Pinteleh Gala Journal - Feb 25th, 2018 Final Pinteleh Journal | Page 6

Impact In November 2009, a group of Chassidic parents, Brooklynites, allowed themselves to envision a new educational paradigm for their children. Choosing the name “Lamplighters Yeshivah” to encapsulate and communicate Judaism’s “why” in education -- to brighten the world one soul at a time -- they set out to combine Judaism’s powerful message of individual purpose and potential with the latest cutting edge methods in individualized education. Lamplighters Yeshivah opened its doors in the Autumn of 2010 with an inaugural class of 12 boys, ages three to five, and grew to house over 140 students including preschool, boys and girls elementary schools, and a high school prototype. Bolstered by rigorous behavioral science analytics, a Jewish curriculum utilizing Montessori learning designs, and the development and refinement of a fully-customizable model of education that addresses the needs of every child, the school is regarded as a model for peer institutions of all types nationwide.