Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy
| Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy (SAR Academy) ישיבת סער | |
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| Type | Private coeducational primary, middle, and secondary |
| Established | 1938 |
| Principal | Rabbi Binyamin Krauss |
| Grades | PreK-12 |
| Number of students | approx. 1,100 |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Mascot | The SAR Spirit |
| Website | www.saracademy.org |
SAR Academy is a coeducational, private Modern Orthodox Jewish day school. The school is located in the Riverdale section of the New York City borough of the Bronx.
Its name derives from the three schools which merged to form it, Salanter (named after Rabbi Yisrael Salanter), Akiba, and the Riverdale Academy, all Orthodox Yeshiva day schools. The schools merged in 1968 and adopted the current name.
Founding Principal was Rabbi Sheldon Chwat, followed by former Assistant Principal Yonah Fuld, both of whom subsequently moved to Israel. The Principal since 2004 has been Rabbi Binyamin Krauss, who is helped by associate principals Sharon Richter, Milly Rosner, Rabbi Menachem Linzer (who transferred from the Ramaz School in 2005), and Rabbi Moshe Drelich.[1]
The school is strongly affiliated with SAR High School, which is headed by the former assistant principal of the Academy, and is made up mostly of students from the lower school.
Notable alumni
- Regina Spektor, singer-songwriter
- Achinoam Nini, singer-songwriter