A K I B Aa c a d e m y o f d a l l a s

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A K I B A

a m e s s a g e f r o m t h e h e a d o f s c h o o l

Just 55 years ago, the founders of Akiba saw the need for a great Jewish day school in the heart of Dallas. They envisioned a thoughtfully balanced academic program of general studies and Jewish scholarship. They wanted a place where children could learn how to be successful in the real world.

Akiba is realizing this vision, thanks to donors like you who supported our annual campaign to “Honor Our Past. Inspire Our Future.” I’m pleased to share with you this new annual report as another way we are thanking donors for their commitment to Akiba.

We are especially proud to report that parents, faculty, staff, grandparents and friends gave more than $755,000 to bolster academics, Judaic Studies, financial aid and more. More than 340 donors stepped forward in support of Akiba, including 100 percent of our board members and 75 percent of our parents.

To all who gave, thank you for recognizing that tuition alone does not cover the full cost of educating our children. Every gift to Akiba helps bridge this gap. For example, this year Akiba ushered in new STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math initiatives), including weekly labs for Lower School. New STEM coordinator Leidy Luciani lit up classrooms all over campus, inspiring students to create clouds, build rockets and understand the physics behind the “egg drop” project.

Our B’not Sherut program brought two dynamic Israelis to spend a year embedded in our school community. They brought their knowledge of Hebrew, Judaism and Israel to each one of our students, from our infants up to our 8th graders. They enriched learning by immersing our students in projects, like an all-Hebrew “The Wizard of Oz” that blew our guests away. Experiential learning opportunities provided hands-on learning outside of the classroom to help teach our students skills they need for real-world success. Students participated in experiential learning opportunities such as: an integrated music and science trip with the Dallas Symphony and the Dallas Zoo where students were able to compose their own music to animal movements; a trolley ride downtown to experience neighbor-hoods, communities, and our city first-hand; a true pioneer’s adventure at the Log Cabin Village, and much more.

As we welcome more than 35 new students this fall, we are excited for the new year and grateful for our Akiba family.

Sincerely,

Tammie Rapps, Head of School

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A K I B A

_6Members

Mr. David BlankMrs. Dana FeinsteinDr. Ben KoguttMr. Jacques OhayonMrs. Tara OhayonMr. Michael OsterMr. David PodolskyMr. Raphael RosenzweigMrs. Batsheva SchwartzDr. Zev ShulkinMr. Evan SmithMr. Reid SteinMrs. Jenny WaltersMr. David Yalovsky

Executive Board

Mrs. Rachel BerkePresidentMr. Josh HochschulerExecutive Vice PresidentMrs. Sue SchwartzSecretaryMrs. Helene SchusslerVice President of Finance Mrs. Jessica JossetVice President of Head of School Executive CommitteeMrs. Talia RosenbergVice President of DevelopmentMr. Jay CeitlinImmediate Past President

Members

Mrs. Erica MorenoffPresidentParent Teacher OrganizationMrs. Tammie RappsHead of SchoolMrs. Ann RosenbergLife Trustee

b o a r d o f t r u s t e e s

Many of our families honored loved ones or special events by sponsoring parnas hayom, a day of learning at school.

