| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Pardes School |
| Title: | Pardes School Records |
| Dates: | 1991-2004 |
| Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) |
| Abstract: | The Pardes School (1999-2004) was a coeducational Jewish day high school founded in Beachwood, Ohio, to engage students in a comprehensive dual and integrated curriculum of general and Judaic studies from grade 9 to grade 12. The school was formed as the result of a feasibility study conducted in 1997 by the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland (JECC) in response to prospective parents and donors eager to see a new Jewish high school in Greater Cleveland. The collection consists of brochures, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and reports. |
| MS Number | MS 5168 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Pardes School (1999-2004) was a coeducational Jewish day high school founded in Beachwood, Ohio, to engage students in a comprehensive dual and integrated curriculum of general and Judaic studies from grade 9 to grade 12. The school was formed as the result of a feasibility study conducted in 1997 by the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland (JECC) in response to prospective parents and donors eager to see a new Jewish high school in Greater Cleveland. Similar high schools were opened in Greater Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Boston in this same time period. Pardes opened in 1999 in the Cleveland College of Jewish Studies building located at 26500 Shaker Boulevard, Beachwood, Ohio. The school's Board of Trustees was composed of leading Cleveland Jewish philanthropists and educators. Its staff included faculty recruited through the efforts of the Mandel Foundation. The students were recruited from area elementary day schools and local public high schools. Student enrollment did not reach projections and the school closed after four years.
The Pardes School Records, 1991-2004 and undated, consist primarily of brochures, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and reports.
This collection is of value to researchers studying Jewish education and private sectarian education in the United States and northeast Ohio in general, and in Beachwood, Ohio, in particular. Of interest are reports regarding the feasibility of the formation of a Jewish day high school and the evaluation and background materials related to the formation of the school. A complete admissions brochure is part of the collection. Those interested in Jewish full-time day school education and the role of volunteer lay leadership will find the collection of value.
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Related MaterialFor more information on efforts to promote Jewish education in the Cleveland, Ohio area, the researcher should also consult MS 4835 Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Records, Series II; and MS 4748 Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education Records, Series II.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 5168 Pardes School Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gifts of Sally Wertheim in 2004 and Lifsa Schachter in 2008.
Processed by Sylvia F. Abrams in 2013.
Series I: Board of Trustees 1998-2001 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Board of Trustees, minutes 1998-2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Committees 1999-2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Committee on Education of the Board 1998-1999 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Educational Goals Committee 2000-2001 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Executive Committee, agendas and minutes 1998-2001 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Head Support Committee 1999-2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Israel, relationship to the State of 1998-2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Members 2000-2001 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Regulations 1998 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Search Committee, for Head of School undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Strategic Planning Committee 2000-2001 | |||||||||
Series II: General Administration 1991-2004 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Brochures, Admissions 1998 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Brochures, Student Yearbook and Graduation 2004 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Correspondence, e-mail 1991-2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Correspondence, resignation of Howard Fine 1999-2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Essay, student undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Evaluation, Jewish Education Center of Cleveland (JECC), COJC (Commission on Jewish Continuity) 1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Feasibility study 1996 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Financial records, financial statement 1998 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Financial records, tuition and financial aid 1999-2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Guidelines, Faculty 1991-2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Memoranda, policies, reimbursement and travel 2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Mission Statements, Vision Statements 2002 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Organizational chart 2000-2001 | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Presentation, Mandel Foundation 1998 | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Publicity records, handbook, prospects undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Publicity records, parent information 1998 | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Recruitment 1999-2000 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Religious Pluralism undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Report, academic initiatives 2002-2003 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Reports, background, materials on formation of The Pardes School 1998 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Reports, Cleveland Hebrew Schools undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Reports, Draft Operational Plan 2000-2001 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Reports, Fiscal Standards and Policies 1998 | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Reports, Head of School 1999-2000 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Reports, Regarding Jewish Day High Schools, Grades 9-12 undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Reports, Regarding Jewish Day Schools, Grades K-8 1991 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Reports, Year-End Report to Donors 2000 | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Reports, daily, of students undated | |||||||||