At Barrack, we value and respect our students and the student experience. We understand the significance of maintaining a balance between our students' secular academic experience, their Jewish journey, and their overall social-emotional wellbeing on the road to personal growth. Our unique model pushes our students to high levels of academic success, college preparedness, and leadership as they embark upon adulthood. Benefiting from a rich liberal arts curriculum, Jewish learning, individual attention, and an array of electives and extra-curriculars, students develop their analytical and critical thinking skills across disciplines while enjoying student agency and exploration through participation in innovative programs connected to their interests, passions, and goals.

Barrack students blossom and mature both as learners and as people, supported by a team of educators and mentors committed to the development of the whole person. Cognizant of the challenges of adolescence and emerging adulthood within today’s world, our focus on and attention to the social-emotional wellbeing of all of our students is paramount.

We strive to create a school in which every student is known, seen, heard, and valued for their individuality and potential. By educating the whole child, Barrack inspires its students to be mensches, young people who are thoughtful, well-rounded, kind, and caring.

The Barrack community models the idea of Jewish peoplehood and celebrates the richness and diversity of the Jewish community in Philadelphia and its surrounding areas. We strive to create an inclusive and warm environment that supports students of various Jewish practices and backgrounds engaged in the daily study of Jewish texts and ideas.

Guided by our Derech Eretz values of community, kindness, honor, and moral courage, students are empowered to ask questions and engage in conversation, collaboration, and respectful disagreement on their Jewish journeys. As a Zionist Jewish day school, our students learn Hebrew, participate in immersive trips and Jewish experiences, and forge a deep and strong connection to the land, the people, and the State of Israel.

Barrack students graduate as knowledgeable and proud Jewish young adults, engaging with the world from a standpoint of an informed and confident Jewish identity. Our alumni possess the skills and perspectives to actively and impactfully participate in the larger community.

Harnessing the power of a Barrack education and the lifelong friendships developed during these formative years, Barrack alumni model the best of Jewish and American values while making their own unique contributions to their community and the broader world.