Getting Started

Click here to begin your application through RenWeb/FACTS. You will be prompted to create a parent account. If you are a current parent, you can use your existing login. You can review your application at any time. Your application will only be processed after you click the submit button and pay the non-refundable $75 application fee.

Please have the email addresses of your child's teacher references handy.

For incoming middle school students, we require two letters of recommendation from your child's teachers: one in math and one in English, with an optional third letter of recommendation from a teacher of your choice. For those entering our upper school, you’ll need three letters of recommendation from your child’s teachers: one in math, one in English, and another in a subject of your choice. Your child’s current teachers will automatically receive our electronic recommendation form when you submit the application online, and they will submit it back to us through the same system.

Please download and print the records release form within the application. Once signed and completed, please give the form to your child's current school so they can send their most up-to-date transcripts. If you are unable to print the form, please download it here.

All incoming students must take the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE), which is administered at Barrack on the following Sunday mornings from 8:30am to noon:

• Sunday, November 15, 2020
• Sunday, December 13, 2020
• Sunday, January 10, 2021

Cost for the testing, payable to the Educational Records Bureau, will be assumed by the parent of the applicant. To register, please call the Admissions Office: 610-922-2347.

The Admissions Committee will also consider scores from the ERB, SSAT, or PSAT exams. Please check with your school and let us know if these tests have been administered.

As part of our application process, students will visit school either virtually or in person. During the visit, they will be paired with a host student, attend classes and meet their peers and teachers. Student interviews, including a brief writing sample, will be completed on that day as well.

Applications are considered individually by the Admissions Committee. Students are considered for admission to Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy based on evidence of the applicant's desire and potential for success in a dual college preparatory/Judaic Studies program. Families who have applied by Friday, January 15, 2021 will be notified of the admission decision by March 1, 2021. Enrollment contracts are due two weeks after an offer has been sent. A completed online enrollment packet and an enrollment deposit are required to reserve a student's place at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy. The enrollment deposit is non-refundable and is applied toward the final tuition payment of the year. Those applying after the January deadline are considered on a space-available basis and will be notified on a rolling basis as the process is completed.