Central PA’s Jewish Day School�e Silver Academy�e Silver Academy

2015-2016 Annual Report

Dear Friends,Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Holly Engelman and I am the current president of The Silver Academy Board of Directors. I am also the proud parent of two Silver Academy students. In the summer of 2010, my family moved to Harrisburg (to the house of Frances and Arthur Goldberg, z”l) and the next day my children started school at The Silver Academy.

I am grateful to all who have worked for the past seventy-three years to keep The Silver Academy strong. I want to especially thank Dr. Andrea Lieber, our immediate past president, for her hard work and dedication in leading the board for the past six years.

Thanks to The Silver Academy, my children are receiving a stellar education in general studies, a thorough and growing knowledge of Hebrew, and an ownership of their Jewish heritage.

Of greatest value, my children and their classmates are being educated in the most important mitzvot between people, in lessons that include recognizing the good in others, judging a person favorably, rushing to help a person in need and so many more. They learn to view all persons, independent of religion, as created in G-d’s image, B’tzelem Elokim. With the same sensitivity, the teachers value each student, nurturing their strengths and challenging them to grow both academically and spiritually. The family atmosphere and small class sizes at The Silver Academy encourage every child to make his or her voice heard. In addition, the rigorous analytical skills developed throughout the curriculum serve to raise the level of discourse, bolstering the students’ ability to be articulate and effective leaders.

For all these reasons, I consider supporting The Silver Academy holy work. Just as The Silver Academy has enriched our students, the students have been enhancing the Harrisburg community, the greater Jewish community, and the world for over seventy years.

It is our responsibility to ensure that The Silver Academy will continue to serve the community for many years to come. In this spirit, under the auspices of The Silver Academy Foundation, we have embarked on a process to create a Plan for Sustainability of The Silver Academy. In August, 2016, five working groups composed of Silver Academy board members, faculty, and community members met to brainstorm ways to ensure a thriving Silver Academy. We look forward to sharing the fruits of our labor with you as the year progresses.

Thank you for being a partner in giving our students “roots and wings”: roots to our precious tradition and wings to take their learning to a higher level. The confidence and moral compass our students develop propel them into a lifetime of leadership in giving back to the community and building a better world.

Holly Engelman, PhDPresident, The Silver Academy Board of Directors

Dear Friends,Three years into my tenure as Principal of The Silver Academy, I continue to be impressed daily by the work of our incredible faculty and motivated students. We are constantly raising the bar with new initiatives in our children’s education. This past year, the general studies faculty implemented a Writing Workshop curriculum across the grades. Our Judaics faculty has pioneered a new program to enrich each child’s knowledge of and connection through prayer. In addition to learning through experimentation in science lab, students are deepening their knowledge of prayer through “davening lab”.

Each day, I observe students challenging themselves throughout the dual curriculum. At our monthly school-wide Kabbalat Shabbat celebrations, I beam as I hear our middle school students inspire the whole school with a D’var Torah. Watching our students give back to the community in their Mitzvah projects on Martin Luther King Day, I see their values-based education at work. They continue putting their learning into practice while having fun on our Lag BaOmer field day, participating in sports activities and creating wonderful banners with themes Torah, Avodah, and Maasim Tovim. Most importantly, I see children who are proud and excited to be Jewish.

One of the most rewarding parts for me as Principal is watching the growth of each student from year to year. One of the graphs included later in the annual report are the Terra Nova scores. Although our scores have been consistently well above the national average, there is another story that I want to tell. Each year, I analyze the reports and the individual progress of the students. During the past year, all students matched or exceeded their scores from the previous year, some with very significant gains. This highlights the individual attention and instruction that The Silver Academy is able to provide. It is also a testament to the growth mindset of our school, believing that with dedication and hard work, every child can succeed.

With your help, we are developing the leaders of tomorrow. The experiences that our students have from Kindergarten through eighth grade provide them with the tools to thrive in our community of Harrisburg and well beyond.

With the utmost sincerity, I thank you for your financial support of The Silver Academy and I urge you to maintain or increase your support in the year to come. You are helping to educate the next generation of Jewish children and that is priceless.

Rachel Zilbering, M. Ed, Principal

EITC/OSTC DONORS

$25,000 +D&H Distributing W & L Sales Company, Inc.UHS of Pennsylvania, Inc.

