The Secular Department is off to an excellent start for this new school year. This year is an accreditation year through WASC (Western Association of Schools & Colleges) with a planned visitation the beginning of April. Yeshiva Gedolah has been accredited since 1984. We look forward to this process as it allows us the opportunity to reflect over the last six years of growth and development.
Mr. Rick Hepworth
Mr. Rick Hepworth, who serves as Curriculum Coordinator for the Yeshiva, as well as teaching all of our math classes for over 30 years. He also spearheads the WASC Accreditation. Mr. Hepworth is very excited about this Business Math class this year, having a wealth of discussion material on today’s economy. Mr. Hepworth would like to congratulate 6 students who are taking both Geometry and Algebra II this year, enabling them to take Calculus next year. They are: Menachem Betesh, Israel Levy, Reuven Mehdizadeh, Yonatan Netkin, Yosef Rosansky, and Daniel Schlussel. There will be a total of 11 students taking Calculus. It must be noted that the Yeshiva has not offered Calculus in 20 years, and we are very pleased to have such capable students. We congratulate Mr. George Mann, Principal at Yeshiva Rav Isaacsohn, for his efforts in preparing his students for advanced mathematics.
Rabbi Shmuel Baruch Manne
This year, we have several curriculum and staffing changes. Rabbi Shmuel Baruch Manne, who is in his second year of teaching at the Yeshiva, is teaching our recently formed class of Historical Literature. This class covers Jewish Literature (Navi), and students write critical essays on the topics. These essays are then graded by an outside consultant who corrects the papers for all the necessary English components. In addition, Rabbi Manne is in his second year of teaching World History to the 9th and 10th graders. This class was restructured three years ago, presenting world history as it relates to the Jewish populace. Both of these classes are very popular with our students.
Mr. Joseph Torres
Mr. Torres is in his third year of teaching here. He teaches at Columbia West College in the mornings. He has been instrumental in organizing our literature course from the series, “Implications of Literature.” This series is recommended by a council of Rabbis on the East Coast as being appropriate for yeshiva students. In addition to literature, Mr. Torres teaches government and English.
Mr. Pshang Salehi
Our science teacher, Mr. Salehi, has been with the Yeshiva for over 20 years. This past year he was instrumental in the development of our updated science lab in our new building. For the past two years, Mr. Salehi has been working on a program through the U.S. Department of Defense designed to analyze science programs in schools in order to determine methods to improve the science curriculum in meeting the demands of the new century. His insight and expertise is a great asset to our school.
Mr. Rick Hepworth
Mr. Rick Hepworth, who is the Curriculum Coordinator for the Yeshiva, has taught all of our mathematics classes for over 30 years. He also spearheads the WASC Accreditation. Mr. Hepworth is very excited about this Business Math class this year, having a wealth of discussion material on today’s economy. Mr. Hepworth is also looking forward to next year when the Yeshiva will have 11 boys at the level of taking Calculus. Mr. Hepworth would like to congratulate 6 students who are taking both Geometry and Algebra II this year, enabling them to take Calculus next year. They are: Menachem Betesh, Israel Levy, Reuven Mehdizadeh, Yonatan Netkin, Yosef Rosansky, and Daniel Schlussel. It must be noted that the Yeshiva has not offered Calculus in 20 years, and we are very pleased to have such capable students. We congratulate Mr. George Mann, Principal at Yeshiva Rav Isaacsohn, for his efforts in preparing his students for advanced mathematics. Mr. Josiah Mason
Our Physical Education instructor is Mr. Mason. He is very pleased with the new gym facility which allows every student to participate in a physical activity during P.E. including basketbal & ping pong. |
