Politz Day School of Cherry Hill

Politz Day School of Cherry Hill
Politz Day School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey on May 31, 2018
Address
720 Cooper Landing Road
Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08002
United States
Coordinates 39°55′58″N 75°00′47″W / 39.93277°N 75.01299°W / 39.93277; -75.01299Coordinates: 39°55′58″N 75°00′47″W / 39.93277°N 75.01299°W / 39.93277; -75.01299
Information
Type Private Jewish day school
Religious affiliation(s) Orthodox Judaism
Established 1968 (1968)
Founder Rabbi Bernard E. Rothman
President Mr. Dan Eisenstein and Mr. Aaron Roller, co-presidents
Administrator Mrs. Sharyn Rauer
Principal Mrs. Marilyn Roth
Head of school Rabbi Avraham Glustein
Faculty 16.0 (on FTE basis)
Grades Preschool–8th
Enrollment 200 (2017-2018)
Student to teacher ratio 7.6:1
Website www.politz.org

Politz Day School of Cherry Hill is a private modern orthodox Jewish day school in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Politz offers preschool (for children as young as two) through eighth grade with the mission that students learn in an environment combining the abundance of the Jewish religion with traditional secular education. The school serves families living in Cherry Hill, Southern New Jersey, northern Delaware, and Philadelphia including the Main Line, Center City, and the Northeast.[1] Rabbi Avraham Glustein has served as Head of School since 1996.[2]

The school shares a common campus with Congregation Sons of Israel in Cherry Hill. Camden had had a community Jewish Day School founded by Congregation Sons of Israel's Rabbi Naftoly Riff and Congregation Beth El's Rabbi Harry Kellman. This school closed in the 1950s. Orthodox families in South Jersey sent their children to school in Philadelphia in the 1960s and Cherry Hill was a growing community. Politz was founded in Camden in 1968 with a small preschool. In 1969 it moved into a house on Cooper Landing Road in Cherry Hill which served as a Cherry Hill branch of Congregation Sons of Israel. Sons of Israel itself moved from Camden to Cherry Hill in 1971.[3]

Sons of Israel built an addition to its building in 2003 into which Politz moved in 2004.[4] In 2018, the school plans a $3-million addition of a gym, classrooms, and other facilities on the current campus.

References

  1. ↑ "Politz Day School of Cherry Hill: Our Premier Jewish Day School". Orthodox Jewish Cherry Hill. Aaron Greenberg. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  2. ↑ Portnoe, David (May 23, 2018). "Politz Day School Annual Gala celebrates 50 years of success". Jewish Community Voice. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  3. ↑ Portnoe, David (February 28, 2018). "Politz Day School celebrates 50 years of growth and achievement". Jewish Community Voice. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  4. ↑ "-". Kashrus. Vol. 24. New York, NY: Yeshiva Birkas Reuven. 2003.


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