Akiva School – École Akiva

Parashat Va-eira: For Jay

Jan 7, 2016

By: Deborah Abecassis Warshawsky. An Akiva parent, Debbie has an MA and PhD in the history of Jewish Bible Interpretation from McGill University as well as a Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS) also from McGill. It’s been quite a week. From the lows...

Parashat Va-Yigash – “And he fell on his neck and he wept.”

Dec 17, 2015

Faces of Akiva

Dec 16, 2015

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...

Simon Boulerice en visite à Akiva – 15-12-2015

Dec 15, 2015

Chers parents, Les enfants adorent qu’on leur raconte des histoires et ce mardi 15 décembre les élèves de maternelle et du premier cycle du primaire ont eu la chance d’assister à la lecture théâtrale de l’album « Le verger dans le ventre » par son auteur Simon...

Visit from renowned Quebec French author Simon Boulerice

Dec 15, 2015

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...

Parashat Miketz – Joseph restrained himself

Dec 10, 2015

La recherche se déplace à Akiva – 1-12-2015

Dec 1, 2015

Chers parents, Akiva ne se contente pas de s’appuyer sur la recherche en éducation, c’est la recherche qui se déplace à Akiva. La recherche éprouvée en éducation est la source de formation professionnelle par excellence. Pourquoi? Tout d’abord pour demeurer pertinent...

Parashat VaYeshev – “And his brothers heard.”

Dec 1, 2015

Faces of Akiva

Nov 26, 2015

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...