Meoros & Bnos Ester Malka- please chime in!

amother

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 6:15 pm

I have to give an answer in the next 2 days for a slot in Bnos Esther Malka or Meoros. It’s my first girl going to school in lakewood as my older girls already graduated when we lived in NY. Could anyone tell me the difference specifically between these two specifically? I know there are many threads but I’m wondering about these two because I have to give an answer to one of them.
I’m curious to know specifically about the crowd type in both but also about the overall principals and the way they’re run. It would be so helpful to me if anyone could give me specific differences If there are any. Thank you

amother

Amaranthus

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 6:33 pm

Meoros is probably a drop more to the right. BEM principal Mrs. Schorr is amazing. She's a tzadeikes and an amazing person and very warm. BEM is a mix of alot of types.

amother

Nasturtium ↓

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 6:40 pm

They have tons of overlap both are great schools. Meoros has the plus of having a high school now so you don't have to go through the torture of getting in.

amother

Jade ↓

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 6:54 pm

Bnos Esther Malka is amazing! All types of families, but not pressured. Principal is the greatest, noone like her in the world. Very warm, happy school

cupcake123 ↓

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 7:01 pm

Very similar well run schools. Both excellent principals and Both schools have a great name.

Good luck! You'll be happy wherever you land up!

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amother

↑ Nasturtium

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 7:03 pm

cutewife wrote:

Whats Meoros HS called?

They bought Aderes

GLUE

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 7:06 pm

Which school is easier to get to?
Pick that one

The schools are in two different parts of town, if you don't get transportation which one would you rather drive to?

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amother

Crystal

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 7:07 pm

They are both great schools. The fact that Meoros has a high school is a huge huge plus imo.

amother

Azure ↓

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 7:11 pm

Another thrilled BEM parent here. The school is so warm and well run and the academics are great. The staff are real role models.
I hear a lot of people are happy in Meoros too. The parent body is pretty interchangeable for the most part. BEM is a little more oot.
I’m happy for you that you have two slots! It’s hard to get any slot this year!

amother

↑ Azure ↓

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 7:13 pm

cupcake123 wrote:

Very similar well run schools. Both excellent principals and Both schools have a great name.

This is me trying hard to find a difference- I think in BEM the crowd is working type and in meoros it's more of a learning for 5 years after marriage and then working type.

But could be in wrong and just going into the Itty bitty.. meoros has more of a yeshivish flavor although they're both not considered very yeshivish schools according to lakewood

Good luck! You'll be happy wherever you land up!

My DH learned for 6 years, my friend’s learned for five…. But you’ll find all sorts here.

↑ cupcake123

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 7:15 pm

amother Azure wrote:

My DH learned for 6 years, my friend’s learned for five…. But you’ll find all sorts here.

Ttly theyre very simiar schools overall. Just trying to find some sort of differentiation.
But really theyre both great

keym

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 7:18 pm

I agree with GLUE.
Youre signing up for 9 years. Who knows about bussing and stuff.
Which is closer? Which is less inconvenient to drive to? Which one do neighbors send for carpools?

And also has Aderes confirmed that they're accepting all Meoros girls or us that an assumption

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amother

↑ Azure

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 7:19 pm

Is Aderes automatically accepting all Meoros girls? That’s amazing!
I wish all schools here would have that!

amother

Lightcyan

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 7:38 pm

Bnos Esther malka is warm, excellent academics and mrs schorr is amazing. She calls when my girls are absent and sent cookies for my bar mitzva and when I was sitting shiva and sent container of soup when we moved. The teachers are amazing. It’s a mix all types plenty of out of towners

The people I know that send to meoros are more trendy with it , longer sheitals more fancy younger crowd

Bem is also connected to Aderes because mrs Drillman the English principal her mother in law is the principal of Aderes so 13 girls from my daughters class in bem went to Aderes

amother

↑ Jade ↓

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 7:40 pm

amother Azure wrote:

My DH learned for 6 years, my friend’s learned for five…. But you’ll find all sorts here.

And mine is still learning, many more years later (yes, I know there aren't many like that)

amother

Opal

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 7:55 pm

A lot of the crowd is interchangeable.
I send to BEM, I don't know people there who didn't learn for a few years after marriage, but there could be. I would say closer to half the class more balebatish, a mix of OOT type and yeshivish the other half.
Meoros is a little newer, so it's going to have a slightly younger crowd.
Both are great choices. Hatzlocha

amother

Anemone

Mon, Nov 11 2024, 8:10 pm

I wish I can take your BEM slot!
Sent in application before r"h and haven't heard a thing from them. We are a normal frum family...oh well.