Shulamith School for Girls

40°37′6.4″N 73°57′39.5″W  /  40.618444°N 73.960972°W  / 40.618444; -73.960972 Shulamith School for Girls is a centrist Modern Orthodox Jewish , Middle States accredited school currently located in the Midwood section of Brooklyn , New York , in the building that originally housed Vitagraph Studios . It was founded in 1930 by Nacha Rivkin working with Rabbi M.G. Volk in Borough Park , Brooklyn.¹ It was the first Orthodox Jewish elementary school for girls in North America. From 1941 , Dr. Judith Lieberman served as Hebrew principal and then as dean of Hebrew studies. Shulamith currently serves students from preschool through twelfth grade. The high school opened in 1980 with Dr. Susan Katz as principal. She retired in 2007. Over the years the high school has received numerous outstanding academic achievements. Shulamith High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, which is the greatest award an American school can receive. The high school is also a Middle States Accredited school. Shulamith School for Girls holds a graduation rate of 99%, with most of its students going on to seek professional careers in law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, business, and others, at the most prestigious universities across the United States. Some of which include Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, Yale, NYU, SUNY colleges, CUNY colleges, Yeshiva University, and countless more. The school also houses a state of the art gym, Olympic size pool, grand auditorium, computer lab, fully equipped Chemistry and Biology labs, and the Yavneh Minyan in the pre-school lunchroom. Shulamith opened a second elementary school branch, called Bnot Shulamith, on Long Island in 2000 . Vaad for Jewish Women's Education in Brooklyn In September 2007, the Brooklyn high school had a major change with the retirement of founding principal Dr. Katz was Rabbi Avraham Lieberman serving as the Hebrew principal and Penina Karp serving as the general studies principal. Rabbi Lieberman left the school in 2008, and Rabbi Shaul Chill replaced the position.²