$10,000 - $24,999PNC Financial Services Group

Inc.Daisy Data Displays, Inc.PNC Bank N.A.PNC Financial Services Group,

Inc.Rubin Industrial Co., Inc. Universal Health Recovery

Center, Inc. York Haven Fabricators

$5,000 - $9,999Abel PersonnelArtay, Inc.

$1,000 - $4,999Fulton Bank Corp. Norman Gras Kosher Food

Consultant, LLC Orrstown BankUPMC Health Plan

ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Silver Society $10,000+Holly Engelman & Moshe BellMimi BernsteinKatherine Baker & Richard

BlutsteinJack & Janet & Harren Pitnick

Philanthropic FundAlyce & Morton Spector

Pillar $5,000-$9,999Tammy & Bryan Reid

Cornerstone $1,800-$4,999Dorothy & Franklin AbelTeri Berman & Keith WelksJerry & Sadie BrennerJoel & Gail BurcatConsortium of Jewish Day

Schools

The Joy of . . .

…back to school.

… reading. Read Across America

Day and Dr. Seuss Dress-Up Week.

…writing. Students recreated

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo.

…science.

Credential LeasingShari & Aaron DymCheryl & Norman GrasJudith & Roberto HodaraJavitch Yeshiva Academy

FundRuth & Stan LewinJoshua Millman & Deborah

Abel-MillmanPenny & Jack OgunStuart & Myra SacksMichael SiegelSteven & Enid WassnerMiriam & Michael Weinstock

Guardian $500-$1,799Avi & Rachel AppelBarbara & Bruce BazelonAnat & Avi BeckEsther & Edward BeckInge BergerJudah Bellin & Rivkah

BlutsteinRoz & Mick BorgerRisa & Robin BorrNanette & Arthur BrennerRene & Stuart BrennerAdele & Edwin CohenMartin & Faye Doctrow

EstateMichael & Ricci DoctrowSue & Arthur DymHarvey EngelmanLisa & Charles FoerFriedman Memorial CharityFaith & Davy GoldsmithRita & Barry GordonGloria & Daniel GrabensteinDr. Barry Hartman & Dr.

Patricia HicksBen HenigDeborah F. JohnsonNancy & Jay KrevskySamuel Levine &

Irene Berman-LevineRabbi & Mrs. Akiva MalesRabbi Barry & Sandy

NussbaumDavida & Morris OgunHanna & Sidney PollackCharles & Eunyce Press

Charitable FoundationBetsy & Alan Roumm

…Torah.

…Shabbat. Each month The Silver Academy hosts a Kabbalat Shabbat ceremony to bring a

bit of the magic of shabbat into our school.

…holidays.

…community. State Representative

Patty Kim visited our school.

Myrna & Bert RubinStacey Shubitz & Marc SchaeferEva & Lee SiegelLawrence & Cheryl SinowayHillary & Michael SteinbergDoris J. SutzCharles & Janice YanofskyDebbie & Norman z’l YoffeBasya & Larry Zucker

Benefactor $100-$499AnonymousJonathan Abel-MillmanCarol & Alan AdelmanBarrie & Larry AnselJonathan AronsonDorothea & Raphael AronsonGeraldine BabittsNaomi & Carey BalabanViv & Norm BergelVivian & Haim BlancSylvia & Herbert BrennerMark & Amanda BrodskyMollie & Richard BronsteinHeskel BurnsteinShifra & Nachum ChasanRabbi Carl ChoperRobyn & Rickey ChotinerFarryl & Howard CohenAlanna Schoor & Mark CohenSusan & Joseph z”l CompofeliceReuel Deppen & Christine WnukSari EisenbergLeon & Francine FeinermanShirley FergensonThe First FamilyJanice Fitzgerald & Dovid DavisAlla Fligelman & Ilya

ShvartsmanJanet Tull ForemanBradley Forman & FamilyDeb & Richard FreeburnEmily & Gregg FreeburnLinda & Harvey FreedenbergJoan & Selwyn FriedlanderAllene & Warren GittlenPaula & Leonard GoldbergMartin & Amy GoldinAbbey & Philip GoldsteinSusan Leviton & Gerald

GorelickCynthia & Damien GraeffPhil A. Green

…mitzvot. A mitzvah done by a student

is recorded on each link in this chain.

…nature. Students attended the Teva program to experience Jewish education through experiential

learning that fosters Jewish, ecological, and food sustainability.

