Just a quick summary of some of the great things going on in Akiva classrooms: In Grade 5: In English class, the children were listening to a podcast written by an author in order to picture what the author was saying. They evaluated the descriptive language that was...

Parashat VaYeshev – “And his brothers heard.”
By: Deborah Abecassis Warshawsky. An Akiva parent, Debbie has an MA and PhD in the history of Jewish Bible Interpretation from McGill University as well as a Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS) also from McGill. “Don’t pick up your sister!”...
Faces of Akiva
Tali, Akiva teacher and parent “I came to Canada from Israel over 16 years ago. After completing university, I followed my husband here… I chose to take a temporary job that was offered to me – to work in a Jewish day school… When I worked in the school, I felt...
Parashat VaYishlach – “And Israel heard”
By: Deborah Abecassis Warshawsky. An Akiva parent, Debbie has an MA and PhD in the history of Jewish Bible Interpretation from McGill University as well as a Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS) also from McGill. “Whatever you do, DO NOT fold that huge...