hcsc president's report 2014

President’s Report

2014

2 hebrew charter school center

1 hebrew charter school center 2014 president’s report

contents

From the Chair (Momentum) 2

From the President 5

About HCSC 6

2014 Highlights 13

Our Thanks 14

List of Donors 16

Financials 21

Staff & Board 22


In addition to serving as chair of the Board of Directors for the Hebrew Charter School Center, Sara Berman also chairs the boards of Hebrew Language Academy Charter School and Harlem Hebrew Language Academy Charter School From 2004 to 2008, she was a weekly columnist for The New York Sun, focusing on the expe-rience of raising children in New York City Before that, she was the features editor and then the news editor at The Forward, America’s national Jewish newspaper From 2002 to 2005, Sara chaired the board of the Makor/Steinhardt Center, one of eight centers at the 92nd Street Y Currently she serves on the Board of Directors of The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life and the Board of Trustees of the Areivim Philanthropic Group She graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University, where she studied history

from the chair

Momentum

A lot hAs hAPPened since we lAunched the hebRew chARteR school centeR in 2009. Our first school, the Hebrew Language Academy Charter School in Brooklyn, opened that year and today serves nearly 500 students from a variety of economic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds. Since then we’ve opened five similar schools – in Harlem, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and two in California. HCSC schools weave the study of Hebrew language and of Israel into a robust educational program.

Our newest school will open in Minneapolis in 2015, and we are actively exploring the creation of additional schools in New York City, as well as in cities such as Boulder, Detroit, and Atlanta.

This momentum is no accident. We are building a movement of academically rigorous dual-language charter schools across America that teach children of all backgrounds to become fluent and literate in Modern Hebrew and prepare them to be productive global citizens.

Right now, more than 1,200 children are being educated in our schools across the country, but our vision is to someday serve tens of thou-sands of students each year. As you look through this report, we invite you to renew your commitment to be a vital part of this exciting venture, or, if you have not yet joined us, to strongly consider doing so – we’d love to have you at our side!

Sara Berman, Chair of the Board

Sara Berman


from the president

in this, my fiRst PResident’s RePoRt since joining hcsc in jAnuARy, i Am PRoud to shARe so much good news with you. In the few short years since we began building this American network of dual-language Hebrew charter schools, we have seen quite a lot of progress:

1,253 children are now learning in our six schools across the country, in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.

Our schools are wonderfully diverse, with students from a wide array of racial, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Hundreds of children are speaking, reading, and writing Modern Hebrew with great proficiency – something that always brings smiles of delight to the faces of native Hebrew speakers who visit our schools.

Our students’ academic performance continues to be very strong, as shown in the most recent round of state tests.

90 new HCSC alumni – our very first graduating classes from He-brew Language Academy and Hatikvah – are now in middle schools, and we are working to stay closely connected to them as they grow into ambassadors for the HCSC mission.

I hope you enjoy reading this report, and see in it what I see: the story of a growing and vital movement of schools. I am confident that we will make more contributions in the years to come, as we become an increas-ingly important presence in the worlds of dual-language instruction, diverse schooling, Israel and global studies, and charter schools.

Jon Rosenberg, President and CEO

Jon is an experienced social sector leader, education program developer, and civil rights lawyer He has served as CEO of Repair the World, as executive director of Roads to Success, and in senior staff roles at Edison Schools Inc , The Children’s Aid Society, and the U S Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Jon began his legal career as a public defender at The Legal Aid Society He is an active volunteer in the Montclair School District, where he and his family live, and serves on the boards of Ascend Learning and Roads to Success He is a past-chair of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Education and the Law A graduate of Columbia Law School, he holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania

Jon roSenBerg

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our miSSion

about HCSC

building a movement of academically rigorous

dual-language charter schools across America that

teach children of all backgrounds to become

fluent and literate in modern hebrew and

prepare them to be productive global citizens.