…giving. Students host food drive and

deliver food to JFS.

…baking. In honor of Purim

the students baked Hamantaschen.

Edward & Jeri GreenbergAmy & Harry GrossLeon GuberskyJulie & Jim HalbertRon & Leslie HartmanDanielle HouserBeverly & Mervin IsaacmanJoan & Ronald IsaacmanEsther & Stuart ItzkovitzJudy & Abraham KeehnPaulette KeiferZhanna & Iosif KorsunskyJeanette KrebsRuth & Howard KrugMimi & Paul LatchfordSteven & Sue Ann LehnerIsaac & Victoria LevinePamela LieberVarsha LiftRodney LipmanBarbara LockAmelia & Martin LowyDr. Robert & Eileen MarcusJanna & Craig MatchBeth & Richard MichlovitzEdward MillnerGail MindlinHerman Minkoff & his

beloved wife Marlene, z”lLuisa & Seth NarinsLara NovakHarvey OgunJo & Andrew OronsMarcy & Herbert ParnesJanice & Martin RadissLawrence & Debra RandSharon & Jim RebackRisa ReidDebbie & Menashe ReuvennyJudith Altman RitzBeth & Andrew RomanoAnn & Ellis RosenbergReuben RosenbergYolanda RosenscheinSandie & Arthur RosentholAlvin RostolskyJeffrey RothenbergJackie & Scott RubinDavid A. RubinskyRobert & Michele RuthFred SandowGail SangerRabbi Chaim & Reva Schertz

…sports.

…music. Silver Academy students participate

in a production of A Year with Frog and Toad.

…art.

Niema & David SchertzRose SchneierMark & Karen SchreiberMarjorie ShermanShayna & Yaakov ShlingerIda & Lawrence SilverRoberta Silver & Honorable

Felix ThauRenee Singer & Neil BernsteinHarry B. SmeltzDavid SpectorElaine & Elliot StrokoffCynthia SussmanIlene Sussman & Paul PlaskyRhea & Alan SwidlerMarlene & Stanley SykesDalia & Ari WassnerAviva WoodlandNurit & Ben ZilberingRachel & Assaf Zilbering

Supporter $1-$99Margie AdelmannHelen & Don ArcherPaul BarresiDavid BazelonHayley & Michael BazelonPenny & Harry BeerViviane & Maurice BenoudizBarbara & Ira BloomYael & Moshe ChaitDonald ClarkMichelle & Bruce CohenJack & Jane DaltonSusan & Irwin DunietzDebbie & Jeffrey FineNancy GarnerRabbi Aaron & Edith GewirtzYona GorelickNaomi Mitchell & Eddie GornishShelly & Jerry GornishLinda & Gary GrobmanRobert HarringerSorah & Moshe IbsenJoelle & Dennis KatzJohn & Slava KerryRuth & Chuck KlineLory KrivoskyElaine & Simeon KrumbeinMindy & Robert KushnerBeverly LebetkinSeena Chriti & Moises

Leiferman

…the Alef-Bet.…math.

…planetary exploration.

…being a Silver Academy Superhero!

…recess.

Amanda & Richard LewisLarrisa & Alexander LitvakHattie LockJill Lock & Harris FinkelsteinRose MantelmacherMaxine MarcusYvonne & Bruce MeederMiriam MeiselBob & Lindy MendelsohnAviva MiskinJoel & Malka MorrisDonna & Herbert NurickSofia & Josef OlevichHava Pell & Michael KlineJames PetersonLester & Chaya PollakBarbara & Nat PuttermanLillian & Ira RappaportElna & Murray RobbinsJulie Sherman & Marty Rogoff Hallie & Larry RosenJennifer & Michael RossDiane & Michael SandRobert & Adina SankerSusan & Gerson SilverMrs. Diane SingerMiriam & Steven SingerAbby & Brandon SmithAudrey SofferSheri & Michael SolomonBarbara StraussMrs. Ruth SteinCheryl SweetBonni Teplitz- RosemanBrenda M. UrieDaniel B. UrieArlynn & Neil WeberRachel & Nat WeinstockCaryn & Ronald WilliamsLeonard & Cheryl YablonMiriam & Bruce YeamansDr. & Mrs. Uriel YodfatLorraine Zehr

