2018 continuity campaign

12 Pages·2017·13.99 MB·English

2018 CONTINUITY CAMPAIGN
Let’s make history together
MISSION STATEMENT
Kohelet Yeshiva is a warm and embracing Modern Orthodox K-12
yeshiva day school committed to cultivating Bnei and Bnot Torah
who think critically and creatively while exuding confidence and
compassion.
The Elementary and Middle School Divisions, known as Kohelet
Yeshiva Lab School and Kohelet Yeshiva Middle School, are
committed to utilizing replicable, empirically supported, student-
centered methods of pedagogy in order to maximize learning for
all students in both Judaic and General Studies and advance the
field of Jewish Education.
The High School division, known as Kohelet Yeshiva High
School, builds on these foundations by nurturing the talents and
potential of every student while equipping them with the skills
and knowledge they will need to succeed and to lead in the best
yeshivot and seminaries, the finest colleges and universities, and
well beyond.
DEAR FRIENDS,
The past three years have been marked by breathtaking accomplishments and
unrivaled growth at Kohelet Yeshiva. From the unprecedented acceptance rates
of our high school graduates into yeshivot and universities, to the trailblazing
approaches to student-centered learning showcased in our Lab School, the
eyes of the community and eyes of the country have turned here to the greater
Philadelphia area.
As you well know success in the classroom is only half of the equation. The other half, and perhaps
the harder half, is making that success sustainable so that it serves both our children of today and our
children of tomorrow.
That is the next challenge that we, as a community, must face. And that is the challenge I know, with
your help, we will meet. We have been blessed with the extraordinary generosity of two families
whose vision and confidence in our program has laid the foundation for our path to sustainability.
Now it’s time for all of us — administrators, donors, parents, and friends — to step up and
do ours.
On behalf of our students today and our students of tomorrow I thank you for your partnership,
I thank you for your generosity, and I look forward to what we will build together in the coming
months and years.
Sincerely yours,
Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl
Dear Friends of Kohelet,
We are thrilled to announce a new era in Jewish
education. Kohelet Yeshiva, the first Modern
Orthodox K-12 Jewish day school in the Delaware
Valley, is leading a new way to educate our children
and impacting the entire Modern Orthodox world.
Kohelet Yeshiva seeks excellence in both Judaic
and general studies. We are committed to Eretz Yisrael and deeply supportive of Medinat Yisrael.
Our comprehensive K-12 program utilizes progressive educational methods that draw on the latest
technology-based curricular approaches. As a result, our children will emerge prepared to contribute
globally in the 21st century.
Our planned growth is ambitious: all grades are forcasted to be filled in five years, doubling our
student body. Two visionary donors - the Kohelet Foundation and the Seligsohn family - have
enabled Kohelet Yeshiva to create a model Jewish day school and, at the same time, lay the
groundwork for a 10 year plan that promises long-term stability and financial security.
The Kohelet Continuity Campaign is a critical element of this 10 year plan as the school needs
to raise significant additional funds to support the expected growth and, more importantly, the
outstanding academic programming that is the school’s DNA.
As founding parents of our school, we are extremely proud of Kohelet’s progress and are committed
to ensuring that the Yeshiva continues to thrive for generations to come. However, we need your
help and investment to make this happen. Inside this packet, you will learn more about these exciting
plans. We invite you to join us as we build and sustain Kohelet for our community and the future of
Jewish education.
Campaign Co-Chairs
Jonathan & Jacqueline Gomberg
Thomas & Randi Finkle
AT A GLANCE
Kohelet Yeshiva High School (KYHS) Kohelet Yeshiva Middle School (KYMS)
• 112 students in grades 9-12 for 2017-18 school-year from • 32 students in grades 6-7 for 2017-18 school-year from
Lower Merion, Northeast, Center City, Yardley, Allentown, Lower Merion, Northeast, Twin Rivers, Cherry Hill and
Twin Rivers and Cherry Hill Allentown
• 2017 Boys and Girls Winners of the Yeshiva University • Uniquely innovative learning model:
National Bekiut Contest
Guided by research-based learning principles
• Matmidim Program encourages Torah learning beyond
Multi-age classrooms with highly personalized
the classroom
instruction
• STEM Research Initiative facilitates university-level lab- Science, History, and Navi taught through real-world,
based research outside of school project-based learning
• Nationally recognized for new Religious Guidance Entire Judaic Studies curriculum for each year is
program interrelated and organized around a single theme
• Testing results for the class of 2018: • One of four schools nationwide selected from hundreds of
Average SAT score of 1305 and ACT score of 32 applicants for the Silicon-Valley based AltSchool platform
10 AP classes offered this year; 75% of students who Use of Altschool platform allows for highly personalized
took AP exams received a score of 4 or 5 instruction driven by rich data regarding each student’s
progress in both academic and social / emotional areas
• Recent graduates attending:
KYMS team developed the first ever K-8 detailed
Gush, Shaalvim, Hakotel, Lev HaTorah, Orayta, and
