Robert M. Beren Academy

Robert M. Beren Academy is a private Modern Orthodox Jewish primary and secondary school at 11333 Cliffwood Drive in Houston, Texas, United States.

[2] In February 2012, Beren Academy's boys basketball team reached the semifinals of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) state tournament, but withdrew from the semifinal game, which had been scheduled for Friday evening during the Jewish Sabbath, after TAPPS refused the school's request to reschedule the game for earlier in the day.

[4][5] However, after some of the parents of the team members filed a lawsuit in a Dallas court, TAPPS relented and granted them the opportunity to reschedule the game.

70% of RMBA graduates choose to spend a gap year continuing their Judaic studies in Israel before beginning college.

[3] As of 2006[update] the percentage of students who achieved National Merit Scholar status was 15%, and the school's average SAT score was 1279.

[3] In January 2009 Beren was scheduled to start a pilot program, Yad B'Yad ("Hand in Hand"), in which students with disabilities are mainstreamed into the student body by attending classes every week, with 90 minutes per week.