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the hebRew chARteR school centeR is building the hebrew public charter school movement in America. created in 2009, hcsc helps to launch and sustain schools around the country. our network’s schools provide a robust academic program that immerses students in the hebrew language, teaches about the history and culture of israel and its immigrant communities, and emphasizes students’ commitments to each other, to their communities, and to the world.

Academic model The first priority in our schools is to provide excellent learning op-portunities for every child. HCSC supports schools in training their teachers to differentiate instruction so that every child grows to his or her full academic potential. HCSC schools track student learning to make sure each child acquires foundational skills in literacy and math so that they can excel in all of their subjects. Our two oldest schools (and the only ones in our network that currently have tested grades) have shown strong results on state exams. And our students’ global awareness and proficiency in Hebrew set them apart from their peers in other schools. We are always striving to sharpen both our program model and its implementation so that our schools and students accelerate their growth.


growth of the networkOur vision is to create dozens of excellent schools across the United States, serving tens of thousands of students. We started small in 2009 with our first elementary school, Hebrew Language Academy in Brook-lyn, which in its first year served 150 students. We have had nearly ten-fold growth in the five years since then, serving 1,253 students in six schools in three states and the District of Columbia. We’re ready to launch our first middle school programs, and to open new schools (including a seventh in 2015 in Minnesota). But to sustain that pace of growth requires a committed, focused effort from HCSC staff, community partners and leaders, and a growing number of sup-porters.

diversityIn many of our nation’s communities, racial and economic isolation continue unabated, and children go through years of schooling without encountering, working with, or befriending peers from other back-grounds. We believe that schools should be places not only of rigorous education, but also of meaningful integration – indeed, that the two go hand-in-hand. As our students learn about the world around them, they do so in school environments that are manifestly diverse and that reflect our commitment to serve students from all backgrounds. We use a variety of practices – from careful site selection to expansive community outreach to thoughtful program design – ensuring that HCSC schools are among the most diverse in the nation. As a reflec-tion of our commitment to diversity, we have joined the newly-formed National Coalition of Diverse Charter Schools. Going forward, we need our supporters to continue to spread the word that Hebrew Charter School Center schools are for all.


WHy HatikvaH? ❤ The Lins were new to the neighborhood; a neighbor’s daughter was

attending Hatikvah and was very positive and excited about the school In a meeting with

the school, the Lins learned teachers were very willing to help Edessa get up to

speed (she had not attended kindergarten) and they decided Hatikvah was

the best choice

BenefitS of HatikvaH ❤ Edessa has a greater appreciation for the Hebrew language and

Israeli culture and hopes to visit Israel one day The school is very community

service oriented, engaging students in projects and activities related to the community

aneCdote ❤ Edessa is somewhat shy but very relational Her teacher noticed her personality and

took the time to pair her with another girl who had a similar personality They have been best

friends ever since She has benefited greatly from that friendship and has thrived at school partially

because of her teacher’s individual attention

Elewyn, Edessa, and Elise Lin, with their parents Sara and Sam.

name:

Edessa Lin

SCHool: Hatikvah International Academy

age/grade: 7yo / 3rd grade

ParentS: Taiwanese Americans Sam Lin, minister, and Sarah Lin, homemaker

StudentProfile

about HCSC

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reSultS SnaPSHothebrew language Academy I Brooklyn, N Y

about HCSC

Performance in math & english language Arts (elA) ( Math and ELA)

31.4%

hlA ny state ny city district 22 nyc charter schools

52.5%41.1% 40.1%

44.5% 48.8%

31% 29.8%35.6% 31.9%

Performance in math (low-income and black students) ( Low-Income and Black)

hlA ny state ny city district 22

29.9%24%

42.7%36% 33.8%

22.8%

38.5%

28.1%

Percent of students at advanced math level ( Advanced Math)

