In addition to numerous Advanced Placement, Honors, and College Preparatory classes, Weber offers a wide variety of unique elective courses that reflect faculty members’ content expertise and research fields.
Global Experiences
The Senior Israel-Poland Experience is a hallmark of senior year at Weber. We also have a highly coveted Spanish Immersion Program for Spanish students in all grades.
Academies
Weber takes a great deal of pride in its Only at Weber experiences, which include two distinguished Academies: The Daniel Zalik Academy and The Sports Science Academy
Outreach, Leadership, and Service
The Weber School provides a variety of school initiatives and opportunities that promote student leadership and involvement.
Student Life and Programming
Student Life at Weber goes far beyond the classroom and provides real-life experiences that help develop character, judgment, and confidence.
Fine and Performing Arts
Weber offers multiple courses in the visual arts, ceramics, dance, music, and theater with two musical productions each year. Our comprehensive music education program features performance and general music courses, choral and instrumental performance ensembles, and Artists-in-Residence.
Athletics
The Weber School sponsors 14 varsity and 6 junior varsity teams and is a member of the Georgia High School Association. More than 65 percent of the student body participates in athletics.
Since its beginning 25 years ago, The Weber School has welcomed Jewish high school students from all over Atlanta. As a Jewish community high school with an exceptional college preparatory program, we attract and enroll students with a wide range of observance levels and Jewish education.
Weber continues to expand its successful approach to moving beyond individual disciplines with opportunities for students to explore sophisticated content and ideas.
Student Life at Weber goes far beyond the classroom and provides real-life experiences that help develop character, judgment, and confidence.
Alumni Parent
Weber’s high caliber faculty and strong academics foster vibrant community leaders.
Alumni Parent
Weber gave our kids something dramatically different—the perfect balance between structure and independence.
Current 10th Grade Parent
Weber is more than the school my children attend; it’s a family. It’s a community.
Current 11th Grade Parent
We know that when our daughter graduates from Weber, she will go off to college the very best version of herself.
Current 12th Grade Parent
What I like most about Weber is that my kids are successful in both tangible and intangible ways. From the kids’ spirit and connectedness to academic awards and college acceptances.
Current 9th Grade Parent
On the way to school last fall, my son said to me, “You know, Mom, a lot of schools look good from the outside, but Weber is a school that allows students to feel good about themselves when inside.” I couldn’t agree more.
Past Grandparent
My favorite thing is that when I visit the classroom for Grandparents Day, questions in the classroom didn’t always start with the teacher.
Weber’s 2nd Annual Karlin Science, Technology, and Design Symposium was an unabashed success that saw the school transformed into an interactive, student-led showcase of science, technology, and human-centered design work completed this year in concert with The Daniel Zalik Academy (DZA).
Thanks to a grant from The Breman Foundation, students in Ms. Rocamora’s Senior Lit Journeys classes have spent the last six weeks engaging in a series of experiential learning opportunities to study the role of empathy in affecting positive, lasting change on oneself, on one’s community, and on one’s society.
To give concrete structure to abstract math concepts, students in Mathematics teacher Herschel Revzin’s Geometry CP and Dean of Mathematics Riley Clark’s Geometry Honors classes created 3-D visual representations to apply their understanding of the surface area of solids. ”Students often find that representing information visually is a powerful way to understand math, but as with all skills, it must be taught and practiced.” says Ms.Clark,
The Weber School is pleased to announce a transformative $19 million grant from The Zalik Foundation to support the retention and recruitment of top educational professionals, enhancements in curriculum and programming, and expansion of its facilities. This investment will provide Weber with new resources to fully realize its mission as a 21st-century Jewish high school and support its growing student population and the needs of the greater Atlanta Jewish community. This will be the first significant expansion to Weber’s campus since moving to the current location in Sandy Springs.
Thank you to guest speaker Batia Ben Aroia who shared her personal story with students in Hebrew teachers Iris Greber, Keren Ben Haim, Ortal Wikoff, and Michal Ilai's classes. Batia spoke about her life as a Sephardic Jew in Bulgaria before, during, and after World War II. Students were intrigued by her account and learned that unlike the fate of other communities, most of Bulgaria’s Jews survived the war and moved to Israel.
In a unique collaboration between 3D Artist-in-Residence Cheryl Myrbo’s Clay Studio and the Daniel Zalik Academy (DZA), Honor Ceramics students Connor Voynich and Carmi Nemhauser designed and produced essential tools for future Weber potters.
The Weber School yearbook is a beloved school tradition that transcends social networks and mobile devices, and like all traditional storytelling, The Infinity captures the year’s events, preserves history, and showcases our school’s unique stories. Not only are Weber’s yearbook students gaining skills in graphic design, journalism, and teamwork, they are creating an amazing keepsake that our school and community will cherish for years to come.
