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Akiva Hanukkah Concert
Akiva Musical Talents Shine! On the Friday before winter break, Akiva held our annual Hanukkah Concert where students from Kindergarten to Grade 6 performed and showcased their musical talents to the whole school. The Akiva Hanukkah Concert is another example of the...
Happy Hanukkah!
Happy Hanukkah! Akiva celebrated Hanukkah with prayers, song, community, creativity, candle lighting and of course lots of latkas and soufganiot! Wishing everyone a wonderful rest of the holiday!
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Please join us to see how we light up learning at Akiva with creativity, innovation, and inspiring Jewish life. Register today to meet our team, connect with current, incoming, and prospective new parents, explore our vibrant learning spaces in action, and enjoy a...
Kindness Counts at Akiva
Teaching empathy and the importance of kindness is something that we do everyday at Akiva. On Wednesday, November 12th, our Counselling Department dedicated a whole day to focus on the power of kindness. The day was themed “Our helping hands make the world a better...
Akiva Soccer Stars!
Soccer Stars! Mazal tov to our Akiva Soccer Teams who excelled at the SSA Singer Family Soccer Tournament 2025. The Girls' Soccer Team came in first place in their division and the Boys' Soccer Team came in second place.
Grade 2 Celebrates Simhat Torah with their Grandparents
Akiva ended the holidays with a beautiful Simḥat Torah celebration in Grade 2 where grandparents were invited to participate with their grandchildren. Together students and their grandparents prayed, learned, sang, and danced as we “rejoiced in the Torah" and marked...
Akiva School Celebrates Sukkot
Akiva celebrated the holiday of Sukkot this week filled with lulavs and etrogim, special prayers, sukkah visits, and holiday learning in all grades. Many thanks to the Cohen and Elituv/Scott families for opening their sukkahs to our Grade 1, Kindergarten and Junior...
National Day of Truth and Reconciliation at Akiva
On September 30th, 2025, Akiva School recognized Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to commemorate the victims and survivors of the residential school system and its ongoing impacts on Indigenous families and communities. Our community wore orange and...
Akiva Calendar
Rabbi Grossman’s Corner
Sanctuary and Sacrifice – Message from the Head of School
The Torah contains an odd number of books perhaps in order that one book be in the middle and thus allow us to say: here is the center of God’s message to us. That book is Leviticus, and its central message is Sanctuary and Sacrifice. Leviticus, which we begin to...
Chanukkah Message – A Small Glimmer of Light
The world seems to have become very dark. As we enter the winter months the darkness of night encroaches upon day, stealing increasing minutes of light each week. Were we not to understand the cycle of the sun, we would fear, like the ancients, that darkness would...
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...