Academics
Gann Academy has a dual curriculum combining Jewish Studies and General Studies. Students are required to take four years of Hebrew, and an additional 3 years of either French, Spanish, or Chinese are strongly recommended. Each class meets for three hours weekly, with the exception of co-curricular activities.
Gann Academy neither ranks its students (and consequentially has no valedictorian) nor does it assign its students a GPA.
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“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)
“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
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