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Faces of Akiva
Bella Widman Akiva Grandparent “… I came to Canada 26 years ago following my children… I grew up in a Jewish home in a tiny city in the mountains where I lived just outside of Rio, Brazil. My parents always taught me that being Jewish was important but it was not...
Visit from renowned Quebec French author Simon Boulerice
Children love story-time and Tuesday, December 15, the students of kindergarten and early elementary school had the opportunity to participate in a theatrical reading of the story "Le verger dans le ventre" by its author Simon Boulerice. In order to explain how we...
Visit from the « Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec » in Grade 2
Friday, December 4th grade 2 had a very special visit! As part of our learning for the book "Un merveilleux petit rien ", grade 2 was able to learn more about the tailor's tradition and expertise which were passed down from generation to generation, including the...
Akiva Strategic Plan 2016-2019
With our updated Strategic Plan 2016-19, Akiva School is committed to moving forward with a clear focus on providing continued academic excellence, strong Jewish values and solid leadership for a brilliant future. Akiva Strategic Plan 2016-19
Akiva Digital Quarterly Newsletter – December 2015
Read all about Akiva's latest news in our Akiva Quarterly Digital Newsletter, December 2015...
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 like I...
A Story for a Smile
Akiva Grade 4 classes are published authors! As the culminating piece in their unit, Imagine a Day, grade 4 launched the opening of a student section in the Akiva library, bar codes and all. These Tall Tale stories were also be made into a class book which will be...
CAPS: AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE JEWISH EDUCATION
If you are a middle-income family, you could be eligible for subsidies and tuition freezes towards an excellent Jewish education. Deadline to apply for 2016-2017 school year is April 1,2016 at noon.
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Grade 6 Day
Tomorrow is Grade 6 Day, an Akiva tradition where the Grade 6 students become the teachers and administrators of the school for one day. Like so many Akiva traditions, Grade 6 Day speaks directly to the mission of the Akiva school, encouraging student...
The show must go on…
With Chanukkah’s departure, we have the opportunity to take a more nuanced look at the intersection between Jewish and Greek culture. While Chanukkah offers a binary view of Hellenism as antithetical to Biblical and Rabbinic values, the reality is more...
Light up our Learning
Chanukkah is one of my favorite Jewish holidays, but not for the reasons you may suspect. While I enjoy the foods, songs, and celebrations associated with the festival, every other Jewish holiday also has its own unique culinary, musical, and ritual...
Any Dream Will Do
Andrew Lloyd Webber was 17 years old when he began composing musical theater, the same age as Joseph when we first meet him in the Torah, in this week’s parasha. Joseph made Lloyd Webber famous when the play Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat...