Learning at Barrack Hebrew Academy
Enter
the foyer of Barrack Hebrew Academy and you'll feel the excitement.
Here is where students pause to exchange ideas, to review
assignments, to informally exchange ideas with teachers,
to relax and catch up. The energy in this room is almost
tangible. It is the energy of Jewish youth who are being
intellectually challenged, who are actively engaged
in the process of becoming thinking young adults.
Peer into Barrack Hebrew Academy's classrooms and you'll
see something inspiring. A discussion of the Book of
Job evolves into a gripping dialogue about the nature
of good and evil. A teacher pauses from her geometry
lesson to make sure a student understands the unique
qualities of a tetrahedron. A review of the career of
Pericles serves as a vehicle for students to develop
their own rhetorical skills.
Stroll
past Barrack Hebrew Academy on a weekday evening and you'll
notice something unusual. The lights are on. Inside,
students are rehearsing plays, discussing the hottest
software, honing their debating skills, practicing a
choral presentation, editing the student literary magazine
or perhaps just shooting hoops after basketball practice.
 Barrack Student Video
Members of the Class of 2008, with video cameras in hand, interviewed fellow
students. They posed the questions: Who are we? and Why Barrack? Fellow
students shared their views about academics; the celebration of Jewish life
and learning in all its rich diversity; their connections to the community,
to Israel, and to the wider world; their lasting relationships with faculty
and friends; and the self-confidence that grows from "knowing who you are."
To meet our Barrack students and discover their answers to Why Barrack? and
why, in the words of one senior, "When I have children, I want to send them
here," click onto the video. For a copy, contact Vivian Young, Director of
Admissions and Recruitment: vyoung@jbha.org.
For
a full list of Barrack Hebrew Academy Clubs and extracurricular
activities, please click on to "Activities"
above
Click here for more information on the Barrack Hebrew Academy Student (Government) Association,
the SA Constitution, and the Student Bill of Rights and Code of Conduct.
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