A K I B A

Cornerstone $50,000 and up◆

Linda and Steve BlasnikThe Schultz Romaner Families Leslie and Howard Schultz●

Jaynie Schultz and Ron Romaner Kathryn and Andy Schultz ‘80●●

Pillar $25,000 - $49,999◆

Rachel and Matthew Berke● Stacy and David Blank●●

Kim and Bobby GoldsteinLindsay and Josh Hochschuler●

Ruthy and Steven Rosenberg ‘72●●

Visionary $18,000 - $24,999◆

Kari and Jay Ceitlin●

Dana and Ari Feinstein●

Ann Rosenberg●

Barbara and Sheldon Stein● Aliza and Reid Stein●

Tracey and Shane Stein ‘92●

Benefactor $10,000 - $17,999◆

Beverly and Joe GoldmanLizzy and Jules Greif ‘80●●

Rebecca and Alex Nussbaum●

Jennifer and Michael RobbinsTalia and Eliezer Rosenberg ‘97●●

Sury and David Sacher●

The Sylvan T. Baer Foundation

Patron $5,000 - $9,999◆

Toni and Bill Breindel Lori and Mike Cohen Bobbi and Richard Massman●

Audra and Jacques Ohayon● Mariana and David Podolsky●

Stephanie and Dan Prescott

Patron (continued)Barbara and David Radunsky●

Karen and Kyle Rovinsky●

Ruth and David Tobin Sandra and David Veeder ‘71●

Bonnie and Jeff Whitman● Ilana and David Yalovsky

Partner $3,600 - $4,999◆

Anonymous●

Akiba Academy of Dallas PTO Amy and Dustin Eber●

Leonard EberGladys Golman-Fay Dallen Education FundKerri and David GoldfarbRabbi Maury and Malka GrebenauJessica and Craig Josset●

Janice and Darryl Meyerovitz●

Tammie and Joshua Rapps●●

The Rudman Partnership

Chai Investor $1,800 - $3,599◆

Eric AffeldtLori and Joel Alhadef ‘71●

ALON Laura and Ezra Burstein●

Rabbi Zvi and Aida Drizin ‘97●● Pam and Jeff Fine● David GedaliaRebecca and Jack Goetz Lisa and Neil Goldberg● Sherry and Kenny Goldberg Linda and Jeff Hochster● Carole Ann and Jay Hoppenstein●

Kahn Mechanical Contractors Susan and Alan Klein●

Max Korenvaes● Elizabeth and Robert LienerMarcie Meier●

Adriana and Dani MeyerovitzShauna and Ryan Milstein

Chai Investor (continued)Steven NatinskyAyala and Michael Oster●●

Sherri and Mickey RadoffMarni and Graeme Rael●

Terri and Richard Rohan ‘71●

Gussie Rosenberg●

Marilyn and Michael RutnerHelene and Jeff Schussler●

Batsheva and Gary Schwartz●

Sue and Greg Schwartz●

Vivian and David* SteinbornIMA | Waldman Jenny and Michael Walters● Linda and Michael WolfsonKaren and Mike Zucker ‘71●

Supporter $500 - $1,799Dahlia and Gil Abramov ‘85●

Abby and Eric Bates●

Shiva and Jarrod BeckJordana and Josh BernsteinRobert BookHolly and Michael CleggLinda Wisch-Davidsohn●

Celine and Nicolas Darsa● Suzy and Reuben Davidsohn ‘87●

Diane and Richard Diamond●

Roxanne and Brett Diamond Tammy and Adam Diamond Sara and Kevin DymReesa and David Feinstein● Naomi and Daniel Feuer●

Laura and Richard FineLauren and Benjamin Fine●

Michelle and Ran Friedman●

Michelle and Joshua GarrenRachel and Perren Gasc●

Goly and Joseph Glatstein ‘99● Courtney and Chad GoldbergPaula Goldstein● Atara and Danny Guttman

Supporter (continued)Ayelet and Liran Haviv● Ruthy and Scott HenkinJohn Hochman● Shannon and Michael HoffmanSusan and Jeremy HollanderJanet and Jeff Hoppenstein ‘78●

Angela Aaron HorowitzJudy and Jeff Kogutt●

Eileen and Aaron Kreisler● Stacey LaxPninit and Wayne Lampert●

Karen and Walter Levy Erica and Dan MorenoffArlene and Louis Navias●

Ronna and Larry Nussbaum●

Sarah and David PailetNaomi and Michael Pollard Emily and Jay Prengler ‘81●

Rabbi Ariel and Jessica RackovskyNatalie and Lawrence Rael●

Michelle and Ori RaphaelAri ReubinIlana and Raphael RosenzweigLauren and Joseph Savariego Sarina and Harry Schick● Shiri and Ronen Sharvit●

Zev Shulkin ‘94●

Carole and Norman Silverman● Slingshot Ventures Invs LPHilary and Josh Stern●

Robin and Evan Stone● Lisa and David Strobel●

The Samantha Lauren Sweet FundAvia and Avi Trachtingot●

Helen and Shami Waldman● Laura and Ben WeinsteinAlyssa and Barry Wernick● Jennifer and Michael Winton●

Eileen and Daniel Wohlgelernter●

Lois Wolf●

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Akiba gratefully acknowledges all donors who gave to Akiba during the past fiscal year from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017.

