The Doris and Alex Weber Jewish Community High School, formerly New Atlanta Jewish Community High School, is a trans-denominational Jewish

Judaism

Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

 high school located in Sandy Springs, Georgia

Sandy Springs, Georgia

Sandy Springs is a city in north Georgia, United States. It is a northern suburb of Atlanta. With a 2010 population of 93,853, Sandy Springs is the sixth-largest city in the state and the second-largest city in Metro Atlanta. Sandy Springs is located in north Fulton County, Georgia, just south of...

, a suburban Atlanta-metro area city.

Mission

The school's mission is to prepare students to be knowledgeable, thinking, responsible, Jewish adults..

History

Formerly named the New Atlanta Jewish Community High School or NAJCHS, the Weber School opened with nineteen students in August 1997. Classes were initially held in the Atlanta Jewish Community Center before moving to modular units at Zaban Park.

The school was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation...

 (SACS) in December 1999.

In September 2003, the school was renamed the Doris and Alex Weber Jewish Community High School.

Campus

In September 2006 the school held the dedication for their new facility at the corner of Abernathy and Roswell Road

Georgia State Route 9

State Route 9 is a north–south highway running from Atlanta to just north of Dahlonega. It overlaps U.S. 19 from along 14th Street, in northwest Atlanta, to Roswell Road at I-285, in Sandy Springs. It is also concurrent with U.S. 19 from Dahlonega to its northern terminus at US 129...

in Sandy Springs, GA. Classes were first held in the few facility in September 2006.

External links

• The Weber School website