Politz Day School
Encyclopedia
Politz Day School is a private
Modern Orthodox
Jewish day school
in Cherry Hill, New Jersey
. Established in 1968, the school was originally operated exclusively as a preschool, located in the basement of Congregation Sons of Israel. Politz serves students in Southern New Jersey, as well as those from Delaware
and the Philadelphia area. The school serves students from preschool (for chiildren as young as two) through eighth grade, giving students the chance to learn in an environment that combines the abundance of the Jewish religion with a traditional secular education. The school shares a common facility with Congregation Sons of Israel.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 121 students (plus 30 in Pre-K) and 16.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.6.
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
Modern Orthodox
Modern Orthodox Judaism
Modern Orthodox Judaism is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize Jewish values and the observance of Jewish law, with the secular, modern world....
Jewish day school
Jewish day school
A Jewish day school is a modern Jewish educational institution that is designed to provide Jewish children with both a Jewish and a secular education in one school on a full time basis, hence its name of "day school" meaning a school that the students attend for an entire day and not on a part time...
in Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Cherry Hill is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a population of 71,045, representing an increase of 1,080 from the 69,965 residents enumerated during the 2000 Census...
. Established in 1968, the school was originally operated exclusively as a preschool, located in the basement of Congregation Sons of Israel. Politz serves students in Southern New Jersey, as well as those from Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
and the Philadelphia area. The school serves students from preschool (for chiildren as young as two) through eighth grade, giving students the chance to learn in an environment that combines the abundance of the Jewish religion with a traditional secular education. The school shares a common facility with Congregation Sons of Israel.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 121 students (plus 30 in Pre-K) and 16.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.6.
External links
- Politz Day School, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...