◆ Leadership Giving

* Of Blessed Memory● Grandparents● Alumni● B’not Sherut Program Donor● Mitzvah Moment Donor

A K I B A

Friend $18 - $499Anonymous (2) Abbott Laboratories Gianina and Shimon AbouzagloJoumana and Edward Abraham Libby and Sidney Abramowitz● Orly AchkenazyJordan Ackerman Alissa and Stu AkermanPam Alexander●

Rachel and David AlexanderCaroline and Brad Alhadef●

Sivan and Lior AlmogSara and Jerry Alperstein●

Carol and David Agronin Michelle ArmourNaomi and Raz Asoulin-HandelmanATID Services, LLCEstelle and Sol Barzune* Heather and David BehrLiat and Amit Berger Deborah and Ronald BerzonStacy and Darren Blank Rebekkah and Michael BlashkaRabbi Menachem and Rivka BlockSharon and Marc BlumbergAndi and Gary BonnerDebbie and Sheldon Bootin● Susan and Corbet Bryant Stacey and Chuck Butler ‘83Marissa Caspary Jorge and Heidy Cheirif●

Amy and Gene Cherrnay●

Michelle and Arbe Cohen Marni and Seth DavidowStephanie and James Davis Michele and Neil DeganiMarni and Meyer DennJazmon and Ramy DuBrowLeah Rae and Larry Elewitz Dena and Simon EnglanderDia and Barry Epstein Sylvia and William* Epstein●

Rotem Fartook Orly and Oren FassJulie and Matthew FeldmanNaomi and Daniel Feuer●

Jeri and Bill Finkelstein● Susan and Steven Finkelstein●

Linda Fisch●

Helen Fogel*●

Harriet Frankfort●

Barbra and Allan FurmanDana and Brad GaswirthMiriam and Paul GellerMelissa and Casey GendasonJackie and Alan Gerson Sonni GoffmanJuliana and Brian GoldenbergTally and Alex GoldfarbSuri and Jerry Goldfeder●

Rabbi Asher and Rivka GoldschmidtDevorah and Zachery GoldsteinAbby and Benjamin Goodman ‘03● Hulda and Robert GottliebJoyce and Yair GovrinDebbie and Ron Green Maxine & Robert Greenstein●

Sara and Abraham Grief Ellen and Mark Grishman Kay and David Grishman●

Ashley and Marc GrossfeldStephanie and Barry GrossmanCaroline and Yoav HahnShari and Aaron HandlerRabbi Baruch and Mooka HechtRabbi Joe and Abby HirschEliza and Jared HochmanJanice Hochman●

Kim and Stephen Hochschuler● Richard Hodes Jona and Robert Hoffman● Rabbi Yehuda and Esther HorowitzLisa and Carlos IdoRivka and Eli Ivri●

Mark Jacobs Annie and Gavin Kam Beth Kaplan Cecilia and Travis KatzRabbi Yisroel and Nechama KatzJulia and Aaron KaufmanAviva and Eric KavoshDoris and Mordecai Klein Merissa and Ben Kogutt ‘00●

Amy and Harlan KorenvaesCarol and Mark KreditorHanna LambertBarbara and Leon Lampert●

Melissa LampertDavid Portnoy and Shira LanderShira and Mordecai LangerRachel and Tomer LankriStephen LaxAaron and Lydia Lazarus Leslie and Marshall LestzRosa and Josef Levi Cheryl and Mark LeVine●

