Grade 1 wraps up their investigation of animal camouflage by creating their own classroom-camouflaged moths. Students learned about colour, pattern, and blending to keep their moths hidden in plain sight.
Akiva Soccer Stars!
Soccer Stars! Mazal tov to our Akiva Soccer Teams who excelled at the SSA Singer Family Soccer Tournament 2025. The Girls’ Soccer Team came in first place in their division and the Boys’ Soccer Team came in second place.
Grade 2 Celebrates Simhat Torah with their Grandparents
Akiva ended the holidays with a beautiful Simḥat Torah celebration in Grade 2 where grandparents were invited to participate with their grandchildren. Together students and their grandparents prayed, learned, sang, and danced as we “rejoiced in the Torah” and...
Akiva School Celebrates Sukkot
Akiva celebrated the holiday of Sukkot this week filled with lulavs and etrogim, special prayers, sukkah visits, and holiday learning in all grades. Many thanks to the Cohen and Elituv/Scott families for opening their sukkahs to our Grade 1, Kindergarten and Junior...
National Day of Truth and Reconciliation at Akiva
On September 30th, 2025, Akiva School recognized Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to commemorate the victims and survivors of the residential school system and its ongoing impacts on Indigenous families and communities. Our community wore...Akiva Calendar
Rabbi Grossman’s Corner
The Science of Camouflage
Center of Gravity
Grade 2 gets hands on with the concepts of balance and an object's center of gravity. The students explore how a plumb bob can help them find the center of gravity for different objects and built their own acrobatic self-balancing paper robot.
Let the Games Begin!
Grade 5 works on designing their sumo wrestling robots. The physical design of the robot is just as important as the code that decides how the robot behaves. A low center of mass and a well programmed light sensor helps the robots stay in the ring and win the...
Bridging the Digital Divide
Grade 6 learns how to bridge the gap between digital and physical objects. The MakeyMakey teaches the basics of circuits and allows students to use their coding knowledge to create unique and interactive projects.