hlA ny state ny city district 22 nyc charter schools

28.1%

16.3% 17% 18.9% 20.5%


hebrew studiesFrom the very first day of school all of our children are greeted by Hebrew teachers who speak to them in Modern Israeli Hebrew. Very quickly, they start to answer their teachers’ questions using Hebrew words and, before long, speak in sentences. The goal of our Hebrew language instruction is for students to speak, read, write, and understand the Hebrew that is used throughout Israel and by Hebrew speakers around the world. We train Hebrew teachers in the Profi-ciency Approach and assess students’ language acquisition progress throughout the year. In 2009, when we had a single school, we had only four teachers of Hebrew; now, in 2014, our six schools employ 60. Finding and training an ever-increasing number of teachers who are fluent Hebrew speakers is one of our big challenges, and we continue to build new partnerships in both the U.S. and in Israel to ensure we have the pipeline of talent that our students deserve.

israel and global studiesOne of HCSC’s key goals is for students to learn about the culture and history of Israel. We have created a curriculum that incorporates the study of Israel with the study of world geography, culture and history. As our children learn the continents of the world, they come to know stories of people who have immigrated to Israel from each continent. This learning happens at the same time that they trace their own family’s origins and how they came to live in the United States. When children learn about holidays and cultural celebrations around the world, teachers explain how different countries celebrate their culture and compare these events with similar celebrations in the U.S. and Israel. Going forward, we are deepening this curriculum for current grade levels and expanding it to meet the needs of middle school learners.


the hcsc network


reSultS SnaPSHot hatikvah Academy I East New Brunswick, N J

hebrew charter school center

2014 highlights

school enrollment growth: Across our six network schools, we are now serving 1,253 students, a nearly ten-fold increase since our first school launched in 2009

new schools: We helped open Lashon Academy in Los Angeles in 2014, and are working with Agamim Academy in Minneapolis, which will open in 2015

leadership: HCSC kicked off 2014 with a new leader, jon Rosenberg, who began his position as president and CEO in early January We also added two terrific new board members: caroline greenwald and Adam smolyar

fundraising: Our March Aladdin and September “Autumnfest” events were great successes, together raising more than $800,000 A full list of HCSC contributors can be found on page 16

Performance in math and elA ( Math and ELA)

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91%78.5%76.7%

62.5% 64.9%55.1%

88.5%80.9% 78.3%

66.7%

89.9%83.6% 77.2%

56.9% 54.7%

23.4%

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HCSC welcomes interested parties to contact us about helping to launch a school in their community

�Existing�Schools brooklyn harlem east new brunswick, nj washington, dc minneapolis* (*opening 2015) los Angeles san diego

Locations�under�active�consideration Queens brooklyn staten island south jersey Philadelphia Atlanta detroit lA Austin boulder

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name:

Ronit Ron-Yerushalmi

SCHool: Kavod Elementary

title: Hebrew Curriculum

Coordinator

WHy kavod? ❤ Ronit learned about HCSC while she was working in Arizona and was inspired by its mission and particularly the use of the Proficiency Approach for teaching Hebrew

role at kavod? ❤ She mentors Hebrew teachers, helps with writing their lesson plans, designs the Hebrew curriculum for each grade level, and develops technology tools for acquiring and practicing Hebrew She developed the Israel cur-riculum for Kavod and helped integrate Hebrew into the social studies and science lessons for all grade levels, as well as developed the physical education and electives curriculum in Hebrew

exPerienCe So far ❤ “So far it has been a very rewarding job I enjoy being able to actually see how children learn to speak Hebrew, how they enjoy singing Israeli songs, recite poems, and learn facts about Israel ”

memoraBle moment ❤ “Children sharing with me that their dream is to visit Israel One student approached me one morning telling me how he shared at church on Sunday facts about Israel and he taught his peers at the church some Hebrew words He was all glowing and excited about it ”

teaCHer Profile

our thanks


hcsc depends on the visionary philanthropy of private donors, corporations and foundations to help secure and expand our hebrew charter school network.

