“Seattle Hebrew Academy is an early childhood through 8th grade Modern Orthodox Jewish day school.” seattlehebrewacademy.org, August 2026
“The play-based program incorporates activities that enhance a connection to Jewish culture and traditions along with social-emotional awareness and an appreciation of the natural world.” seattlehebrewacademy.org, August 2026
Washington DCYF cited something at 4 of the 4 visits below. Across Seattle centers it cites something at about 67% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Seattle with Seattle and never with another state.
Licensor reviewed 5 staff files. 2 staff- Eli W. and Sheila G. were missing a current food worker card. Date Disputed Date Disputed· March 3, 2026
Washington DCYF publishes the licensor’s own observation and a risk level for every citation it issues at a licensing visit, with the inspection report attached as a PDF.
Licensing visit · March 3, 2026
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
Licensor reviewed 5 staff files. 2 staff- Eli W. and Sheila G. were missing a current food worker card. Date Disputed Date Disputed
Immunizations and exempt children
WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2) · Long Term
Licensor reviewed 5 child files. 1 file was missing the immunization record or exemption.
Licensing visit · April 3, 2025
WAC 110-300-0106(12) / 110-300-0106(3) · Serious / Short Term
Some staff missing current BBP training. Some staff missing current food handler cards. Some staff missing 30 hrs. childcare basics training.
Immunizations and exempt children
WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2) · Long Term
Licensor reviewed 5 child files- 1 file missing shot record or exemption.
WAC 110-300-0241(7) · Short Term
Classroom ages 2-3yrs. Observed no 3 step cleaning bottles at diaper changing area. There were clorox wipes present.
WAC 110-300-0470(4)(d) · Short Term
Need to implement annual review of emergency prep plan w/staff and staff signatures. Need to record all fire/emergency drills on a department form.
Licensing visit · January 4, 2024
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
Some teachers have been working for more than 3 months and do not have all required trainings. some teachers need food handlers training. some teachers need to do 30hrs. initial training.
WAC 110-300-0170(3)(d) · Serious
need to request a waiver for use of candles at school for the sabath.
Licensing visit · March 23, 2022
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(5) · Serious
Brooms and dust pans are in the classrooms and accessible to the children.
WAC 110-300-0106(1) / 110-300-0106(3) / 110-300-0106(5) / 110-300-0106(7) / 110-300-0106(9) / 110-300-0106(10) / 110-300-0106(11) / 110-300-0106(12) · Long Term / Short Term
Staff were missing documentation of Initial STARS, Mandated Reporter, Emergency Preparedness Training, Children Experiencing Homelessness, and Medication Management training reflected in MERIT. Staff were missing documentation of BBP, CPR/First Aid and Food Handlers from file and/or MERIT.
WAC 110-300-0215(3) / 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii) · Serious
Staff were missing documentation of Medication Training via MERIT. There are children with diaper ointments and there is no paperwork/medication authorization form for the diaper ointments. There was one child with vasaline and the vasaline lacks the required information of amount, age etc. the medication authorization form willl require a dr. signature.
WAC 110-300-0470(4)(b) · Short Term
Fire drills were not conducted monthly. Disaster drills were not conducted quarterly the last drill was in October.
Sick and biting policies.
Ask what changed after the seven findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in March 2026.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
Not yet reported: children per teacher.
Not yet reported: days / week, holiday closures.
Pricing per provider website, checked July 2026.
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
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