Contact
If you have questions or comments, or would like to get more involved in strategic planning, please contact us at strategicplanning@eha.org.
Updates
May 3, 2013: Kol HaKavod! Reflections on our Annual Banquet
Kol HaKavod to the many volunteers who made the EHA dinner such a success! Special thanks to dinner co-chairs Chanala Rubenfeld and Naomi Shanker, and journal chair Jen Bierman. We express our gratitude to the Simon and Shanker families for building the institution we are so proud to support… Continue…
march 25, 2013: overview of our work
As Pesach approaches, we wanted to share with you a brief overview of our work with YU that has taken place these past 2 months. Our focus to date has been on information gathering and discovery… Continue…
march 15, 2013: surveys close & yu visits eha
Thank you to all of our survey participants for taking the time to provide feedback about their EHA experience. The YU team is currently analyzing this data to assess the current state of our school and ensure we develop implementable solutions that fit the needs of our community. Continue…
February 22, 2013: committee update following release of surveys
We continue to assess the current state of our school. YU has conducted a detailed financial analysis, benchmarking EHA against peer institutions—day schools of similar enrollment size—and is working with the Strategic Planning Facilitation Committee and additional experts with relevant experience… Continue…
February 6, 2013: committee update
As we begin our work with the YU University-School Partnership to develop a strategic plan for EHA, we wanted to express Hakarat Hatov for the interest and support so many of you have shown for both this process and our school. Continue…
january 23, 2013: EHA in the news
Facing challenges, day school enlists community support, national experts
Read this recent article published in the St. Louis Jewish Light.
january 21, 2013: Committee announcement
We are pleased to announce that the “Strategic Planning Facilitation Committee” has been assembled. With a focus on children and community, this committee will work actively with the YU team to ensure a smooth planning process and maintain open lines of communication among the parents, teachers, staff, Board, donors, and the community at-large. Continue…
january 8, 2013: weekend kickoff update
Thanks to your support and participation, our Strategic Planning process with the Yeshiva University Institute for University-School Partnership is underway. Continue…
january 4-6, 2013: Dr. scott goldberg of yeshiva university to visit st. louis as a kickoff for eha’s strategic planning process
The entire community is invited to join us at any of the following events. We look forward to these engaging and informative sessions with Dr. Goldberg. Continue…
View a diagram of the Process.
january 3, 2013: a letter from the board
Thanks to an unprecedented unified effort by all seven of the community’s Orthodox pulpit rabbis, we have contracted with the Yeshiva University Institute for University-School Partnership to develop a strategic plan for Epstein. Our school is about to embark on a very important and exciting process of planning and building for the future. Continue…
november 9, 2012: a letter from the board
For almost 70 years, the H.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy has served the families of this community. As many of you know, for the past decade our school has been struggling. Our enrollment has fallen, our endowment has dropped, fundraising has reached a plateau, and we have experienced educational challenges. These trends are not stable ones. Continue…
helpful links
Yeshiva University website on Planning and Performance Improvement
Yeshiva University Institute for University School Partnership Staff