Shulamith opens in Cedarhurst

The Shulamith School for Girls opened the school year in the former Number Five School in Cedarhurst, occupying its own building for the first time.

  The school, with 540 students from nursery through ninth grade, is leasing the building from Lawrence District 15 for $500,000 a year for two years, with an option for another year.

“G-d willing, we’d love to stay many years here,” said Shulamith Executive Director Rabbi Perry Tischwell.

Students arriving at 305 Cedarhurst Ave. on Tuesday were welcomed by fresh paint on the walls and new furniture and lockers.

Cedarhurst Deputy Mayor Israel Wasser, a Shulamith trustee whose daughter Shayna is a Shulamith sixth-grader, said “my daughters have been attending since the nursery level. There were three different locations for the three divisions, and now they’re all brought together here. This is beautiful for the community.”

Among tangible benefits brought by the move is a gym, Rabbi Tischwell said. “They will be able to play and practice here, as we had no room for them to do that before. With our new playing facilities, our nutrition and physical education programs, along with our sports teams, will take off. We can really practice what we preach, where the next generation can take care of their bodies and minds.”

Principal Rina Zerykier added, “Our mission is that our students be educated from head to heart.”