Jennifer and Joel LeVine Aviva and Charles Levner●

Matana L’evyonim Leslie and Chuck Lowenstein● Jeanette and Jeff Lurie●

Leora LurieShelley and David LurieSusan LuskeyJason LutinGail and Bob MabelInna and Eugene MalinaSandy and Andrew Marks Carla McGeeMamta and Zubin Mehta Audree and Alan Meyer● Christie and Bruce MeyerKaren and Brent MeyerJudy Morenoff●

Lisa and Will Morgan Janice Schwarz and Edwin-MullinsSusan and Eddie Najjar●

Rosalie NilloMichal and Amir Ohana Tara and Joey OhayonMarta OlchykMatan and Kfir OvidMichael PetersonRachel and Greg PinnCharlene and Michael Pinn●

Debra PolskyPhyllis and Lawrence Pomerantz●

Sandy and Richard PragerTina and Bill Prodouz●

Professional Dynamics Dina and Joseph RavitskyDanielle RetanLindsey RetanMarcela and Albert RevaStaci and Scott ReznikIlana and Ian RibaldJulie and Ken Robinowitz● Elyse and Murray RoseSarah and Chad RosenShirley and Erven RovinskyStephen RubackDora and Cary Rudberg Fay and Murray Rutner●

Abigail and Yoni RuttenbergDoris and Yair SaboniElizabeth and Arie Salzman Dorit and Joey SchonbrunnDevra and Jonathan Schreiber Yaffa and Dan Schuller Pamela and Joseph SchwarczBeverly and George Schwartz●

Beth and Daniel SeltzerRabbi Peretz and Michal ShapiroMichele and Itay SharoniRabbi David and Goldie Shawel Erika SigelAviva Silverman Daniella and Evan SmithIlene Smoger Rica and Joseph Sonego●

Tikki and Avi SpodekKim and Jaryd SteinArlene and David Steinfield Rabbi Meir and Miriam TannenbaumRabbi Binyamin and Rachel TerenyoAlana and Beau TinninTerry and Lawrence Tobin● Yaelle and Justin TuckerJudy and Walter Uhrman●

Leigh Ann and Patrick UnkenholzLee and Leon Veeder● Devon and Jon Wayne●

Janice and Arthur WeinbergGail and Harvey Weiner●

Jodi and Seth Weisblatt

Rabbi David and Judy Weiss● Sheryl and Stuart Wernick ‘78Marna and Brandon WilliamsBlair and Matan WolfsonRabbi Howard and Annette Wolk Aimee and Doug WortendykeSarah and Dror YahalomKim Young Kathryn and Adam Zack Katherine and Warren Zahler Ethel ZaleCantor Itzhak and Leah Zhrebker

Akiba Academy has made every effort to ensure that this listing is accurate and complete. We regret any omissions or errors and request that any mistakes be reported to the Development Office.

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A K I B A

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2016-2017 $1,593,132

2015-2016 $1,578,326

2014-2015 $1,685,800

2013-2014 $1,547,894

2012-2013 $1,413,255

financial aid and tuition remission

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

$5,500,000

$5,000,000

$4,500,000

$4,000,000

$3,500,000

$3,000,000

$2,500,000

$2,000,000

$1,500,000

$1,000,000

$4,9

67,7

64

$4,7

91,2

67

$5,3

16,5

59

$5,2

65,0

21

$5,4

85,3

25

our endowment is growing. Making an endowed gift to Akiba is an investment in a strong future. Endowed gifts are invested, not spent, and the distributions provide a consistent source of support.

in 2016-2017, donors gave

$755,778to akiba

Hundreds of donors stepped forward to expand STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) offerings through the Mitzvah Moment. Gifts insure that students have access to cutting-edge technology, instruction and learning opportunities.

A K I B Aa c a d e m y o f d a l l a s

12324 Merit Dr. Dallas, TX 75251 214.295.3400 akibaacademy.org

Generous donors sponsor religious books that serve as the foundation for students’ first books library.