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The school, previously named Hebrew Academy, is an independent Jewish school. Roselyn Bell, author of the "Houston" entry in The Jewish Traveler: Hadassah Magazine's Guide to the World's Jewish Communities and Sights, wrote that the Hebrew Academy has "Orthodox leanings". [1] It is affiliated with Yeshiva University in New York City. [2]
Torah Day School of Houston is a Jewish Day School in Houston established in 1977 by the Texas Regional Headquarters of the Chabad Lubavitch. It offers a Jewish education to grades K-8 in addition to its Early Childhood Center for children ages eighteen months through four years old.
The Emery/Weiner School (EWS) is a co-educational, independent Jewish day school in Houston, Texas, United States, [1] serving grades 6-12. The school is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest .
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It was originally an all-White high school. Because of the large number of Jewish students, the school had the nickname "Hebrew High." [7] Bellaire introduced International Baccalaureate programs in 1980. [8] In the mid-to-late 1980s, families began moving into Bellaire and Meyerland. These families tore down many older houses and built new ones.
Rim says, in many cases, families are replacing those schools with colleges they consider safer for Jewish students, such as Emory, Vanderbilt and Washington University in St. Louis, Rim says.
The school is part of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools. The campus was built around a large oak tree, in the center of its campus. It became a symbol for the school because the name "Duchesne" is French for "of the oak". The oak tree also represents a notable graduation tradition at Duchesne.