Mesorah High School for Girls

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Mesorah High School for Girls is a private Orthodox Jewish high school for girls in Dallas, Texas.

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Scheduled to open in August 2000[ needs update ] with grades 9 and 10, it was the first Jewish girls' high school in the city and the third all-girls' school in Dallas. [1] It is the only Jewish girls' high school in the Southwestern United States. It initially had seven students. [2]

As of 2000 the school uniforms include ankle-length skirts and long-sleeved shirts. The school teaches Jewish religious subjects and secular subjects. [2]

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References

  1. "WORD AND DEED". The Dallas Morning News . March 4, 2000. p. 2B. - NewsBank Record: 4128209. See section "Jewish Girls School"
  2. 1 2 Weiss, Jeffrey (December 21, 2000). "HANUKKAH'S LESSONS - Tradition, education merge at Jewish high school for girls". The Dallas Morning News . p. 1A. - NewsBank Record: 4209278.