taxonomy of skills for both Torah She-Ba’al Peh and
many more
Torah She-Bikhtav that has been integrated into the
Shaalvim for Women, MMY, Migdal Oz, Nishmat, MTVA Altschool platform
and many more
Yeshiva College and Stern College Honors
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, NYU,
Kohelet Yeshiva Beit Midrash
Brandeis, U Chicago and many more
• Weekly shiurim for adults
• Shabbat Scholar Series
• Shabbatot Shel Ruach
• Yemei Iyyun
Kohelet Yeshiva Lab School (KYLS)
• Community Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration
• 64 students in grades K-2 for 2017-18 school-year from
Lower Merion, Northeast, and Cherry Hill • Community Women’s Megilah Reading
• Uniquely innovative learning model: • Yamim Noraim davening attracts 250+ attendees
Guided by research-based learning principles • Children’s Hakafot 200+ ages 3-10
Multi-age classroom of 40-50 children comprised of 4 • Has become a destination for the top minds and scholars
smaller micro-communities or chevrot. in the Modern Orthodox world:
4 teacher team in every classroom: Judaic Studies, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (3 times)
General Studies, Native Hebrew speaker, and Special
Rabbanit Chana Henkin
Education
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
Time every day devoted to real-world, interdisciplinary
Rabbanit Shani Taragin
project-based learning
Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveitchik
Promotes student agency and ownership
Senator Joe Lieberman
• Attracted visitors from graduate programs across the
Dr. Aviva Zornberg
Philadelphia area, and from day schools across the
Rabbi David Fohrman
country in its second year
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
Dedication Opportunities
K-8 Building Name $2,500,000 The Seligsohn Family
9-12 Building Name $1,500,000
Center for the Arts $750,000
MIddle School Beit Midrash $500,000
Gymnasium $500,000
Outdoor field $250,000
High School Fabrication Lab $250,000
Middle School STEAM Lab $250,000
Playground $150,000 The Zwillenberg Families
Ampitheater Playground $100,000
K-1 Classroom $100,000
2-3 Classroom $100,000
4-5 Classroom $100,000
K-8 Lunchroom $100,000
K-8 Lower Level Lobby $100,000 Menashe Kohn
Middle School Humanities Room $100,000
9-12 Lunchroom $100,000
High School General Science Lab $100,000
High School Chemistry Lab $100,000
High School Physics Lab $100,000
High School Biology lab $100,000 Reserved
Sefardi Beit Midrash $72,000 Jill and Raphael Gabay and Sima and David Sherman
K-8 Principal’s Office $50,000
Board Room $50,000 David Kasoff
K-8 Kitchen $50,000
K-1 Commons $50,000
2-5 Commons $50,000
Middle School Commons $50,000
Front Covered Porch $50,000 Jacqueline and Jonathan Gomberg
Gymnasium Floor $50,000
K-8 Front Vestibule $50,000
High School Student Support Suite $50,000 Alisha and Jack Abboudi
Advancement Suite $50,000
Middle School Beit Midrash Aron Kodesh $50,000 Esther and Harold Perl and Melissa and Rabbi Gil Perl
K-8 Elevator $36,000 Yonina and Zev Jacobson
9-12 Elevator $36,000
K-8 Front Staircase $36,000
Middle School STEAM Lab SGI $36,000
Middle School Lockerroom $36,000
Israel Guidance Office $36,000
College Guidance Office $36,000 Stacey and Amir Goldman
Middle School Humanities SGI $36,000
Middle School Beit Midrash SGI $36,000
K-8 Parent Meeting Room $36,000
Middle School Teacher’s Headquarters $36,000
Middle School Covered Porch $36,000
K-1 Teachers Headquarters $36,000
Elementary Teachers Headquarters $36,000 Naomi and Ira Sved
Dedication Opportunities
High School Classroom (8) $25,000 Carolyn Hochstadter and Adam Dicker
Carroll Smith
Marilyn and Jerry Stern
K-1 SGI 1 $25,000
K-1 SGI 2 $25,000
High School Main Office $25,000 Lori and Leon Salkin
K-8 Front Office $25,000
K-8 Faculty Work Space $25,000
Elementary School SGI 1 $25,000
Elementary School SGI 2 $25,000
Elementary School SGI 3 $25,000
Middle School Beit Midrash Bimah $25,000
Middle School Beit Midrash Aaron Parochet $25,000
School Entrance Mezuzah $25,000 Kasco Construction Co., Inc.
K-8 Washing Stations $10,000 Lisa Wise and Steven Weiner
K-8 Security Booth $10,000 Beth and Len Ginsburg
Middle School Office $10,000 Chava Resnick Paris and Andrew Paris
K-1 Commons Stage $10,000 Tamar and Josh Katz
K-8 Adminitrator Office $10,000
High School Office (4) $10,000 Marilyn and Jerry Stern
K-8 Lower Level Sitting Nook $10,000 McKenzie and Asher Kohn
Middle School Beit Midrash Mezuzah $10,000
K-8 Nurse’s Office $10,000 Faye and Ari Schuchman
Middle School Beit Midrash Stained Glass (6) $10,000 Dov Simons
Middle School Kiln Room $10,000 Holly Cohen and Leib Meadvin
K-8 Lego Wall $10,000 Julia Frankston-Morris and Stuart Gasner
Mothers Lounge $10,000 Becky and Nachi Troodler
K-1 Kitchenette $10,000
2-3 Kitchenette $10,000
4-5 Kitchenette $10,000
High School Lobby Fire place $10,000 Rachel and Joshua Steinerman
Middle School Beit Midrash Bimah Parochet $10,000 Meryl and Jeff Troodler
Mezuzah (75) $5,000 Pia and Stuart Pollack
Dvasha and Nachum Stollman
Michal and Michael Twersky
Tree (50) $2,500 Randi and Tom Finkle
Diane and Lawrence Neustadter
Joanne Perryman and Tim Douek
High School Beit Midrash Bookcase (10) $1,000 Anonymous (9)
Marilyn and Jerry Stern (1)
High School Beit Midrash Table (50) $1,000 Suzie and Harvey Mindel (2)
Carroll Smith
Middle School Beit Midrash Table (25) $1,000
High School Beit Midrash Chairs (200) $500
Middle School Beit Midrash Chairs (100) $500
Middle School Beit Midrash Sefer (200) $100
Middle School Beit Midrash Siddur (90) $50 Lori and Leon Salkin (90)
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