Philanthropic support helps to:

launch new schools

sustain them in their early years as they grow to full enrollment

recruit a growing number of great educators

expand professional development for teachers and school leaders

enrich Hebrew and Israel studies

provide exceptional academic and cultural programs, and

ensure academic excellence.


ourdonors

founder ($1,000,000+)Areivim Philanthropic GroupIDT Charitable Foundation The Recanati-Kaplan FoundationThe Paul E. Singer Foundation The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life _

President ($250,000-$999,999)Sara & David BermanSusan & Roger Hertog D

commissioner ($100,000-$249,999)AnonymousWilliam Davidson FoundationWendy Fisher and the Kirsh FoundationEmanuel J. Friedman Philanthropies ♠ The David S. and Karen A. Shapira FoundationJoseph S. & Diane H. Steinberg 1992 Charitable Trust

chancellor ($50,000-$99,999)UJA-Federation of New York, Solelim Fund D

superintendent ($25,000-$49,999)Katherine Farley & Jerry I. SpeyerRichard & Barbara LaneYanina & Robert Levitan DAl Levitt ❤Margaret & Dan Loeb

The Moriah Fund DAndrew & Ruth Suzman DDiane TrodermanMeredith & Bryan Verona

Principal ($10,000-$24,999)Anonymous Ellen Abrams & John StosselLisa Applebaum & George HaddadMarcia & Gene ApplebaumDebbie & Glenn AugustBeth & Josh FriedmanRabbi David Gedzelman & Judith Turner _Evan & Cindy Goldberg ♠Caroline & Spencer GreenwaldMarcy Gringlas, Joel Greenberg & Seed the Dream FoundationMark Family FoundationJessica & Jason MussDiana Newman & Isaac CorreNews CorpShirley & Yossi SagolElena & Scott ShleiferBellanca Smigel Rutter & Mitchell RutterJudy & Ori Winitzer _

department head ($5,000-$9,999)AnonymousJemilah Afshar & Sascha Bauer

Steven AlevyRobert P. AronsonWendy Belzberg & Strauss ZelnickElana & Aryeh BourkoffSidney M. and Phyllis O. Bresler Foundation ♠

Stacey & Matthew Bronfman, Treetops FoundationKim & Amin CayreHarriet & Steven CromanRona & Fred DavisSandi & Andrew L. FarkasAmy & Rob FeinblattTracy & Peter GaslowPJ Library, a Program of the Harold Grinspoon FoundationMarjorie & Joshua HarrisKim & Larry HeymanJackie Harris HochbergHSBC Bank USA Erica & Michael KarschJulie & Marc Leber ♦Hillary & Danny LeibowitzLisa Lippman & Ben Finkelstein DJennifer & Marc LipschultzAaron ListhausNicole & Jason RabinLisa & Jon RosenbergAllison & Neil RublerMarielle & Edmond SafraMarcy & Cyrus SakhaiDenise & Andrew SaulHolly & David SherrJackie & Bippy SiegelElona & Adam SmolyarMichele & Mark Spektor vElizabeth Stein & George Schneiderman _Rebecca & Eddie SugarLeah & Steven Swarzman

teacher ($2,500-$4,999)Madelyn & Allen AdamsonNisa & Bradley AmoilsAdam Benson & Graham Parker _Susan & Robert BishopAmalia Dayan & Adam LindemannElisabeth & Alan Doft Wendy Flanagan & Christopher O’MalleyMartine & Stanley FleishmanJulie & Martin FranklinMatta & Harry FreundAllyson & Alan GalishoffTasha & Peter GenattRebecca GinzburgJoanna GoldenDana Golding & Richard ScharfVicki Panzier GrossShelley & Gilbert HarrisonHeather & Andy HellerJill HellerPamela & Jonathan HenesJanet & Arthur HershaftAmy & Elliot HoltzLisa & David KleinBetsy & Doug KornAmy & Darren LandyLisa & Evan LichtLevien & Company, Inc.Ruth Lloyds & Bil EhrlichJeni & Peter MinikesRoxanne & Dean PalinAdam RosenMara & Ricky SandlerSarah & Cliff SchneiderCharlotte & Peter SchoenfeldMiquette & Mort SchraderAriel & Albert SebagStephanie Rein Stern & Eddie Stern

we are grateful to the following donors who have made commitments to our multi-year growth campaign.(Lists cumulative giving through November 30, 2014, and multi-year commitments.)


