What is the difference between magen avot and rappaport?

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heartinzion

Wed, Aug 09 2017, 5:14 pm

Do you know what district Rappaport is in? What neighborhoods are included? We are looking for a Torani neighborhood, like possibly nofei hashemesh..

juggling

Wed, Aug 09 2017, 5:26 pm

Nofei hashemesh has an excellent school within close walking distance. It's also torani, although the population includes some more mesorati families. It's called Orot. Rapaport is a bus ride from there. However, many kids do commute from Nofei hashemesh to rapaport. Generally the city has considered rapaport to be open to all neighborhoods. To be completely honest, that could change. But it's unlikely to.

heartinzion

Wed, Aug 09 2017, 5:42 pm

Orot is a boys school? I have only boys so looking for boys schools.

What would you say are the differences between Orot and Rappaport? Level of education about the same? Does Orot have a lot of English speaking and are used to dealing with olim?

juggling

Wed, Aug 09 2017, 5:51 pm

Orot, like rapaport, has a boys' school and a girls' school. In the case of Orot, the buildings are on adjacent lots. But they are completely separate schools, with separate principals and separate teachers.

I would say that there are fewer olim at Orot. Enough English speakers to talk to, but not so many that learning Hebrew won't happen. Rapaport has majority English speakers in some classes. The school definitely gets olim. Rapaport gets more.

More of the English speakers at Orot have lived here since babyhood. I find the American kids at rapaport are still very American. They follow American sports, rather than israeli ones, etc. The culture at Orot is much more israeli, even among kids who speak English at home.

Religiously, as I mentioned, Orot has some families that aren't really torani. But there is a huge overlap.

Academically, I think they are similar.

heartinzion

Wed, Aug 09 2017, 8:10 pm

Wow, you guys are awesome. Thank you so much for all your help!!

amother

Burgundy

Sun, Aug 27 2017, 7:29 am

Sorry to revive an old thread, but ow do these schools compare/contrast with Bnos malka?

amother

Teal

Sun, Aug 27 2017, 12:19 pm

Bnos Malka is like open yeshivish. More yeshivish than magen avot which has many dati people in. Bnos Malka is american yeshivish- knee socks, not tights, no tv, limited internet access, etc

amother

Tan

Sun, Feb 04 2018, 10:49 am

I know this is an old thread but I didn't want to start a whole new one on the same topic.
How "yeshivish" is magen avot? Do all the fathers there wear black hats or is it more of a mix?

amother

Lemon

Sun, Feb 04 2018, 1:10 pm

Definitely not to the black hats! My dh doesn't, and I'd say out of my son's class, maybe 5 would. Its yeshivish, but not THAT yeshivish, if you know what I mean...

amother

Tan

Sun, Feb 04 2018, 3:16 pm

Thanks so much

Greenbelle

Mon, Jul 05 2021, 2:45 am

We just moved to YM two weeks ago.
We have a meeting with them today; and I have a question about the dress code.
Are socks required? Short socks? Is there a uniform?

Can anyone tell me what Rappaport's equivalent in the tri-state area would be?
Also
Does anyone have information about Noam girl's school in Kiryat Moshe?

thank you!

amother

Chartreuse

Mon, Jul 05 2021, 3:52 pm

Greenbelle wrote:

Wrong thread. This thread is for schools in Beit Shemesh, not in YM.

juggling

Mon, Jul 05 2021, 4:28 pm

amother [ Chartreuse ] wrote:

Wrong thread. This thread is for schools in Beit Shemesh, not in YM.

Correct. There is a Rapaport school in Jerusalem and one in Beit Shemesh. They were originally connected, but they are really very different at this point.

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