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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 2 Hagigat Bereishit
Grade 2 students and their families celebrated a beautiful Jewish milestone this week at their Hagigat Bereishit celebration. Mazal tov to the students, their families and their teachers on an amazing performance and meaningful celebration.
Akiva Grade 4 Community Havdalah
Grade 4 Welcomes in the New Week Together In February, the grade 4 students and families came together for their Grade 4 Havdalah Program. It was a beautiful way to wish everyone a Shavua Tov!
Akiva Stands with Israel
Akiva School students, staff and parents attended the Canada for Israel Rally in Ottawa. Am Israel Chai!
Akiva Art for the Montreal Children’s Hospital
In May, Akiva School held our annual Akiva Art Fair program, organized by Akiva parents, where Akiva families work together to create beautiful artwork. This year, Akiva families created colourful canvases (16 in total) which was donated to the Montreal Children's...
Match the Moment – Matching Gift Initiative 2023
Thank you for a successful campaign! Through the generosity of our Matching Gift Families and our Akiva community, we raised over $550,000 for our school so we can continue to celebrate special Akiva moments together. It is not too late to participate! Click here to...
New! Lesson Plans – Podcast series featuring Rabbi Grossman
We are so excited to announce the launch of a new Podcast series, featuring Rabbi Grossman, Lesson Plans Ever wonder how school got to be the way it is? Like, why lockers exist, or why they teach what they do in math class? Lesson Plans is a new podcast about all this...
Introducing the New Akiva Junior Kindergarten Program
Click here to find out more about our new Junior Kindergarten Program for 4-year-olds.
The Art of Chessed
In March, Akiva students and parents participated in the Akiva Art Fair where they came together for an online evening of fun, creativity and chesed, painting beautiful artwork tiles to decorate the ceilings of multiple rooms in the pediatric ward of the Cité de la...
Rabbi Grossman’s Blog Corner
Rabbi Grossman's Corner
When They Call On Me, I Will Answer Them
There is much to celebrate this week. As Jews in Quebec, the past days have been filled with bounty and blessing. COVID cases are at record lows, and vaccination rates are high. The province and its businesses are opening up, and restrictions are down. We are...
The Tragedy in Meron – A Message from Rabbi Grossman
I have set before you today life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life. (Deuteronomy 30:19) When given the choice, the Torah tells us to choose life and blessing over death and curse. While this may seem obvious, the world of ancient Israel was filled with pagan...
Passover Message – A Time for New Beginnings
In the summer before my first year at Akiva, I called my friend, mentor, and predecessor Cooki Levy, z’’l, to ask her if she knew why our founder, Rabbi David Hartman, z’’l, had chosen to name our school Akiva. I had known Cooki at that point for over 20 years, and,...
Bravo to PD Volunteers!
A special thank you to both the Google Team (Cyndi Fiata, Cyndi Ross, David Creti, Omry Atar, and Robin Kravitz) and the Seesaw Team (Shanit Bouzaglio, Amelie Côte, Myriam Desgroseilliers, Samantha Kravitz, and Nick Roussos). The two teams developed and presented...
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