Yeshiva University High School for Boys: Idea and Vision

Our Yeshiva teaches toward excellence in learning and life, guided by the truths of our Tradition and the attainments of the human spirit. It is by the light of both of G-d's expressions of His Will-through creation and revelation, nature and torah—that we come to understand the beauty and complexity of the world around us. Torat Chesed , scholarship combined with service to man and G-d, is the guiding principle of our community. Academic knowledge and achievement must always be complemented by moral integrity, greatness of spirit, humility and loving-kindness. Our teaching reflects this commitment to the cultivation of a total, integrated human personality, at home in two systems of thought and fully fluent in two languages of discourse, the Judaicparticular and the humanistic-universal. The religious-ethical arena is where knowledge and deed intersect, and so both the life of thought and action are vigorously pursued in all our educational endeavors—from beit midrash, to classroom, to ballfield, from Shul to stage. Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, z.t.l., one of our Yeshiva's most revered and articulate leaders, compellingly conveyed to his talmidim that the human person is both a majestic creator of his or her own meaning and a commanded creature longing for tradition and community. Yeshiva University High School recognizes this complex tension that shapes the pull and push of human nature and attempts to develop a powerful expression of each pole of human existence, through creative intellectual challenge and religious and personal growth and identification. We are proud of our particular educational Masorah (tradition, habit of thinking, being and practice), as we continue to calibrate the educational and cultural landscape of our contemporary world against our guiding ideas, practices and vision. We look forward to further articulating our educational mission with you, our students, faculty, and families, and welcome the many exciting discussions that will,
G-d willing, be generated together throughout the coming months and years.

Head of School