What school did you go to?

↑ tryinghard ↓

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 6:03 pm

saw50st8 wrote:

I'm a survivor of Yeshiva of Spring Valley and a graduate from Bruriah. I do not represent YSV at all, but I'm fairly typical of a Bruriah graduate. It's diverse somewhat, but it's diverse within MO...

"Diverse within MO" - have to disagree - a sizeable minority of each grade was not MO when I was there (not sure now) - the "Bais Yaakovy" group in my grade was at least 15 girls - and that has stayed the same with regard to how people "turned out" (ie what they have made of themselves since HS)

amother

Seagreen ↓

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 8:07 pm

BRLC
OC
MSY

Am I a typical BR graduate? Who knows... the school covers practically the full spectrum of the Jewish experience.
But I send my daughter there and it's still a part of my life

amother

Lilac

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 8:26 pm

Manhattan HS
Michlala
Stern

I gained a tremendous amount from each of these places though I don't know if I'm a poster girl. I was disappointed to hear that Michlala didn't do more to protect students from the latest rabbi scandal.

amother

↑ Slategray

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 8:27 pm

flowerpower wrote:

That is sad!!! So what type of school would you send your kids to?

I am sending to a more modern orthodox schools

amother

↑ Coffee ↓

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 8:41 pm

tryinghard wrote:

Same. I was in the top class which was also the "frummest" class then, even though my family is mo. We have a large contingent of girls who went to by seminaries and live in Lakewood now.

amother

Sapphire

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 9:15 pm

saw50st8 wrote:

Went to YSV also. I've often wondered if I know you. Graduated in 96, you?

pesek zman

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 9:17 pm

amother wrote:

BRLC
OC
MSY

Am I a typical BR graduate? Who knows... the school covers practically the full spectrum of the Jewish experience.
But I send my daughter there and it's still a part of my life

I don't know what any of these acronyms mean

amother

Scarlet ↓

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 9:20 pm

Any satmar bp girls on here? Wave

amother

Aquamarine

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 9:39 pm

amother wrote:

Any satmar bp girls on here? Wave

Me!

2010 grad. Guessing rest of the school practices what they preach

amother

Mistyrose

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 9:43 pm

Satmar Monroe grad
My smartphone is for business purposes😃

amother

↑ Scarlet

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 9:49 pm

amother wrote:

Me!

2010 grad. Guessing rest of the school practices what they preach

I probably dont know you. I got married in 2004 (and was a אלטע מיידל )so youre much younger than me.
I the kind of girl that "what?? She has internet??" if youd see me on the street youll never believe that I'm "one of those"

amother

↑ Papaya ↓

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 9:49 pm

amother wrote:

Satmar Monroe grad
My smartphone is for business purposes😃

Finally , I'm not the only one here Smile

I don't need internet access for buisness. I use it for whatever I want. Very Happy

amother

Honeydew

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 10:04 pm

amother wrote:

Unless you've heard of these schools, I'm guessing this thread means nothing to many of us.

Growing up in Queens, I am totally unfamiliar with Bklyn girls' schools. I know a bit more about the boys' schools, only because I had cousins who attended some of them.

And the schools I went to either shut their doors or merged with a larger school years ago.
Yeshiva Dov Revel and Yeshiva High School of Queens (YHSQ), anyone?

I am a product of the home I grew up in and the one I currently share with my husband and children. Not of the schools I attended.

I am from Queens and although I did not attend brooklyn schools, I am familiar with them. It sounds like you are from a very MO background while many of the brooklyn posters are from chassidish backgrounds.

I am not a product of my school since I am quite yeshivish. Even though I attended the more right winged schools, they were still more modern. I don't think it is like that now. I believe that Queens has a mixed crowd with a larger yeshivish crowd than it used to have.

p.s. - dov revel --lol! we used to make fun and call call it Dov Devil!

amother

Pumpkin ↓

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 10:11 pm

amother wrote:

Bobov straight through ( I think I'm the first one here) Like others said before, the school changed a lot since my days which isnt even so long ago. Used to be considered more of a neutral school but it became very "bobov". Theyre very into the rav etc.. I think I can be considered a typical Bobov graduate

Is your dh bobov? Cuz then ur really a Bobov girl Wink

↑ flowerpower ↓

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 10:22 pm

amother wrote:

I am sending to a more modern orthodox schools

Got it!

amother

Apricot

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 10:37 pm

Satmar wmsbg graduate (the old one...). I would say I am somewhat a representative of my school buy in other ways not so much but overall very positive experience m will send my kids there too

mamaof2

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 10:50 pm

Madison h.s. In bklyn

amother

Ginger

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 10:55 pm

amother wrote:

Bais Brocho in Brooklyn.

I am not a product or poster child in any way of the school.

Either way, it had a dramatic shift over the years so it no longer is what it used to be either.

I graduated BBHS too! I wonder if I was there before or after the shift.

amother

↑ Oak ↓

Wed, Jul 20 2016, 11:12 pm

amother wrote:

I graduated BBHS too! I wonder if I was there before or after the shift.

If you're on Imamother, it was probably before. Dk when you graduated, but when I was there, it was a great balanced mix of yeshivish, heimish and chassidish kids. Mrs. David was there to keep Mrs. Bluming's - I'm not sure whether to call it fervor, misplaced idealism, extremism or all 3 - in check.

I have a relative who sends her girls there now, and my friend works there, and from what I hear, it has veered away drastically from the place it used to be. The crowd has changed a lot, but I think the biggest difference is that since Mrs. David has left, the rules have gotten more and more extreme along with the mentality.

For example, girls are now not allowed to bring cameras or cell phones to school. In order to enforce that, they informed the girls on the first day of school that they would be doing 'inspections' and rummaging through girls backpacks/school bags to see if they have cameras or phones there!

Girls came to school wearing booties - black, modest short boots - and Mrs. Bluming banned booties from BB and made them get new boots, because they were 'too stylish'. Same with gray tights - apparently she went on a mini-crusade about them this year.

We learned with Reb. Ledereich that long hair is fine as long as there is some sort of pin in there/it isn't flying or unkempt - apparently Mrs. Bluming decided that girls need to have shoulder length hair - even in ponytails! I've heard from a few people who send there that she called them up to tell them that their daughters - who always wear their hair in a ponytail in school - can't come back to school without a haircut. We're talking about 5 inches past the shoulder, tops, tied back in a ponytail.

Now if you want to say that that's part of the dress code, fine. If you have some idiosyncrasies regarding the image you'd like your students to display, personally I find it disturbing, but as principal of a private school with no board, it's you who calls the shots.

But what I find immensely disturbing is that it's all taught in the name of Yiddishkeit. As they come up with more and more meshugasim to implement, they're teaching it in the name of Hashem and His Torah. Did Mrs. B have her oft-repeated motto in your day to explain all her measures? "At the end of the day, there's a bill to pay." - aka onesh, gehenom.

I wouldn't send there now because I'm from the yeshivish contingent and there's barely any yeshivish families there anymore, but even if there was or if I was chassidish, I would never send my kids there. I am horrified at and strongly disagree with the chinuch they are giving their students now.

amother

Linen

Thu, Jul 21 2016, 3:20 am

Torah highschool of San Diego anyone?
Which year?