TOP 1%
FJA’S RANKING 
ON NEWSWEEK’S 
LIST OF TOP 
U.S. STEM 
HIGH SCHOOLS
IN MICHIGAN

250
MACBOOK AIR 
LAPTOPS 
TO PROVIDE 21ST 
CENTURY TECH

14
NEW COURSES 
OFFERED 
THIS YEAR

10
ATHLETIC 
TEAMS

Stellar STEM!

FJA Top 1% STEM School

students while also best positioning them for 
college and beyond.
“This recognition from Newsweek and 
STEM.org demonstrates the strength of Frankel 
Jewish Academy’s programs. Our students are 
learning about robotics, coding, graphic design, 
and critical thinking in nearly every subject 
in our school,” said Rabbi Azaryah Cohen, 
Head of School. “Our work in the Genesis lab, 
including our win at the Technion in Israel, 
validated that we are creative and forward-
thinking, developing innovative curriculum 
community.”
As the STEM program continues to evolve 
with a new Genesis Lab manager and new 
classes offered this year, FJA has also changed 
the school start time to 8:30am to better align 
with teenage sleep cycles. The graduation 
requirements have been adjusted and a slew 
of new classes are being offered including 
Comparative Religion, AP Human Geography, 
Introduction to Engineering and more. All of 
these changes give students more choice in 
their educational journey. 
“Students need to be active participants in 
their education in order to develop relationships 
with the adults in their lives and become better 
advocates for themselves,” says Randy Gawel, 
FJA’s Principal. “Students at FJA feel safe - 
both physically and emotionally - which allows 
them to discover who they are and who they 
want to be.”
As part of their journey, students at FJA 
explore outside of the classroom, as well. This 
year’s Freshman class is traveling to Montana 
in the Spring to spend time on the Northern 
Cheyenne Reservation. The trip will teach them 
about tribal life, living as an oppressed people, 
and maintaining traditions and culture - themes 
that are echoed in Jewish life. More educational 
excursions are in the works and the future is 
looking bright for both current and prospective 
FJA students.

OWN YOUR JOURNEY. DISCOVER YOUR TOMORROW.

Questions? Contact Arielle Endelman, Director of Admissions
aendelman@frankelja.org | 248.671.3248
frankelja.org/apply

F

ive students and two teachers board a 
plane from Detroit to Israel. In hand, a 
robotic car that they’ve designed and 
built from scratch along with an oil pump that 
was 3D printed in the Genesis Lab at Frankel 
Jewish Academy. The group arrives at the 
Technion in Israel - the only group from North 
America - representing FJA at the International 
work and days of competition culminate with a 
Students at Frankel Jewish Academy (FJA) 
have access to one of the nation’s best science, 
technology, engineering, and mathematics 
(STEM) programs, according to Newsweek 
magazine. FJA is ranked in the top 1% of 
schools in Michigan and the top 2% of all 
high schools in the United States in the report 
of the 2020 Best STEM Schools. Newsweek 
partnered with STEM.org to rank America’s 
Best STEM High Schools. The schools were 
ranked based on data collected from 2015 to 
2019. The research determined which schools 
provided the best STEM experience for 

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