Welcome to Akiva School...
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.
Join our Akiva Team
Find out more about careers at Akiva.
Apply Today!
Apply now for Junior Kindergarten 2027 and Kindergarten 2028.
Explore our Language Lab
A first in North America!
Innovation at Akiva
Find out more about our Innovative Learning.
Latest News
Akiva School Math Team Shines at the Canadian National Mathematics League Contest
Mazal Tov to our Akiva School Math team who placed 3rd in all of Quebec elementary schools in the recent Canadian National Mathematics League Contest. Great job to all of our grade 6 students who participated and their coach Drew Rothman.
Akiva School Celebrates Yom Ha’aztmaut
Akiva students celebrated Israel Day with a day full of school-wide activities. In honour of the holiday, our Kindergarten students went on a virtual airplane ride to Israel. Chag Yom Ha'atzmaut Sameach!
Akiva School Remembers on Yom HaShoah
Grades 5 and 6 participated in a powerful assembly for Yom HaShoah with guest speaker Ross Paperman who spoke about his experiences on the March of the Living and Jewish Identity.
Akiva School Quarterly Digital Newsletter
Over the past few weeks, our students have been busy preparing for the Seder nights of Passover and are so excited to share all that they have learned at their Seder tables. Pesach, like so many of the Jewish holidays, is oriented around the theme of experiential...
Akiva Student Aron Widman Places first in regional Chidon Hatanach Competition
On Tuesday, winners of the Chidon Hatanach Regionals were recognized in a ceremony at TBDJ synagogue. Akiva’s Grade 6 student, Aron Widman, received his award for placing first in all of Quebec. Mazel Tov to Aron and his coach Akiva teacher Eric Cohen! ...
Akiva Students Learn about the Brain for “Brain Awareness Week”
Akiva grade 6 students had a special visitor on Friday, March 20th; Marion Van Horne ( an Akiva parent) Post-doctoral Candidate in neuroscience at McGill, came to talk about 'Brain Awareness Week'. Our students learned about different parts of the brain, the...
Akiva Students get a special visit from Marc Garneau
Have you ever seen any aliens? What did you eat in space? So many interesting questions for our special guest visitor, M. Marc Garneau, former NASA astronaut, who came to talk to Akiva Grade 2 and 5 classes today as part of Francofête... This week, Akiva School held...
Akiva Girls’ Basketball Team Takes Home the Gold
The Akiva Girls' Basketball team wins the Gold at the W.E.S.B.L championships. Mazel Tov to the team and coaches! Media Coverage:
Akiva Calendar
Rabbi Grossman’s Corner
Shabbat has kept the Jews
“It may be said without exaggeration that more than the Jews have kept the Sabbath, it is the Sabbath that has kept the Jews.” So wrote Asher Zvi Ginsberg in his celebrated 1898 essay, “Shabbes and Zionism.” This quip became the writer’s most famous...
History Repeats Itself
In this week’s Torah portion we are introduced to the first Israelites—Abraham and his family. Abraham and these early Israelites go down to Egypt because there is a famine in the Land of Canaan/Israel; when they get to Egypt, Abraham is afraid that he,...
Message from the Head of School – October 12, 2018
Life has returned to normal, and this can be of some concern. With the end of the Jewish holiday season, topped off this year by Thanksgiving, the series of feasts and fasts, celebrations and commemorations has finally finished. Gone are the three-day...
Message from the Head of School – October 4th, 2018
The story of the Garden of Eden, which we read this week in synagogue, certainly ends badly. The first man and woman disobey the one command of their Creator and are exiled forever from paradise. For millennia, Jewish (and Christian) commentators have looked to the...