Rochelle Zell Jewish High School ‏תיכון רושל זל
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School Logo
Address
1095 Lake Cook Road Deerfield , Illinois 60015 United States
Coordinates	42°09′04″N 87°51′14″W / 42.151°N 87.854°W / 42.151; -87.854
Information
Former name	Chicagoland Jewish High School
Type	Private
Religious affiliation(s)	Judaism
Established	2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Dean	Jason Loeb (Academic Dean)
Head of school	Tony Frank
Chaplain	Rabbi Zachary Silver
Key people	Nancy Steinberg
Grades	9-12
Gender	Co-educational
Average class size	40
Language	English, Hebrew, and Spanish
Campus size	Small
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Blue and white
Song	Hallelujah
Mascot	Tiger
Nickname	CJ, RZ
Rival	Ida Crown
Annual tuition	$29,300 (Not including book fees, security fees etc.)
Feeder schools	Solomon Schechter Day School and Chicagoland Jewish Day School, Akiba Schechter, Public and Private Schools
Website	www.rzjhs.org

Rochelle Zell Jewish High School^[1] (RZJHS), formerly Chicagoland Jewish High School (CJHS), (Rochelle Zell, Hebrew: תיכון שיקאגו), located 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, is a private, full-day, co-educational high school for students in grades nine through twelve. Rochelle Zell first opened its doors in 2001 to 26 students.

Rochelle Zell Jewish High School opened in 2001 as Chicagoland Jewish High School, with 26 students, 23 freshmen and 3 sophomores. In the 2005–2006 school year, 94 students attended Rochelle Zell, and the number increased to 132 students in the 2007–2008 school year, along with many new faculty members. Due to growth in its student body, Rochelle Zell moved from its Morton Grove campus to a state-of-the-art high school in Deerfield in fall 2007.

In 2015, the school received a donation from the Zell Family Foundation and subsequently changed its name to Rochelle Zell Jewish High School.^[2]

For the 2019–2020 school year, enrollment was nearly 180 students drawn from over 20 communities throughout Chicago and its suburbs. Roughly three-quarters of current students advance to Rochelle Zell from Jewish day schools. The remaining students attend local public and private schools before Rochelle Zell.^[3]

Rochelle Zell Jewish High School^[4] offers a dual curriculum of general studies and Jewish studies. It is affiliated with Center for Jewish Day Schools,^[5] and its student body includes students from all streams of Judaism. Classes begin at 8:40 A.M. and end at 3:42 P.M. On Monday, Tuesday, And Thursday. On Wednesday Classes begin at 9:40 A.M. and end at 3:42 P.M. On Friday Classes begin at 8:40 and end at 2:15 P.M in Fall and Spring, In the Winter Friday classes end at 1:15 P.M. The day includes a Shacharit prayer service in the morning, along with an optional Minchah service in the afternoon.

Rochelle Zell offers a variety of sports, such baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, volleyball, and wrestling. Rochelle Zell is a member of the Chicago Prep Conference (CPC). The Rochelle Zell boys basketball team were CPC division champions in the 2016-2017 and IHSA Regional Champions in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019. In 2013 the boys basketball team became the first Jewish High School in Illinois to compete in an IHSA Sectional Championship. The boys cross country team has won CPC championships in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, while the girls team won the CPC championships in 2010, 2011, and 2019. The girls soccer team won CPC championships in 2015, 2016, 2019. The boys soccer team won their first CPC championship in 2018. The girls Volleyball team won the 2012 IHSA Regional Championship. The boys volleyball team won the CPC in 2012 and 2018 and the CPC tournament in 2017 and 2018.^{[citation needed]}

The bowling team was cut in the 2019–2020 academic year.

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