The Seligman Family FoundationLynette & Jonathan TulkoffStephanie & Harry WagnerCaryn & Jeff Zucker

sustainer ($1,000-$2,499)Jennifer & Alex Abrams _Fern Amper & Eli SchaapDanielle & Drew AndermanMarlene & Daniel ArbessYanina & Vlad Barbalat ♦Cathy & Marc BernVeronique & Herbert BlackBridget & Michael CapassoLinda & Arthur CarterEleanor & Bobby CayreKarine & Alexander ChudnoffMaureen & Marshall CoganHillary & Ara CohenJustin CohenIvette & Isaac DabahAmanda & Jonathan EilianBambi & Roger FelberbaumLinda & Gregory FischbachErin & Jon FrankelAngelina & Ryan FreedmanTikva & Oscar GluckLesley Goldwasser & Jonathan PlutzickShoshanna & Joshua GrussRaymonda & David HarnickYoav HaronBrett & Greg HeymanNatalia & Simon Hirschhorn _Debbie & Ben HochbergAlan HorowitzArlene & Fred HorowitzSuzy Kamali SokolOlessia KantorValerie Khaytina & Michael Pikman

Karyn Kornfeld & Steve KobreKimberly & Jonathan SchulhofAmie & Louis KreisbergElena & Jay LefkowitzPamela & Todd LeonNan & Peter LevyChristine & Richard MackLinda & Harry MackloweArlene & Mitchel MaidmanNancy MaidmanGreg MargolisRebekah Mercer & Sylvain MirochnikoffJennifer & David MillstoneJamie & David MitchellEsther & David MuschelLaurie & Garth Newell vMarcie & Jordan PantzerTricia PantzerMimi & George PerlmanGail ProppRichard, Ann, John, & James Solomon Families FoundationMaura & Richard Rosberger _Ali & Jason RosenfeldRobin & Rick SchottenfeldCharles & Lynn Schusterman Family FoundationDebbie & Daniel SchwartzJody SchwartzTanya SerureNina & Andrew ShapiroRebecca & Peter ShapiroRev & Michael SiegalMichelle & Andrew SilbersteinLisa Silverstein & Tal KerretAshu & Vinayak SinghMiriam & David SouccarDavid SteinhardtBonnie & Tom Strauss

Abigail & Shai TamborDorothy & Andrew TananbaumHindie & Mark WeissmanDebi & Steven WischDeborah Miller Zabel & William ZabelDeborah & Marc Zimbler

supporter ($250-$999)AnonymousJennifer & Daniel AgusMorris Ardoin & Aubyn GwinnWilma & Kenneth AschendorfAustin & Co.Lisa BarrJoy & Roger BassiniRachel & Carl BergBlimi & Benji BergerCaryn & Jonathan BilzinDana & Eric BirnbaumDina & Adam BlackmanCharlotte & David BlechmanKharlene & Charles BoxenbaumGail ChehabarJames F. ClarkeDana & Michael CohenAndrea & Marc Feiglin ♦Lauren & Brian FrankMarina & Feliks FrenkelRebecca & Michael GamzonRabbi Howard GoldsmithShelley & Mark GoldwasserYonina & Eric GombergSharon & Gary GreengrassSharon & Sinclair HabermanAmy HaderIlana Harlow & Jonathan Siegel _Felicia Herman & David Ben-UrErica & Philip HermannFrancine Hermelin and Adam Levite

