Delegates to the 18th annual convention of Torah Umesorah’s National Association of Hebrew Day School PTA’s here called on local communities with complete Hebrew day schools to begin planning for Hebrew high schools for graduating students of the day schools.
The delegates noted the growth of the day school movement which now has 359 schools of which 36 are located in Canada. The delegates expressed “dismay” at actions of some Jewish organizations using “community funds” to fight all government efforts to provide welfare and related services, such as bus transport, to children attending non-public schools.
The delegates urged an intensification of Jewish studies in the day schools as well as excellence in general studies. The day school movement began 20 years ago. Torah Umesorah was approved recently by Washington as a sponsoring agency for a federal grant of more than $200,000 to administer Head Start projects in New York City’s poverty impacted areas. The Head Start project, a pre-school education program, will be run in conjunction with eight Hebrew Day Schools which are located in poverty areas.
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