After winning classroom competitions, five sophomores in Dr. Hannah Chapple and Sarah Roquemore’s English classes competed in the final round of the school-level national poetry reciting competition “Poetry Out Loud.” Congratulations to Reese Oberkfell who won the school-level competition and now moves on to the Metro Atlanta Regional Competition in February for a chance to advance to state and national competitions. The second-place winner was Elliott Furie.
Weber’s Director of Interdisciplinary Jewish Studies Linda Parmet continues her collaboration with The Teacher Institute for the Arts program (TIA), which provides Jewish Studies and Art educators with innovative Toolkits to explore Jewish texts and values through the visual arts. The toolkits provide a stimulating resource to cultivate creativity and kindle intimate connections to Judaism. The founders of this venture are world-renowned artist David Moss, Rabbi Matt Berkowitz, and Elyssa Moss Robinowitz.
The Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) recognizes the senior from each participating high school who achieves the highest SAT score on any single test date and is in the top 10 percent of their class based on grade point average. This year, Weber's STAR student is Matthew McCullough.
The STAR student program allows the STAR student to name the teacher who has been most instrumental in his/her academic development. Matthew chose English teacher Corinne Skott as his STAR teacher.
The month of Sh'vat celebrates the blessings of abundance, new life, and the importance of the Torah, with Tu B’Shvat, the “New Year for Trees,” one of the month’s many highlights. Just as tree branches spread out and grow, Weber students are being challenged to “Branch Out for Shevat” by growing their experiences and trying new things with a schoolwide game of Sh'vat Bingo.
After launching the newly created Office of Student Support and Enrichment in the fall, The Weber School was excited to partner with Nourishing the Soul Workshops (NTS) to bring its unique leadership intensive Leadership Starts from Within (LSW) to Weber’s Peer Leadership program. Developed and led by Jewish educator Tracie Bernstein, the training redefines what it means to lead. The leadership training is pragmatic and action-oriented, engaging Weber students with lively debates, sophisticated content, and brainstorming.
Kol HaKavod to Weber sibling alumni Hannah Feldstein (Class of 2020) and Sam Feldstein (Class of 2021). Sam received the Atlanta Israel Gap Year Scholarship and is currently participating in the Nativ College Leadership Program. Click here to read about his Gap Year experience. Hannah was accepted to Garin Tzabar, a unique program that provides comprehensive services to young Jewish adults (ages 18-24) who make Aliyah and serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as Lone Soldiers.
This year, Weber athletics jump-started the basketball season with its version of college basketball’s Midnight Madness—MIDWEEK MADNESS—at the MJCCA. Organized by Weber Assistant Athletic Director Tasha Humphrey with help from Weber basketball parents Jason Kurtz and Alan Kitey, the event was a fun evening for the entire community.
Congratulations to this year’s Kislev Madness Faculty Ultimate Dreidel Tournament champion Chris Chapman! Junior Carmi Nemhauser took home this year’s student bracket top honors.
Chanukiyot designed in The Daniel Zalik Academy in Lab Instructor Alex McIntyre’s 3-D Modeling class in collaboration with Director of Interdisciplinary Jewish Studies Linda Parmet were beautifully displayed at The Fernbank Museum for Chanukah this year.
Kol Hakavod to senior Galia Cohen, Director of Student Programming Michelle Geppert, and all participating Weber students for a wonderful morning of daffodil planting in support of Am Yisrael Chai and The Daffodil Project. The Daffodil Project aspires to build a worldwide Living Holocaust Memorial by planting 1.5 million Daffodils in memory of the children who perished in the Holocaust and in support of children suffering in humanitarian crises today. The color of remembrance, bright and resilient daffodils -- which return with a burst of color each spring -- honor those who survived the Holocaust and represent our poignant hope for the future. The Weber School is honored to be involved in such a meaningful community service project!
This week, The Weber Parents Group (WPG) hosted a delicious latke bar for students, faculty, and staff celebrating Chanukah! The WPG organizes and executes many programs that support our school, enrich campus life, enhance student experiences, and build a warm and wonderful community. Thank you for all you do!
The Weber School, a Jewish Community high school serving students from all Jewish backgrounds, prepares students for success in college and in life with comprehensive academic and co-curricular programs that inspire student exploration, leadership, and Jewish social consciousness. Many of our programs and academies are unique to Weber and can't be found at any other Atlanta-area high schools.
The Felicia Penzell Weber Jewish Community High School admits students of any race, color, and national or ethnic origin.