Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy
Address
5801 W. 115th Street, Overland Park , Kansas 66211 United States
Coordinates	38.9184°N 94.6526°W / 38.9184; -94.6526
Information
School type	Private Religious School
Religious affiliation(s)	Judaism
Established	1966
Head of school	Adam Tilove
Grades	K–12
Gender	Coed
Color(s)	Maroon   White
Mascot	Ram
Website	http://www.hbha.edu

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy is a K-12 community Jewish Day School located on the Jewish Community Campus in Overland Park, Kansas. A private school offering Judaic instruction along with a college-preparatory secular education, HBHA serves about 230-250 students from diverse reform through orthodox backgrounds. A 2005 Blue Ribbon Kansas School, Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy celebrated its 50th anniversary in the 2015–16 school year.

History

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy was founded in 1966 by a group of parents seeking a Jewish day school education for their children in Kansas City. Initially named Hebrew Academy, the school began with 33 students in a rented space at Ohev Shalom Synagogue. With each year, new grades were added, and by 1973, the school had grown to include an upper school and gradated its first class in 1976. In 1978, the school was renamed Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy in honor of its first president, Hyman Brand. As enrollments continued to increase, the school outgrew the synagogue and relocated to a former elementary school before relocating again in 1988 to its current location at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park.

External links

• Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy website