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At Akiva School, we teach to the whole child, focusing on the intellectual, social/emotional and moral character development of every student. We promote independent, creative thinking, anchored in Jewish values and a strong Jewish identity.
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Grade 1 Welcomes Ariot!
This week, Grade 1 had a surprise visit from Ariot, mascot of their Judaic studies program. What a great way to kick-off their hands-on interactive program!
Welcome Back to School!
Akiva School is excited to welcome back our students, parents, and staff to another meaningful year of learning.
Happy Summer!
Wishing everyone a wonderful, healthy and safe summer! See you in the Fall!
Mazal tov to our Akiva Class of 2024
Mazal tov to our Akiva Class of 2024 who celebrated the end of their Akiva journey and the beginning of their next step in their educational journey. We are so proud for them all!
Trilingual Kindergarten Life of Moses Play
In the spirit of the holiday of Shavuot, our kindergarten classes put on amazing performances for their families in their "Life of Moses" play. Singing and speaking in English, French and Hebrew as part of their end of year performance, our kindergarten students...
Akiva Students Flip for the annual Gym Show!
Every year over 100 students take part in the schoolwide Akiva Gymnastics Show. Students from grades 1-6 show off their incredible gymnastic talents that they have learned and worked on all year long as part of the Akiva at lunch and after school extra-curricular...
Akiva Team Takes First Place in the Canadian Math League Competition
So proud of our Akiva Math Team who placed first in Quebec in the grade 6 elementary school level of the Canadian National Mathematics League. Mazal tov!
Akiva Celebrates Israel
Akiva commemorates Yom Ha-Zikkaron and Yom Ha-Atzma'ut This week together our community shared a range of emotions from sadness to joy, from despondence to hope, and going from darkness to light, as we commemorated a painful Yom Ha-Zikkaron and proud Yom Ha-Atzma'ut. ...
Rabbi Grossman’s Blog Corner
Rabbi Grossman's Corner
A knife to Canadian Jews – The Times of Israel Blog Post
(Post appearing in The Times of Israel Blog, March 11th, 2024) As an opening gambit in their war against the Jews, in the early 1930s the Nazis ended shechitah, Jewish ritual slaughter. At a time when antisemitic incidents reminiscent of pre-war Germany are exploding...
Morality from the Sewers
As appeared in The Times of Israel Blog... Visiting the Dachau concentration camp on a trip to Germany this summer, I was drawn to an exhibit on Nazi medical experimentation that illustrated the brutal procedures performed on inmates at Dachau and other camps during...
Rosh Hashanah Message from the Head of School 2023
Same Time, Next Year We are familiar with the story of Jews and Egyptian oppression: The suffering slaves flee their bondage and escape to the desert where God speaks to them and makes them a great nation. This story also appears in the Torah reading of Rosh...
Akiva High Holiday Message 2022
Not by Punishment For our annual Father’s Day outing this June I asked my sons if I could take them to the Kingston Penitentiary. They agreed, but only after my assurance that they would be returning with me to Montreal afterward, and that the prison has been...
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