Hebrew Academy of Long Beach
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- Hebrew Academy of Long Beach; founded in 1954. HALB began as a kindergarten through eighth grade elementary school comprised of twenty students in a small house on Laurelton Blvd. in Long Beach. It has since grown to include SKA, a girls' high school, DRS a boys' high school, and Lev Chana, a preschool, educating well over 1000 students each year. ( (HALB website, viewed November 18, 2014:) )
- HALB Elementary School located at 530 West Broadway, Long Beach, N.Y. 11561 ( (HALB website, viewed November, 18, 2014:) )
Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB) is a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school located on the South Shore of Long Island in New York. Its founding principal was Rabbi Armin H. Friedman in 1954. The name refers back to the presence in Long Beach which ended after its West Broadway location was closed in 2017. It contains five schools: Lev Chana Preschool - (preschool and kindergarten) in Hewlett Bay Park HALB Elementary School - (Grades 1–8) previously in Long Beach and now in Woodmere (Split into a Lower School (Grades 1-5), and Middle School (Grades 6-8)) SKA - Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls in Hewlett Bay Park DRS - Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys in Woodmere Yeshivat Lev Shlomo - for post-high school students who wish to continue their Jewish education. Located in the DRS building. The HALB Elementary School and DRS buildings also serve as a Jewish day camp in the summer called Avnet. Avnet runs on Monday through Friday. HALB Elementary School moved into the building where School Number Six was previously located during March of the 2016–17 school year.
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