Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh

The mission of Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh, an Orthodox Jewish Day School, is to graduate young men and women with unlimited capacity to compete in a superior manner in any challenge they undertake, who are G-d fearing, Torah observant models of exemplary character, who love God, the Jewish people, and the land of Israel and possess a love of learning, confidence and the ability to think critically and serve as active members and leaders of the Jewish community and of society. We will accompli

Built in 1958, we have exceeded our usable classroom space. We have moved offices into hallways, converted closets into small classrooms, and our undersized gym, and over 50 year old laboratory no longer allow us to meet the best practice educational demands of our teachers, parents and students. Our goal is to create an optimal educational environment which would include a renovation and enlargement of our kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms; a complete remodeling of our empty Bartlett St. Building to include 9 new classrooms as the home for our Boys Middle and High School; increase the size of our gym from 1,800 sq.ft. to 5,300 sq.ft; a brand new multi-discipline science lab; a complete upgrade of the HVAC systems to energy saving, cost efficient systems; instillation of sprinkler systems throughout the entire facility; and instillation of an elevator to allow handicap accessibility.