A letter from Torah Umesorah was sent to Yeshivos and Bais Yaakovs urging a change in the school calendar to start around Rosh Chodesh Elul instead of Labor Day. Rosh HaYeshiva Harav Shmuel Kamenetzky emphasized the importance of schools starting earlier to minimize the gap between camp and school. He also recommended that Bais Yaakovs start the same week as the Yeshivos.
After months of collaboration, the Brooklyn Yeshivos and Bais Yaakovs have reached a consensus and confirmed an earlier start date for the ’23-24 school year. The plan is for Yeshivos to start on Tuesday, August 29 – 12 Elul, and Bais Yaakovs to start on Thursday, August 31 – 14 Elul.
Torah Umesorah thanked the Roshei Mosdos, Menahalim, Menahalos, Rebbeim, and Moros for their cooperation and commitment to the Vaad Roshei Yeshiva’s call.
The letter encourages other communities to consider joining this movement and collaborating on this important chinuch issue, aiming to create a harmonized school calendar that supports proper educational structure for children.
Read the full letter below:
“L’chvod Roshei Yeshiva, Roshei Mosdos, Heads of School, Menahalim and Menahalos,
Earlier in the year, Torah Umesorah forwarded a letter to all Yeshivos and Bais Yaakov’s regarding the need for a change in the school calendar, which urged schools to schedule their start dates around Rosh Chodesh Elul and not Labor Day.
In conjunction with this effort, zkan Rosh HaYeshiva Harav Shmuel Kamenetzky shlita, who should have a refuah sheleima, stressed that it is imperative to have the schools start earlier to prevent the unnecessary extra time between camp and school. The Rosh HaYeshiva also stated that the Bais Yaakovs should start the same week as the Yeshivos.
Over the past few months, the Brooklyn Yeshivos and Bais Yaakovs worked together and at long last reached a consensus, confirming an earlier start date for the ’23-24 school year. We understand that it may be difficult to implement at this late date, but it is important to make the effort to initiate this new schedule, sooner rather than later.
The plan is for the Yeshivos to start the school year on Tuesday, August 29 -12 Elul, and the Bais Yaakovs to start the school year on Thursday, August 31-14 Elul.
We look forward to the Yeshivos and Bais Yaakov’s continuing to work together in the coming years to ensure that the school calendar is arranged in a way that provides the proper chinuch structure for our children.
We thank the Roshei Mosdos, Menahalim, Menahalos, Rebbeim and Moros for heeding the call of the Vaad Roshei Yeshiva, and we laud the efforts of the Brooklyn community for seizing the opportunity to make a change that will iy”H have a positive impact on the chinuch of our children.
We request that other communities consider joining this movement and working together on this important chinuch issue.”
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