The Jewish Educational Center is a fifteen-year yeshiva

Yeshiva

Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim and in study pairs called chavrutas...

 school

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 located in Elizabeth

Elizabeth, New Jersey

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, in Union County

Union County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

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, United States, serving students in Prekindergarten through 12th grades. Throughout the day students learn a mixture of Judaic

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 and secular studies. JEC, as it is commonly known, is run by its dean, Rabbi Elazar Mayer Teitz. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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 Commission on Secondary Schools since 2008.

The school includes three divisions:

• Yeshiva of Elizabeth: Pre-Kindergarten to 5th grade for boys, Pre-Kindergarten to 6th grade for girls, founded in 1939.
• Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy (RTMA): 6th to 12th grade for boys, founded in 1955.
• Bruriah High School for Girls: 7th to 12th grade for girls, founded in 1963.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the Yeshiva of Elizabeth had an enrollment of 251 students (plus 19 in pre-K) and 29.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.4:1. The Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy had an enrollment of 233 students and 25.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a ratio of 9.3:1. The Bruriah High School For Girls had an enrollment of 377 students and 60.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a ratio of 6.3:1.

Advanced Placement (AP) courses offered are: AP Chemistry

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, AP Physics B

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, AP Physics C

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, AP Calculus AB and BC

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, AP Computers A and AB

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, AP United States History

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, AP English Literature and Composition

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, AP Russian, AP Psychology

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, AP Biology

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, and AP Statistics

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. Most of these are only primarily offered to juniors and seniors.

Each year over 90% of the Senior class studies for a year or two in yeshiva

Yeshiva

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s in Israel

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before beginning college.

Administration

• Rabbi Elazar Mayer Teitz - Dean
• Rabbi Eliyahu D. Teitz - Associate Dean
• Chanie Moskowitz - Principal (RTMA)
• Rabbi Noach Sauber - Assistant Principal (RTMA)
• Rabbi Sharir Yablonsky - Assistant Principal, Middle School (RTMA)
• Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz - Principal (Yeshiva of Elizabeth)
• Rabbi Joseph Oratz - Principal (Bruriah)
• Rabbi Chaim Hagler - Assistant Principal (Bruriah)
• Sherry Krupka - Assistant Principal (Bruriah)
• Shlomis Peikes - Assistant Principal (Bruriah)

Athletics

JEC has been a member of the Yeshiva League since the league's inception in 1979.
JEC teams include:

Varsity - High School

• Varsity Basketball
• Varsity Hockey
• Varsity Softball
• Varsity Baseball
• Varsity Wrestling
• Varsity Volleyball

Academic teams

• Debate
• Mock Trial
• JV College Bowl
• Varsity College Bowl
• JV Torah Bowl
• Varsity Torah Bowl
• NJ Challenge
• Chess