History

1996 A group of Hillel Day School parents decides to start a new community high school, eventually pitching the idea to Federation CEO Bob Aronson.
2000 The Jewish Academy of Metro Detroit begins with 9th and 10th grade classes operating from a collection of trailers at the JCC. Rabbi Lee Buckman is named Head of School.
2006 JAMD receives a significant gift from Jean and Samuel Frankel; the school is renamed in their honor becoming Frankel Jewish Academy.
2008 Rabbi Eric Grossman becomes second Head of School. Total enrollment exceeds 100 students. The school year begins in its current facility within the JCC.
2012 The Class of 2012 commencement means FJA’s alumni network now exceeds 500 graduates.
2015 Rabbi Azaryah Cohen is named FJA’s third Head of School.
2016 The addition of Partrich Field provides FJA a professional pitch for Jaguar soccer games.
2017 Courtesy of a grant from the William Davidson Foundation, FJA opens its STEAM makerspace, GENESIS LAB.
2018 FJA honors Robert Aronson at its Annual Gala on and holds its 16th Commencement Ceremony.