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…Leaving its Lathrup Village home, the Orthodox school finds shiny new spaces at a converted synagogue. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer A dell Kleid's room at Akiva Hebrew Day School has a lot of dust and no pictures or potted plants. But, she says, this office-to-be is a major improvement over her previous quar- ters, where the dominant decorative touches were paling yellow walls and a window air conditioner that effectively drowned conver...…
…N.*•,•% 4 semft.Fis Above: The gym/lunchroom at the old Akiva building is full of old desks. Above left: An empty classroom at the old Akiva. Left: Old sanctuary pews sit in front of the new lockers at Akiva. Far left: Teacher Lynne Farber cleans up in her new classroom. Opposite page: Teacher Kathy Sklar cleans out some bookshelves at the old Akiva Hebrew Day School - building. The smaller chapel in the west wing of the building will re...…
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