Community, Connection & Academic Excellence
A dual-language education rooted in Jewish tradition.
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Hyman Brand
Hebrew Academy
Welcome to Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA), an award-winning independent Day School and Kansas City’s only Jewish Day School for children in grades K to 12.
For 60 years, we’ve built a strong community of Jewish families from diverse backgrounds who value the same thing: an academically strong, joy-filled education that nurtures the whole child’s intellectual, social, and spiritual growth.
Our strong academic foundation is reinforced by our flexible Jewish Studies model that enables all students to engage in Jewish learning that respects how Judaism is practiced in a variety of homes to create an inclusive environment.
Whether they join us in Kindergarten, Grade 11, or anywhere in between, your child will benefit from a personalized education in a small, close-knit class, enriched by our shared traditions and rooted in the values of the Torah. The result: students who think critically, creatively, and independently so they may become proud, ethical leaders in their academic, professional, and Jewish communities.
Why HBHA?
Small Class Sizes
With just 200 students enrolled and a 5:1 ratio of students to teachers, we offer the smallest class sizes of any school in the Kansas City area. This allows us to know each child as an individual and a learner, and provide a top-tier, values-based education so they can become their best selves.
Celebrating Our Judaism
Our school represents the full spectrum of our Jewish community, with a wide variety of backgrounds and home observances. One unique benefit of our program is Student Families, which include one student from each grade. These groups learn, grow, and celebrate together throughout their years at HBHA. They gather every Friday for a Taste of Shabbat and honor Jewish and secular holidays throughout the year.
Building Strong Foundations
Our dual-language curriculum emphasizes curiosity, collaboration, critical thinking — as well as communication — through rigorous Jewish and General Studies. Students learn to value their Jewish heritage while engaging with meaningful lessons that prepare them for success in school and life.
Kindergarten
In our Kindergarten, Jewish children of all backgrounds learn joyfully together in classrooms where they’re treated as individual, valued members of our community. Our low student-teacher ratios enable faculty to know each child as a person and a learner, so they may thrive academically through play and exploration in a values-based environment.
Lower School students are challenged academically within a warm, nurturing environment. Our focus on whole-child development is supported by our collaborative approach. Each class is guided by a General Studies teacher, Jewish Studies teacher, Hebrew teacher, Learning Specialist, and School Psychologist — supplemented by specialists who enrich the academic lives of the students and support their individual needs.
Middle School students are taught to be academically responsible and self-reliant within a nurturing environment. Students are supported in their individual self-discovery and development of responsibilities to the greater community (tzedakah, mitzvot, tikkun olam) during this time in their lives.
Upper School students receive individualized guidance, including college preparation, and benefit from strong academics, extracurriculars, and hands-on opportunities. We empower students to discover their identities and develop confidence while instilling Jewish ethics and leadership skills to help them advocate for themselves, be mentschen, and work in partnership with adults around them to achieve their goals.
What Families Are Saying
"We wanted Judaic studies every day, but not at the expense of general studies, and HBHA strikes that balance brilliantly."
-HBHA Parent
"My daughter is growing into the best version of herself because of the community she has found at HBHA."
-HBHA Parent
"Sending our daughters to HBHA was a pivotal parenting choice. Its unique blend of Hebrew immersion, Judaic studies, and exceptional secular education in the Midwest is unparalleled."
-HBHA Parent
"HBHA offers a unique education. Students are challenged academically in individualized
ways that maximize each student’s learning. Teachers engage students with creative
lessons that build day after day, year after year. One amazing aspect of HBHA is its ability
to have all students with different types of religious practice learn Jewish values together
with respect for each other. The school would not survive with only one way of observance,
and this allows for all members of the community to thrive."
-HBHA Parent
"All of our son's teachers and all the support staff have been amazing to work with. Now that he is in Upper School, he has found his path and his people, and I can see how he has become a beloved part of the HBHA community."
-HBHA Parent
"We are so grateful for the student services program, the mentoring program, family program (each student is placed in a “family” with one student in each grade, and you belong in that family throughout your years at HBHA), athletics opportunities, and more."
-HBHA Parent
"My graduate thanked us for sending him to HBHA his senior year."
-Alumni Parent
"It’s definitely a tough choice when we have amazing public schools in our area, and private schools too. But the TANGIBLE sense of community is unparalleled."
-HBHA Parent
"Honestly, the biggest deciding factor was how we felt walking the halls, and we saw our son feel it too. After visiting, he was so excited that he asked to go to HBHA."
-HBHA Parent
"My kids know all the Upper Schoolers, and feel like the Upper Schoolers care about them. I see a truly remarkable amount of responsibility and role modeling from the Upper School students in their interaction with the littles."
-HBHA Parent & Faculty Member
"My daughters, now 36 years old, switched from public school to HBHA for 11th and 12th grade and didn’t read or speak Hebrew. They caught on so easily at HBHA, as they were put in a smaller Hebrew class. They actually moved to regular Hebrew class shortly after. They loved going to school there and have now put their own kids into kindergarten!"
-Alumni Parent & Current Grandparent
"We planned one year at a time, and we have stayed because of the school, faculty, and community! We are an interfaith family, and my husband’s family has been amazed by how embracing the school has been to them. The education is top-notch. I’m so glad we stayed year after year."
-Current Parent & Alumni Parent
Shine Bright
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PHONE
Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) is a co-educational, independent Jewish Day School for children in grades K to 12 located in Overland Park, Kansas.
FAX
(913) 327-8180
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