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Akiva School Closed for Snow Day, Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Future 50 Campaign
Celebrating our past and shaping the next 50 years of learning.Help ensure our students continue to benefit from the Jewish educational experience that only Akiva School can provide. Please give a gift today. Together we can help build the future of Akiva...
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Akiva 15th Annual Play – The Greatest Puppet Show
Akiva School’s recent 15th annual production was a huge success with four incredible performances on the evenings of December 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th at the DB Clarke Theater. Organized entirely by Akiva School parents, this year’s show was entitled “The...
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CAPS Program Registration Open
The Generations Fund CAPS program makes excellent Jewish day school more accessible and affordable by providing subsidies and tuition freezes for middle-income families. Click here to find out more about the CAPS program and eligibility.
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Annual Akiva Kindergarten Teddy Bear Clinic
Every year, the Kindergarten classes organize a session where our Kindergarten students bring their favourite teddy bear or stuffed toy to the “Teddy Bear Clinic”. The clinic consists of different stations run by Akiva parents who work in the medical field...
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Celebrating 50 years of Jewish Learning
Akiva in the Westmount independent...
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Akiva in the Canadian Jewish News
Akiva School thrives on innovation infused with Jewish values. Read all about it in the Canadian Jewish News..
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Happy 70th Birthday Israel!
Akiva School celebrates Yom Ha'Azmaut and our love for Israel. Yom Ha'Azmaut Celebrations
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Parashat Tzav – Dvar Torah
By Guest Blogger: Bonnie Levine, Akiva parent and Board MemberOver the last several years our family has rented a home in the Laurentians during the winter months. We relish our time together at this special little hideaway, spending quality time with our...
Chag Purim Sameach – Message from the Head of School
There are four mitzvot, four commandments that we are required to perform on Purim: Listening to the reading of the Megillah, partaking of a festive meal, sending gifts of food to friends, and giving alms to the poor. Though these requirements seem...
The Dignity of Difference – Message from the Head of School
The story of how our world came to have numerous nations populating different lands is told in Genesis 11, the story of the Tower of Babel:Now the whole world had one language and a common speech [and lived in the same land]. People said to each other…...
Chidon HaTanach
I have been waiting for this week since the first time I was introduced to the Akiva community. During the meet-and-greet when I first spoke at Akiva, I shared the following story:Growing up in Toronto, I did not have the privilege of going to a school...
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