Elizabeth & David HerzbergOshrat & Brian HoffmanThe Hyatt Family ♣Iana KalikaKarin & Joel KatzSamara & Daniel Kraft ♦Diane & Lawrence LevyOfer & Sigalit Levy ♦Lisa & Lewis LimanLeora Mogilner & Richard LinhartHolly LiptonShlomit & Howard LiptonNancy LitmanYuna & Benjamin Lyons DEmma & Samy MahfarYael & Jed ManocherianMeryl & Robert MeltzerJulie MeyersMicroserve Inc.Alex & Greg MondreTitra NejatElla & Nir Olcha ♦Betsy & Robert PittsDebbie & Frank Rau ♦Judith & Gary RosenblattElly & Mark RosenthalJennifer & Jeffrey RothLisa SassonKim SeehermanJackie Shafer & Catherine Sully Sally & Elliot ShalomJoyce SilvermanLara & David SlagerThe Sowers Family ♣Jodi & Andrew SussmanBarbara TamerinSusan & Terry TeplitzHava & Shimon ToporAyala & Kenneth Usdin

_ In support of HCSC and Harlem Hebrew Academy Charter School, v In support of HCSC and Hatikvah International Academy Charter School, D In support of Harlem Hebrew Academy Charter School, ♦ In support of Hatikvah International Academy Charter School, ♣ In support of Kavod Elementary Charter School, ❤ In support of Lashon Academy Charter School, ♠ In support of Sela Public Charter School


Holly Wallace & Edwin BaumKathy WashingtonRebecca Weel _Diana ZeltserNicky & Denis Ziman

friend (under $250)Anonymous (9) Julie & Marni Aarlev _Lauren & Alan Aaron Julie AbdurahmanMarcquell AikenMichelle & David AkninAmazonSmile FoundationIrina & Igor Aranovich vJulie AtiaeLimor AzulayJudith & Paul Babeau ♦

Karen Backus & Alan Goldberg ♠Livia & David Barden ♠Natalia & Joseph Barjudinas vShoshana & David Baskind ♦

Jessie & Charles Basner ♦Arthur Bass vNurit Bass ♦Inna & Samuel Beck vAvi Ben-Shitrit v Miriam BergmanSmitri Bhasin & Srikumar Ramaswamy vSerena & Robert Blackin ♦Melanie & Marc Blatteis ♦Craig BlindermanTalya Bock ♠Martin BookspanDominique BoydTorree Boyd-MurphyNadine & Roman BrackmanLilia BrenerAnna Broitman

Jillian & Ilya BronshteynAdrien BrownJulie & Bryan Bruder vMiriah Brustein ♦Charles BucknerMarina Bunks vNatalia BurmistrovichJennifer CahnFloretta Caldwell & Willie Caldwell Jr. ♦Maya & Neil CederbaumJennifer CervantesJacquelyn & Douglas Cenci vChadi ChahinAgnes Chaim ♦Francine Charlop v Naomi CharneErin Christensen & Richard Kulyassa vJennifer Colton ♠Miriam & Robert DavidovichAndrea DayGau DayuanLisa Denerstein _Jacqueline Dixon vRavit & Alexander Duncan vAmy Winn DworkinArlene & Howard EisenbergNoa & Judah Elbaum vSvetlana & Jack Elizar ♦Nurit ElmannNicolaj EnkDina Epstein & Eitan Levison ♠Jeremy Erlich vDebbie & Robert EzrapourAlex FayenbergValery FedorovskyWendy Feins v Stacy & Jordan Feldman vHeather Fenyk & Alexander Zakrewsky v

Mark FinkJayden Forsythe Erica & Mike FoxNaava Frank Jennifer FriasIlona Fridson & Eduard BorshchevJennifer & Michael Fried vRivka Friedman & Dena Roth ♠Tracy & Joshua Furr ♦Marlyn & Joseph GabaSamuel GalashevValeria & Jonathan Gamble v Irina & Vadim Gelfenbeyn vGalaire & Mirlande GelinNatalya Gerevich vOlga and Alex GilburdLori & Steven Ginsberg vKatie & Jason GinsburgArdene & Ian GirshekAlexandre GitmanElla Goldenberg & Alex FayenbergPaula & Jerry GottesmanJane GrandeMiriam & Yosef Greenstein vMoshe GuettaSarah GuthartzStacey & Paul GutmanAliyah GuttmannLiat Haim vRonit HanonoCandice HatfieldAnna HeffezCherie HindsAyelet Hines ♠Risa & Philip Hines v Lilach Hochman ♦Inisha HolmesEvelyn HorneAi-Hwa Hwang v

