Fasman Yeshiva High School
Coordinates: 42°0′39.91″N 87°45′41.25″W / 42.0110861°N 87.7614583°W
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מתיבתא דבית המדרש לתורה על שם הרב אשר צפתמאן זצ"ל | |
| Established | 1967 |
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| Type | Private Secondary |
| Principal | Rabbi Moshe Wender |
| Asst. Principals | Mr. Peter Gobel, Rabbi Mordechai Ginsparg, Rabbi Aharon Gaffen |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Students | 136 |
| Location | 7135 N. Carpenter Rd. Skokie, Illinois, 60077, Skokie, Illinois, United States |
| Website | www.fyhs.htc.edu |
Fasman Yeshiva High School, known colloquially as Skokie Yeshiva,, is the all-boys high school division of Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois. As of the 2016-2017 school year, the school has 136 students enrolled in grades 9-12. Fasman Yeshiva offers a dual curriculum of secular and Judaic studies.
Facilities
Fasman Yeshiva High School is located on a 13-acre (53,000 m2) campus shared with Hebrew Theological College and Hillel Torah Jewish Day School. The Administration Building includes a dining hall, auditorium, library, dormitory and classrooms. The science laboratory, bookstore and game room are also in this building. The Beis Midrash building includes a large study hall as well as additional classrooms, an auditorium, and a fitness room. Sports facilities include a full-size outdoor basketball court, baseball field, and a soccer field.[1]
Academics
General Studies Department
Fasman's general education program includes Advanced Placement college-level courses in biology, calculus, computer science, physics, AP US Government and Politics, U.S. history, Micro/Macro-economics and English. However, certain Advanced Placement offerings vary from year to year. Students are also required to take a minimum of three years of modern, conversational Hebrew.[2]
Torah Studies Department
Fasman Yeshiva High School's Torah studies curriculum includes a preparatory shiur, which is designed to assist students with limited exposure to Talmud to develop their basic skills, in addition to three levels of Jewish studies classes per grade. Each Jewish studies teacher teaches his students Talmud, Jewish Law and Hebrew Bible. Additionally, many students are enrolled in a variety of optional Jewish studies classes after school hours.[3]
Sports
Basketball is the only sport that the school competes in interscholastically. Until the 2010-11 school year, the school had been a member of the Metro Prep Conference, but is now an independent team, which now competes in the state tournament sponsored by the Illinois High School Association.
There are multiple intramural leagues including basketball, baseball, football, soccer, tennis, and chess.[4]
Chesed
Fasman Yeshiva is proud to have its students take part in Chesed Opportunities. The Yeshiva runs a clothing drive called Bigdei Yisrael, which donates clothing to organizations in Israel, who distribute them to hundreds of needy families. Many students have helped out in sorting and packing many tons of clothing to be shipped out to Israel. Additionally students help out with Simcha Weddings, Chicago Chesed Fund, and organizations for children with disabilities such as Chicago Yachad and Chai Lifeline.[4]
Notable alumni
- Rabbi David Hirsch, Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva University
- Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Rosh Yeshiva of Mir Yeshiva (Jerusalem)
- Rabbi Berel Wein, Jewish historian and scholar