Valley Torah High School
| Valley Torah High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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12517 Chandler Blvd , 91607 United States | |
| Coordinates | 34°10′08″N 118°24′22″W / 34.168950°N 118.406045°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, Yeshiva |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Modern Orthodox Judaism |
| NCES School ID | 00081953[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 250 (2020-2021)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7.3[1] |
| Website | www |
Valley Torah High School is an Orthodox Jewish high school located in Valley Village, California. The school has two separate divisions (in different buildings and locations): a Boys Division, and a Girls Division. The current Rosh Yeshiva is Rabbi Avraham Stulberger.[citation needed]
Valley Torah is hashkafically aligned with the Chofetz Chaim school of thought, which is a subset of Litvishe Haredi Judaism rooted in the Musar movement of 19th-century Lithuanian Jewry.[2]
Athletics
Basketball
The Valley Torah Wolfpack won the 2011 Division 6AA CIF basketball championship, becoming the first Jewish school in Southern California to ever earn a CIF title, and the only orthodox Jewish school to do so.[3]
The Wolfpack have also won three national Jewish tournaments: Memphis Cooper,[4] Glouberman,[5] and the Red Sarachek Touranment at Yeshiva University. [6] They are the only Jewish school to accomplish all three feats.[citation needed]
Ryan Turell attended and played as a shooting guard on the varsity basketball team at the school.[7][8] Playing for the high school, as a junior in 2016-17 he averaged 25.3 points per game, and as a senior in 2017-18 he averaged 34.3 points per game.[9] In 2018, he received a McDonald's All-American Game nomination, and was California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division IV State Player of the Year and First Team Division IV.[8][10]
Notable alumni
- David Draiman (born 1973), lead singer for the band Disturbed.[11]
- Ryan Turell (born 1999), basketball player for the G-League Motor City Cruise, Yeshiva University.[12]
References
- ^ a b c "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for VALLEY TORAH HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ^ Maryles, Harry. "Chofetz Chaim Musmach Tells It Like It Is on Charedi Child Molestation". Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Valley Torah basketball wins 6AA title [UPDATE, video] | Sports |". Jewish Journal. Archived from the original on 2011-03-10.
- ^ "Valley Torah WOLFPACK 2017 Cooper Yeshiva H.S. Invitational Champions! – Cooper Invitational".
- ^ "Glouberman Tournament Champions". 12 November 2017.
- ^ "(2) Valley Torah Holds off (4) DRS; Finally Claims Elusive First Sarachek Tier I Championship". 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Ryan Turell - Basketball Recruiting - Player Profiles". ESPN.
- ^ a b Peleg, Oren (January 31, 2018). "Valley Torah's Turell Makes Elite Players List". Jewish Journal.
- ^ "Ryan Turell's High School Basketball Stats". MaxPreps.
- ^ Tennis, Mark (April 24, 2018). "Boys BB: Divisional All-State 2018". Cal-Hi Sports.
- ^ "David Draiman". MTV.
- ^ "Ryan Turell". RealGM.
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