Donna HyacinthYelena IfraimovaNiki IncorviaJoanna IvatorovQuanta Jackson ♠Audrey Jacobs ♣Doreen & Steven Jacobs vNataley JonesElizabeth & William KahaneAbigail & Joshua KaneAdam KantrowitzMariya KaplanRon Kaplan & Yoni Block ♠Irina KellnerMarina & Ari KinsbergHelene KinsbergCynthia & Gilbert KirschCindy KleinZeev KleinMarina KleymanAnn LutzSheetal Komarla vHarvey KrautAlana & Franklin Kriegsman vPnina & Igor Kripak vJanice & Richard KrugerRichard Kulyassa v Michelle Lackie & Jonathan Manheim ♠Shun LarkinsKinlung Lau vCrystal & George Lee vRobin Lewis LefcourtMarilyn & Lawrence Lerner vIneko LevyKathy LevyDesmond LeybengrubShanquan Li vSusan Lieberman ♠Sarah & Shihhan Lin v

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Frantz LouisWilmer Luzuriaga vDana & Thomas Macwithey vHila MadarJing Ma & Yongqian Wang vArie MakovozViktoriya & Alexander Malamud vMeredith MalloyMonti MaloneyIzabella & Alexander MarchukNicole & David MarshakCaroline & Kevin Martinez vTamar & Jeffrey Marvin vIgor MatushanskyElizabeth Mayers ♠Lexy Mayers ♠Swaynetta McCutchen vDit & Timothy McDonald vErica & Daniel McKay ♦Jasmine McPhatterMichal Melamed & Richard Wagreich _Mina & Howard MillendorfDavid Miller vJennifer & Jeffrey MillerCharles MisterLaurie Modell DLeath Mor vAsya NagdimovNina NechayMarissa NeiwirthYelena Nunes vMagef ObasNaicha OgeIrina & Igor OlevskyChris OlverNatasha PallanAnju Parikh vTatjana Perova vDiana Pen

Lola PetersonAlexandra Petraru & Roman ShenderovskyDonna PhillipEric Plaks _Rachel & Michael Plawner vMorton Plawner vBlanca & Alan Podinker vAnna PodokshikOrit & Liron Polak vBeth & Roy Popkin vLaura PrudenPinkey & Paresh Rana vRobin RavenelBorislava RaystinDaniel Reich ♠Karen & Jay Reinhard vEugena & Felix Revis vDena RichRobin Kessler Child Development Services, Inc.Stacey Rockman vJenny RodriguezSaritte & Edward Rogers vYonna & Eric Rosenberg vSyd Rosenfield ♦Kimberly & Jeffrey RosenstockTatjana RothHarlene & David Rottenberg ♣Nataly Roytblat vJill Sacks ♠Georgina SaldanaEdan Saltz _Chana SandbergBabu & Durga Sannidhi vJuanita SantiagoChitra & Soundra Saravanan vTsili & Roger SassonDori & Joshua Saypol

Marina ShulkinaRachel & Daniel Schmeidler vMelissa & Marc SchwartzMikhail ShabelmanOksana & Vasiliy Shafar vMargarita Shapiro & Yuriy OlevskiyAshley Share & Greg JakubowskyJulia & Dmitriy Sharlot vSima SharonTali SharonNataliya ShekhterInna Shepard ♦Shmuel Shimoni vMirra ShoichetVictoria & Vlad Shpilsky vEbonee SilvaDmitri Slavinsky vElena & Sergei Smirnov vElana & Daniel Smith ♦Adero & Ryan Solomon vAnna SosunovHayim StorcRadhika & Ravi Subramaniyan vErez TadmoreAbigail & Shai TamborSeema & Kamal Taparia vMarjorie Taylor ♦Hayley ThomasIrina UltiskayaEdward VaismanRivka VaysBozhena VistmanKristina Wang Ya WangRisa & David Waters vAgnes WeissStacey & David WeissmanPatricia Wheatley & Steve BlaunerSachondria Williams

Dara & Meir Winston vJianxin Ye & Xi Ai vOlga YefremovaTamir ZakJodi & Nir Zalewitz vElla Zalkind & Vitaly GendlinAnna ZaystevMarcia & Steve Zeidwerg vJonathan M. Zins ♦Linda ZlotoffJulia Zuckerman & Josh Jacobs ♠Svetlana ZverinskiyJennifer Zweibel _

in-KindThe Hyatt Family ♣Israel Wines Producers AssociationKaboom! ♠Scholastic MagazinesThe Skylar Family ♣The Sowers Family ♣The Vann Family ♣The Wells Family ♣The Wolpoff Family ♣Michael Yabonsky ♣

matching fundsAmerican Express FoundationBank of America ♦Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

_ In support of HCSC and Harlem Hebrew Academy Charter School, v In support of HCSC and Hatikvah International Academy Charter School, D In support of Harlem Hebrew Academy Charter School, ♦ In support of Hatikvah International Academy Charter School, ♣ In support of Kavod Elementary Charter School, ❤ In support of Lashon Academy Charter School, ♠ In support of Sela Public Charter School


schools at a glance

hlA hAtiKvAh hARlem selA KAvod lAshon

opened 2009 2010 2013 2013 2013 2014

enrollment 505 300 167 86 92 103

grade span K-5 K-5 K-2 PK-2 K-3 K-2

Poverty 62% 8% 52% 59% 43% 90%

english language learners 8% 3% 10% 9% 33% 77%

special needs 14% 11% 19% 9% 6% 10%

diversitywhite black

latino asian other

All data as of 11/2014school website school website school website school website school website school website

http://hlacharterschool.org

http://hatikvahcharterschool.com

http://harlemhebrewcharter.org

http://selapcs.org

http://kavodelementary.org

http://lashonacademy.org

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expenses 2014 ProjectedPersonnel $1,950,000 Grants to Schools $1,209,000 Other Expenses $1,368,000 Total Expenses $4,527,000

income 2014 Projected Government Grants $100,000 Corporate Giving $20,000 Individuals and Foundations $250,000 and up $3,000,000 $100,000 to $249,999 $500,000 $25,000 to $99,999 $230,000 $10,000 to $24,999 $200,000 $5,000 to $9,999 $140,000 $1,000 to $4,999 $305,000 Under $1,000 $67,000

Total $4,562,000NetofExpensesandIncome $35,000ProjectedEndofYearNetAssets $694,546

2014 financials

hcsc budget update


staff & board

board of trusteesSara Berman, ChairDiane Troderman, Vice-ChairRev. Assemblyman Karim CamaraKaren W. DavidsonWendy FisherCaroline GreenwaldAmy HoltzJason MussAdam SmolyarDorothy TananbaumMeredith VeronaRabbi David Gedzelman, Secretary

staffJon Rosenberg, President & CEOAaron Listhaus, Executive Director, EducationMorris Ardoin, Director, Marketing & CommunicationJennifer Cahn, Manager, Philanthropic Initiatives Mark Fink, Manager, Program Operations Niki Incorvia, Research & Special Projects AssociateValerie Khaytina, Director, Strategic PhilanthropyShlomit Lipton, Director, Hebrew Educational ServicesMarissa Neiwirth, Development & Engagement AssociateElly Rosenthal, Director, Finance & Operations Hindie Weissman, Director, Educational Services

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