HOS_Mid Year Report 2019

MESSAGE FROM MEANINGFUL STUDENT-
HOS TEACHER CONNECTIONS

Jeffery Davis, Ed.D. Our belief that education
is joyful is reflected in
Dear TVT Families, our culture. The positive
connection between teachers
Welcome back! We hope that you were able to spend time with your and students at TVT is
loved ones and rejuvenate over the winter break. We are excited and undeniable. In all grades,
looking forward to this new calendar year and beyond.“This school meaningful student-teacher
is remarkable!”, is perhaps the most frequent connections are the hallmark
comment we hear when giving prospective of the TVT school experience.
parents a tour of TVT, followed by “Can I Our student and faculty
come back to school here?” cultures are welcoming,
nurturing and inclusive. We
I’m so proud of our school community know that when students
and our accomplishments. I hope you are form trusting and authentic
as excited as I am for our future at TVT. relationships with their

REFINEMENT OF THE TVT MISSION teachers, they are more
willing to take intellectual
This past summer the TVT Board of risks and feel safer to make
Trustees collaborated to create a new mistakes, which quickly
TVT Mission Statement that more succinctly become opportunities
and accurately represents who we are. The for conversation, honest
result is a statement that can bring pride and feedback, and student
joy to us all: growth. Thus, TVT is a
second home to many of
We are an inclusive Jewish school of inquiry and innovation where our students and we treat
academics are important and character is paramount. it as such.

TVT — A NATIONAL LEADER IN INNOVATION AND CURRICULUM CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

TVT remains a front-runner in independent school education, with ACADEMICS ARE
the opening of the Arnold Shapiro Engineering + Arts Building. As IMPORTANT CHARACTER
impressive as this state-of-the-art educational building is, so are the IS PARAMOUNTTM
programs and faculty that are housed there. Our TVT upper school is more than a tag line at
engineering program has recently been granted accreditation by the TVT, it’s in our DNA. It’s who
University of California. Our engineering program is designed to set we are. When our students
the standard as the premier engineering program in the United States. graduate from TVT, they
understand a key factor of
TVT, a leader in innovation, is the only K-12 school in the United success in life is what they
States that is implementing the Beast Academy and Art of do to make the world a
Problem Solving (AOPS) math curriculum designed for better place.
the most talented math students. The lower school
Singapore Math and Amplify Science programs Founded in loving memory of
have also proven to be a great success and are Naomi Gelman Weiss
preparing our students exceptionally well for
the challenging opportunities that await them
in the Upper School and beyond.

This year for students in 7th and 8th grade,
we have added an elective option of a two-
year intro-engineering program. The classes
have been a tremendous success.

INSPIRING JEWISH CONTENT EXCEPTIONAL COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE

I can assure you that your TVT graduates continue to be accepted to the best universities at a
child’s education at TVT is, percentage three times the national rate. We prepare
without question, much richer, our students well for the next level, college
and much more fulfilling than and beyond. TVT factoid: The longer a
you could find at any other student has attended TVT, the higher
school. It is only at TVT that their standardized testing scores. TVT
the timeless mission of the graduates consistently have SAT and
Jewish people, to make the ACT scores among the highest, if
world a better place, will be not the highest, in the county.
taught as the foundation for a
life of fulfillment. Global Awareness/Diversity
We are an inclusive, mutually
Just like adults, children respectful learning community.
connect to their Judaism Our work to build and sustain
in different ways. At TVT, diversity reflects our educational
we continually seek to help philosophy and strengthens the
our students find those pursuit of our mission. Diversity of
meaningful connections. For thought, identity and expression is
some it’s ritual observance integral to the learning process and
and holidays, for some it’s helps our children think more carefully
Zionism, for some it’s about and critically. Diversity makes us better. As our
sharing enduring values, and campus has grown in numbers, so has our diversity. The new families
yet for some, it’s to fulfill attracted to TVT are extraordinary.
their sense of obligation to
the generations that have RE-ENROLLMENT 2019-20
preceded us. At TVT we don’t
have a preference for your Re-enrollment begins January 14, 2019. You will receive an
children’s connection, as long email from the Admissions Office shortly with instructions.
as they connect in a way that
is meaningful to them. In light of our commitment to solid financial stewardship and to
a superb educational program, the TVT Board of Trustees has
When your child graduates approved the 2019-20 tuition:
from TVT, you can be sure
it will be with a greater Grades Early Regular
sense of purpose and with TK $18,250 $19,250
a deep understanding of K-5 $23,975 $24,975
their obligation to their 6-8 $25,735 $26,735
family, community and the 9-12 $28,915 $29,915
world. I can assure you, upon
graduation and later in life, Please take advantage of our early enrollment option which provides
if your child has not already a discount of $1,000 per student tuition. You must complete your
done so, he/she will thank you re-enrollment or apply for tuition assistance by Friday,
for your vision and fortitude. February 1st to qualify.

On behalf of the faculty, staff, and
Board of Trustees, thank you for
helping make TVT a special and
nurturing place for our students
to thrive.

B’ Shalom,

Jeffrey Davis, Ed.D.

PS — Oh yeah, the slide is
operational and it is remarkable!