Kathleen BeveridgeSally Jo BronnerKate CarpenterMarina CherepinskyJane DaltonShari DymAlla FligelmanSusan GaughanRabbi Moshe Yosef GewirtzAmy GuilmetteBrandy HurleyMindy LockJessica McCoolSandy NussbaumLillian Rappaport

Gail RebuckTammy ReidDebra RietmulderEllis RosenbergJaclyn RubinMyrna RubinGeorge SchmidtKaren SchreiberRobyn ShoemakerCheryl SinowayJessica WenzelburgerGretchen WillardRachel Zilbering

Silver Academy Faculty and Staff

Board of DirectorsHolly Engelman President

Katherine Baker Vice-President

Judith Hodara Vice-President

Stacey Shubitz Vice-President

Bryan Reid Secretary

Aaron Dym Treasurer

Eva Siegel Assistant Treasurer

Andrea Lieber Immediate Past President

Members Serving Through 2017 Emily Freebum Victoria Levine Ruth Lewin

Members Serving Through 2018 Teri Berman Varsha Lift Miriam Weinstock

Members Serving Through 2019 Mandy Cheskis Seena Chriti Emily Halper

Presidential Nominees (1 year term) Lisa Foer Oren Yagil

General Counsel Joel Burcat

JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA DONOR LISTJavitch Yeshiva Academy FundHarrisburg Haverim EndowmentHarriet J. Raffel Memorial FundWassner Family FundPaulette Keifer Donor Advised

FundDr. Alfred J. & Marjorie M.

Sherman Philanthropic FundJack & Janet & Harren Pitnick

Philanthropic EndowmentWerrin Sacks Philanthropic

FundKorsunsky Family Charitable

FundAlyce & Morton Spector

Philanthropic FundAdina & Robert Sanker

Philanthropic FundRobert D. Brenner & Edward J.

Brenner Philanthropic FundSussman Family Philanthropic

FundS. Teri Berman Philanthropic

FundSamuel Levine & Dr. Irene

Berman-Levine Philanthropic Fund

Wassner Family FundDorothy G. & Franklin D. Abel

Philanthropic FundMarcia & Sandy Cohen Family

FundFaith & Davy Goldsmith

Philanthropic FundArthur & Annette K. Berman

Family Philanthropic FundWomen of Vision Philanthropic

FundHanna Sachs Cantor

Scholarship EndowmentMiss Ilkie Koplovitz Memorial

Fund

Your Life - Your Legacy. . .“The Silver Academy welcomed us when we arrived in Harrisburg from New York 6 years ago. We were amazed at the level of caring shown for each student, as well as the openness to parent involvement. We have been treated as partners in our children’s education, not bystanders. Coming from a big city, where even the private schools have large classes, we do not take this for granted.

However, what we love most about The Silver Academy is its culture of inclusion. This is the legacy of Rabbi Silver, z”l, who worked to ensure that a quality Jewish education was the right of every Jewish child.

Diversity in the student population is embraced, and each student is valued as part of The Silver Academy family. We want to leave a legacy so that more generations of Jewish Harrisburg will have the opportunity to be enriched cognitively and spiritually in this exceptional school.”

I signed my letter of intent to remember the Jewish community in my will — Please join me!

- Holly Engelman

Thank you for your support of The Silver Academy! Our children experience a quality day-school education thanks to your commitment. After-lifetime gifts help to secure the financial future our beloved school. Thus, The Silver Academy is proudly participating in our community wide legacy initiative. Our Jewish Community Foundation of Central PA is sponsoring this collaborative, legacy program.

These indivuduals have made a commitment today to continue to provide a Silver Academy education for our children in the future!

Please join them and ensure the Jewish future!

Debby AbelDorothy AbelFranklin AbelJerry BrennerSadie BrennerJoel BurcatRicci & Michael DoctrowAaron DymShari DymHolly EngelmanJanice FitzgeraldLisa FoerJanet Tull ForemanBradley FormanDebra & Richard FreeburnBarry GordonDan GrabensteinNorman GrasMaggie Grotzinger & Mark GlickJill Henig

Judith HodaraStan LewinAndrea LieberJosh MillmanRabbi Ron MuroffJack OgunEunice PressEllis RosenbergReuben RosenbergBert RubinMyrna RubinMyra Werrin SacksAlyce and Morton SpectorHilary SteinbergMichael SteinbergRhea SwidlerLibbie UrieOren YagilRachel & Assaf Zilbering

Central PA’s Jewish Day School�e Silver Academy�e Silver Academy

“By the breath of children, G-d sustains the world.” Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 119b.

