Tucson Hebrew Academy is a nationally accredited 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 Tucson, Arizona

Arizona

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History

The school was founded in 1973, and prior to 1994, it was located within Congregation Anshei Israel. The school is now located on the Volk Jewish Community Campus, which also houses the Tucson Jewish Community Center, Arizona Jewish Post and Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. An additional building was completed in 1997 and now primarily houses the middle school.

In addition to regular academics and secular studies, the school offers instruction in Hebrew, Judaic studies, Torah

Torah

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 (Bible) and T'filah (Jewish prayer

Prayer

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). According to the school's website, the average class size is 14 students, with a student/teacher ratio of 9:1. As a private school

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...

, THA charges tuition for attending students. However, substantial financial aid is available and provided to students demonstrating need. Tucson Hebrew Academy holds accreditation from the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA).