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KOF BAIS SHEVAT 5769

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 9:04:00 AM

The girls in Lubavitch Senior Girls School have been working tremendously hard in preparation for Kof Bais Shevat, the Yohrzeit of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka. The time of her Yohrzeit (coinciding with the mid-term break for the school) is also the global Kinus HaSheluchos, with women and girls converging on Crown Heights from every corner of the earth. Three girls won the Goral to go to New York: NG of Year 10; BK of Year 9, and SM of Year 9. It is going to be a very special time!

SUMMER 2008 EXAM RESULTS

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 8:06:00 AM

The girls of the Lubavitch Senior Girls School again achieved exceptional results in the GCSE exams taken at the end of Years 10 and 11, and the GCE Advanced and Advanced Supplementary Level, taken at the end of Year 11 and the one year Sixth Form. 12 pupils in year 11 sat an average of 7 GCSEs, and 9 pupils in year 10 took 2 or 3 subjects. A girl in Year 10, who commutes for 2 and a half hours daily, attained 3 A*s. 10 pupils leaving Year 11 achieved 5 or more A*-C passes at GCSE. Two of them achieved straight A*s and As.

At GCSE level there were 62% A* and As. Shaina Charkova, from Riga, Latvia, who joined our school in Year 9, attained 7 passes (A-C) at GCSE including an A*, an A, and a B in English.

At A and AS level, 14 girls from years 11 and 12 took between them 21 exams in Maths, Biblical Hebrew and Religious Studies. 15 of the exams were AS level, and 6 were A2. 100% passed, and 85% achieved A or B.

Rabbi Shmuel Lew, Headmaster, pointed out that Lubavitch Senior Girls School accepts pupils from the whole spectrum of academic ability, and also encourages weaker pupils to enter for the exams, giving everyone the opportunity to achieve their best. These results are well above the National Average. He praised the superb team, led by Mrs Helen Freeman, Headmistress and Mrs Golda Junik, Head of Kodesh, for bringing out the best qualities of each pupil.

Secular studies occupy only 50% of the school day at Lubavitch Senior Girls School. The pupils also study Chumash, Nach, Shulchan Aruch, Chassidic teachings and other Kodesh subjects to a high standard, training them for future leadership positions in Jewish life and the Jewish community.

LUBAVITCH SENIOR GIRLS SCHOOL STUDENTS AMONGST TOP TEN IN COUNTRY

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 7:07:00 AM

Lubavitch students Ester Sudak and Roizy Itzinger were amongst the top ten in the country in GCSE Science: Single Award according to Edexcel, the UK’s largest awarding body.

Ester and Roizy sat their exams in the summer of 2007 at Lubavitch House School and the results show that out of 21,737 candidates, Ester and Roizy both achieved one of the highest overall marks in GCSE Science: Single Award.

Jerry Jarvis, Edexcel’s Managing Director, said: “This is a tremendous achievement and testament to the hard work students put into preparing for their examinations.

“We send our congratulations to Ester and Roizy.”

EXCELLENT RESULTS ALL ROUND: SUMMER 2007

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 6:08:00 AM

Including Ester and Roizy, nearly a third of the 2007 outgoing Year 11 class of Lubavitch Senior Girls School have certificates for six or more GCSE subjects in which they gained A* or A. Over 80% of the class have at least five subjects with grades from A* to C, all including Maths and English. They have thus received a good standard of general education during their years at Lubavitch Senior Girls School, in addition to a very high level of Kodesh study: Chumash with commentaries, Jewish Law, Chassidic Philosophy and other subjects.

This level of attainment for pupils in a non selective school puts the Lubavitch Senior Girls School among the top thirty five state non selective schools, according to the national GCSE results published by the Independent.

The Year 11 girls took GCSE exams in English, French, Maths, Science, History, Modern Hebrew, Child Development, Religious Studies, adding to the Biblical Hebrew they had previously gained in Year 10.

93.3% of all the marks gained this year, including English and Maths, were grades of A*to C, far above the National Average which was 63.3%. More than 60% of the marks were A/A*, for which the National Average was 19.5%.

In Science, 50% of the Lubavitch candidates achieved A or A*, and over 56% achieved A or A* in Maths. These figures are well above the National Average which is, for Science 15.8% A or A* and for Maths 13.8% (for girls, boys tend to achieve lower grades in all subjects).

Most of the girls stay on for the one year Sixth Form, where they complete their A levels. This year’s group took Maths, English and Biblical Hebrew at A level and Religious Studies at AS level.

There was 100% pass rate and over 70% of the final grades were A or B.

After the Sixth Form the Lubavitch students proceed to Seminaries in Israel and elsewhere in order to follow advanced courses in Jewish knowledge. This trains them for their future roles as Rebbetzins, teachers, outreach directors and, in general, highly informed members of the Jewish community, dedicated to advance its future.