The Jewish Community Foundation of Central PA is Sponsoring our collaborative, community wide legacy program.

The Silver Academy

Terra Nova Average Percentile Scores2015-2016 School Year

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ReadingLanguageMath

National Average

Terra Nova is a series of standardized achievement tests designed to assess student achievement in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, vocabulary, spelling, and writing. The students’ scores reflect their achievement in comparison to all students who took the test nationally. This is expressed as a raw score that is then converted to a percentile. In the 2015-2016 school year, the average percentile score for all subjects, in all grades, was far above the national average.

The Silver Academy launched our school store under a new name, Ollie Rosenberg’s School Store. Students started the morning being able to purchase everything from glow sticks to bouncy balls to pencils. After the school store, Peggy

Grove shared a little about Ollie Rosenberg, z”l and his business. She spoke of the importance of Tzedakah and supporting your community. Our students are fortunate to benefit from role models who give of themselves to help make our community better.

The Silver Academy Foundation supports the interests of The Silver Academy, and advances traditional Jewish education. Generous contributors started making “endowment fund” gifts to The Rabbi David L. Silver Yeshiva Academy in the 1970s. These gifts and others grew until the school’s board recognized that it would be prudent to place these funds into a separate entity, independent from the school. Founded in 1993 as a 501 (c)(3) organization, the Foundation received its initial funding from these early investments held by The Silver Academy. An independent board manages the Foundation’s assets. These initial investments have been supplemented by additional contributions made by friends of the School. This grew to well over one million dollars in the first decade of our existence.

For the last few years, an average of over $150,000 per year has been advanced or loaned to the School for scholarships and to supplement the budget leaving the current assets of the Foundation at a little over $200,000.

Members of the Foundation’s Board wish to thank you for your support.

The Silver Academy Foundation BoardOfficersMorton Spector President

Lee Siegel Vice President

Martin Lowy Treasurer

Myra Sacks Secretary

Arthur Hoffman Assistant Secretary

BoardBarb BazelonJoel Burcat Aaron Dym Holly EngelmanArthur HoffmanDavy GoldsmithMartin LowyLeah MuroffLee SiegelMorton Spector

Ronald IsaacmanInvestment Advisor

Tuition $1,250,270

School Scholarship Awards ($364,740)

EITC Scholarship Awards (477,935)

Net Tuition $ 407,595

EITC/ OSTC* Contributions $402,215

Contributions $ 115,334

Silver Academy Foundation Grant $375,000

Other $25,491

Total Income $1,325,635

Total Salaries & Benefits $986,707

Education Expenses $99,204

Administrative Expenses $107,766

Development Expenses $10,238

Other $72,898

Total Expenses $1,276,813

Administrative Expenses 8%

The Silver Academy

Internal Unaudited Operating Income & Expenses12 months ended August 31, 2015

Net Tuition 32%

EITC Contributions 31%Contributions 7%

Foundation Grant 28%

Income 2014-2015

Other 2%

Expenses 2014-2015

Salaries & Benefits 77%

Educational & Teaching Expenses 8% Other 1%

Development 6%

*Educational Improvement Tax Credit /Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit

Administrative Expenses 8%

The Silver Academy

Internal Unaudited Operating Income & Expenses12 months ended August 31, 2016

Tuition $1,134,500

School Scholarship Awards ($347, 650)

EITC Scholarship Awards ($438,900)

Net Tuition $407,595 ($347,950)

EITC/OSTC Contributions $314,180

Contributions $186,777

Silver Academy Foundation Grant $200,000

Other $32,603

Total Income $1,081,510

Total Salaries and Benefits $873,009

Education Expenses $87,839

Administrative Expenses $95,035

Development Expenses $8,344

Other $31,574

Total Expenses $1,095,801

Net Tuition 31%

EITC Contributions 30%Contributions 9%

Foundation Grant 28%

Income 2015-2016

Other 2%

Expenses 2015-2016

Salaries & Benefits 77%

Educational & Teaching Expenses 8% Other 1%

Development 6%

*Educational Improvement Tax Credit /Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit

Central PA’s Jewish Day School�e Silver Academy�e Silver Academy

3301 N. Front StreetHarrisburg, PA 17110tel 717-238-8775fax 717-238-8773www.silveracademypa.org