It changed its name from the Hebrew Academy of Greater Washington to its current name after its benefactor Melvin J. Berman in the process.

As the school has expanded in size, it has moved several times before arriving at its current location in Rockville.

The Middle School, from grades six to eight, is run by Dr. Shira Loewenstein, replacing Rabbi Shields.

Most students take English, History, Math, Science, Chumash, Navi, Talmud, Hebrew language, and an elective.

The high school has a VEX robotics team, which participated in the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education league this year.

The teams compete in the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference, the ISBVL for boys volleyball.

Starting in 2004, every four years the entire Berman Upper School is brought to Israel for a ten-day long trip.