A Modern Orthodox Coed High School · Bergen County
Yeshiva High School Project
Building our next generation, together.
Join us in building a new co-ed Modern Orthodox high school for our children in Bergen County — from the ground up.
Join UsAbout Us
We are parents and educators in this community, and we've been blessed to watch Bergen County grow into something really special, with more young families putting down roots and raising their children here.
But as our own kids have gotten older, we've felt a gap alongside so many of you: not enough local co-ed high school options to match how much our community has grown. We've sat where you're sitting, and that's why we're building something new.
Our approach is simple. Listen first, build second.We're sitting down with fellow parents, educators, and community members — through working sessions, surveys, and open conversations — because the best schools are the ones a community helps create together.
Mission
To provide Bergen County's growing Jewish community with a co-educational Modern Orthodox high school — one that is built collaboratively with the families and community it serves.
Five phases. One community.
Built together, step by step.
We're building Yeshiva High School Project step by step, in full view of the community that asked for it. Here's where we've been, where we are, and what's still ahead.
Vision & Community Validation
Confirming real demand and defining our mission — grown out of founding conversations and community surveying.
In ProgressFoundation Building
Assembling our founding team and board, establishing our legal structure, and setting the operational framework.
Up NextAcademic & Program Design
Developing our curriculum with input from families and educators, and finalizing secular and Judaic studies leadership.
Site Selection & Infrastructure
Securing a location, planning our facilities, and preparing the physical foundation for opening day.
Enrollment & Launch
Opening formal admissions, finalizing faculty, and welcoming our founding class through the doors.
Core Team
Familiar faces, built on years of trust.
The Core Team brings deep experience in institutional leadership, finance and operations, education, and strategy — expertise earned across Jewish education and nonprofit institutions.
Barbara Rubin
19 years as Middle School Principal at Yavneh Academy; decades in curriculum design and Middle States accreditation.
Dr. Drorit Beckman
Former Chief of Staff to the President of Bergen Community College; leads nQuery advising day schools and nonprofits.
Mashgiach Ruchani — TBD. We'll select our Mashgiach Ruchani in Phase 3, once we've built out our religious life framework together with the community.
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