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David Posnack Jewish Day School  
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Address: 5890 South Pine Island Road, Suite A
Davie, FL 3338
Telephone: (954) 583-6100
Extension:
Fax: (954) 791-5463
Web address: http://www.posnackschool.org/
 
Name: Idit Cohen
Title: High School Judaic Studies
Address: 5890 South Pine Island Road, Suite A
Davie,  FL  3338
Email: icohen@posnackschool.org
Telephone: (654) 583-6100
Extension:
Fax: (954) 791-5463
Purposes and goals of the program:
David Posnack Jewish Day School teaches Biblical and Modern Hebrew language to children in grades Kindergarten through 12. Students are immersed in Modern Hebrew through the NETA immersion language program (http://netahebrew.com/). The school purports that it is one of the first schools in America to adopt the NETA curriculum (http://www.posnackschool.org/judaic-studies-hs/ ). The purpose and goal of the David Posnack Jewish Day School and the NETA language immersion program are to master the Modern Hebrew language while bringing “harmony between Hebrew language, religion, [and] Jewish culture…the Hebrew language, the vehicle of Jewish renaissance…as the portal to our collective past, present, and future.”(http://www.posnackschool.org/philosophy-mission/) The NETA immersion language program requires licensed language instructors. Students learn to read, write, listen, and converse in Modern Hebrew.  
Program origin:
1974
Program funding:
The program is funded by tuition and donations through their Circle of Friends.
 
Languages/dialects taught:
  • Hebrew
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    Program type:  School-Based
      Elementary
         Grades taught: K-5
      Secondary
         Grades taught: 6-12
      Adult
    Average enrollment: 550
    Total contact hours per week: 30
    Times per week classes meet: 5
    When meetings take place:
    Monday through Thursday 8:00 A.M – 5:30 P.M.; Fridays 8:00 A.M. -2:30 P.M.
    Where meetings take place:
    5890 South Pine Island Road
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    Israeli and Biblical Hebrew, and Spanish
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    Times per week: 5
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    Textbooks:
    Torah, TaNaH, Mishna and secular Hebrew and English books through the NETA Curriculum.
     
    Administrator. (2012, January 1). David Posnack Jewish Day School. Retrieved May 10, 2012, from David Posnack Jewish Day School: http://www.posnackschool.org/about/   6:46 P.M.  
     
    College, H. (2005, January 1). NETA Hebrew. Retrieved March 12, 2012, from netahebrew.com: http://netahebrew.com/  12:10 P.M.
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    Comments:
    The profile of David Posnack Jewish Day School was created by Simhah Tamar in May, 2012.