High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Yavneh Academy is a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school located in Paramus, New Jersey, United States. It educates 700 students from kindergarten through eighth grade. The school's motto is "Stimulating the mind, Nourishing the soul." The school was originally established in Paterson, New Jersey. Yavneh's current principal is Rabbi Jonathan Knapp. In 2006, the SINAI Special Needs Institute, an educational program for Jewish children and young adults with special needs, opened its first full-time Jewish elementary school program in Northern New Jersey at Yavneh Academy. Yavneh Academy has received many awards including: winning the Stock Market Game in New Jersey for middle school students in 1995, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008 (Second place only, and 2009 (First and Third place) led by math teacher Howard Goldberg. They have also won numerous awards for chess, basketball and hockey.