furnished by the HBHA Auxiliary. During the spring and summer of 1984, building additions, including a new kindergarten wing, four Upper School classrooms and a new science laboratory, were added.
When the Jewish Community Campus opened in the fall of 1988, HBHA moved into a wing of the facility. The school continues to grow to accommodate the mounting needs of a thriving Jewish day school; now housing language and computer labs, an art studio and a journalism room.
Day school
A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...
located on the Jewish Community Campus in Overland Park, Kansas
Overland Park, Kansas
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 149,080 people, 59,703 households, and 39,702 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,627.0 people per square mile . There were 62,586 housing units at an average density of 1,102.9 per square mile...
. A private school offering an excellent Judaic program along with a college-preparatory secular education, HBHA serves about 230-250 students from diverse reform through orthodox backgrounds. The school creates an environment in which these children grow into well-rounded, committed and knowledgeable young adults who are devoted to God, Israel, community service and fellow Jews. HBHA provides challenging academics and moral, ethical and spiritual values. A 2005 Blue Ribbon Kansas School, Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy celebrated it's 45th anniversary this past (2010-11) school year.
History
The Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy was founded in 1966 by a group of parents who felt strongly about having a Jewish day school education for their children. Hyman Brand served as the first president when the school opened its doors with 33 students in rented facilities at the Ohev Sholom Synagogue. By 1973, an Upper School was created and additional space rented from the Asbury United Methodist Church. HBHA graduated its first class with nine seniors in 1976. In response to a dramatic increase in student enrollment in 1979, a former Blue Valley School District elementary school located on College Boulevard was purchased.In August 1980, classrooms were leased at the Kehilath Israel school building for the Upper School, and finally, in January of 1981, the Upper School was moved into portable annex buildings on the College Boulevard property; uniting all HBHA students at one location. The property consisted of 7.3 acres of land, including the Louis and Dorothy Cumonow Lower School Building. It had 13 classrooms, the Lowenstein Library, the Flo Harris Social Hall and a kosher kitchen furnished by the HBHA Auxiliary. During the spring and summer of 1984, building additions, including a new kindergarten wing, four Upper School classrooms and a new science laboratory, were added.
When the Jewish Community Campus opened in the fall of 1988, HBHA moved into a wing of the facility. The school continues to grow to accommodate the mounting needs of a thriving Jewish day school; now housing language and computer labs, an art studio and a journalism room.