The Jewish Leadership Academy is a Miami-based selective Middle and High School dedicated to building the skills, nurturing the values, and igniting the passion amongst its students for a life of leadership within the Jewish community and beyond. JLA employs a unique blend of service-based, project-based, and competency- based learning to unleash the potential in each of its students to make a difference in the ever- changing world around them. 

Graduates of The Jewish Leadership Academy will be prepared to embrace the academic challenge of the country’s most demanding colleges and universities while infusing their campuses, workplaces, and homes with a unique set of values, ethics and ideals. 

Anchored by an indexed tuition model, admission to JLA is need-blind and driven by student character, academic motivation, and a demonstrated desire to live beyond one’s self. Guided by Modern Orthodox tradition, The Jewish Leadership Academy welcomes aspiring young Jewish leaders regardless of prior Jewish knowledge or practice. 

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