Change of Name
As of January 2008 it was announced that:
- A $4 million gift will establish an endowment for Yavneh Day School, which will take on the name of the donor, the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati said Friday.
- The gift, from the Rockwern Charitable Foundation, will "reinvigorate and secure the future" of the Kenwood school, according to a news release. It also will kick off an effort to increase the endowment to $10 million by 2012.
- In honor of the donation, the school will be renamed the Rockwern Academy, the Federation said.
- "Rockwern's trustees understand that today a top-quality, independent Jewish day school is an absolute prerequisite for any city that wants to support a vibrant Jewish community," said Shepard Englander, CEO of the Federation, which secured the gift for the school and will manage the endowment.
- The Cincinnati-based Rockwern Charitable Foundation was established by the late Dr. Samuel Rockwern. Yavneh Day School, founded in 1953, has more than 230 children enrolled in pre-school through eighth grade.
Read more about this topic: Yavneh Day School (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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