About YESHIVAT BITAHON
For over 50 years Yeshivat BitaHon has enjoyed a rich tradition of outstanding education in both English and Judaic Studies provided by our nurturing and talented veteran teachers. Yeshivat BitaHon is a Kindergarten through eighth grade general education elementary school specializing in small class size. Our educational approach offers a warm and highly personalized classroom environment. We employ a skills-based curriculum and use “best practices” methodology that both challenges students and builds confidence.
Our passion and our mission is to create long-life learners who happily continue to pursue knowledge all of their lives, honor their religion and heritage, deepen their Jewish roots, and follow the values our family and teacher partnerships have instilled in them. Bringing the world into the classroom and taking the classroom out into the world supports our students’ abilities to see firsthand the wondrous connections between what we learn in school and building successful lives for the future.
Learning through play, sophisticated games, self-discovery, hands-on experiences, inquiry and critical thinking, study strategies, productive independence, effective organization, and creative problem-solving, are just a few of the many methodologies employed to deliver a well-rounded personal, social, and academic education for our students.
Life at YBH isn’t all work and no play!
Students play hard to excel in our sports, art, and Zumba classes. Our close-knit students delight in group activities with their classmates and never miss a chance to show off their talents. SCHOOL and FUN are not mutually exclusive here – they complement one another.
Humor taps into students’ multiple intelligences and their different learning styles. It increases awareness of connections to real life experiences. Contextual humor helps students to ingrain information by priming the brain for transferring information from short-term memory to long term memory.
So, LOL!
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MissionStatement
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The goal of Yeshivat BitaHon is to provide an education that will prepare our students to excel in education and life. We are a modern Orthodox Yeshivah with a history of excellence. Our graduates have become community leaders, scientists, journalists and physicians as well as Rabbanim.
Our mission is to provide the best possible Judaic and General Studies education through the hard work and cooperation of parents, administrators, faculty, staff, the community-at-large, and of course our students.
We take great pride in our ability to cater to the needs of each and every student while maintaining a strong academic focus. We do this with a small class size and by individualizing instruction.
YBH stresses the value of teaching to the heart as well as the mind and creates an environment which promotes celebrating great effort and hard work, overcoming challenges, setting goals, and the uniqueness of each human being.
We couldn't be more proud of the accomplishments of our wonderful students and their families.
What is our Yeshiva all about?
Our Yeshiva offers classes starting with Kindergarten through the eighth grade. By limiting our class size to no more than 15 students, we ensure our children a more nurturing and caring environment as we strive for academic excellence.
It's all about relationships...
... and that begins at the top. Our principal, Mrs. Jolovitz, establishes strong, friendly, and productive relationships with all of our students and keeps a constant watch on each one throughout their personal, social, and academic life at YBH.
... teacher and student relationships are paramount. Our teachers are consummate professionals, creative problem solvers, and utterly dedicated to form healthy and supportive bonds with their students. They understand the powerful symbiotic relationship between a student and a teacher and the positive effect it has on a child throughout his or her lifetime.
HOPE IN THE FACE OF DESPAIR :
A YESHIVAH WITH A FRESH START
It was 1963, some fifty years ago that a Yeshivah in rural Belle Harbor opened its doors to provide academic excellence in Jewish education for the greater community. From the very beginning, Yeshiva of Belle Harbor became known as a school that provides a warm, nurturing environment with its small class sizes and its loving, dedicated staff.
Then, in 2012, Hurricane Sandy devastated our school building and all YBH's physical memories. Our school, housed primarily on the bottom floor, was completely filled with storm water. Everything was destroyed. From books to desks, computers to office equipment, nothing was salvageable. Everything we built during our fifty years of existence was stripped away in the matter of a few hours.
All seemed hopeless to the casual observer. This seemed to be the case at least until one Saturday night when the parent body gathered together at a monumental meeting at a parent’s home to discuss what must be done to preserve our school.
Initially, it was considered to perhaps call it a day. Let the destructive path of Hurricane Sandy get the best of our hopes and dreams. But this was not to be. No storm, as powerful as it may be, could dampen the spirits of our parent body. Merging with another school or being absorbed was not an option.
“We send our children to YBH for a reason!” exclaimed a parent at the meeting. “There is nothing like it out there and we are not letting go!” These were the sentiments of virtually everyone present. The teachers, too commented on how they have never known a school quite like ours, and that it is indeed something special.
Without hesitation, things began to move in the room like a whirlwind. A new board and subcommittees were organized. People who had never before stood up and accepted leadership roles began to expedite the start of a new school location. But where could one find a school in the middle of November that is “move in ready”? Amazingly, there was such a place. The very next day, the board and other key members found a beautiful facility in the heart of Brooklyn. After unprecedented speed,
YBH had now found its new home in the heart of the Brooklyn Jewish community. Our re-establishment was nothing short of extraordinary and made possible by the combined efforts of our parent body, faculty, administration, and the incredible kindness and generosity of friends and strangers.