In moving addresses to our High School students and faculty this morning, HA parents Rabbi Mark Fishman, Rabbi Reuben Poupko, Rabbi Adam Scheier and Grade 10 student Aviya Scheier recounted their recent experiences at Poland’s Ukrainian border where they...
Grades 1A, 1B, 2B and 5B marked the 100th Day of School in their English classes with an array of activities and tasty treats! Ms. Andie Spector and Ms. Meira Furuya’s Grade 1’s presented vibrant projects featuring 100 items and were treated to cupcakes...
Presenting our Elementary School ambassadors! Mazal tov to 5A’s Aaron Assor and David Lasry, 5B’s Tina Cale and Natan Amar, 6A’s Eli Amar, and Lia Knafo, and 6B’s Yehuda Haimovici and Sarah Suissa! These students were selected based on their...
We have a fundamental need to feel special and unique yet know that we belong. Isolation and shunning are amongst the harshest of punishments for that very reason. It is also the reason for which an Orwellian society as depicted in his novel 1984 is so frightening. We...
As part of Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month, Hebrew Academy hosted a range of initiatives that promoted sensitization and inclusion: High School grades watched Just As I Am,a touching CBC documentary about Montreal’s Shira Choir, whose...
Grade 4 completed a special STEM project with English teachers Mrs. Renee Pervin and Ms. Sandy Rosenthal in honour of Black History Month. The classes paid tribute to Canadian human rights champion Viola Desmond by building monuments in her honour. “Students...
When was the last time you gave yourself a high five? The mere thought of it sounds ridiculous, yet this simple act has the power to unlock your creativity, motivation and positive emotions. You might have heard about the High Five Habit, recently popularized by Mel...
This week our Grade 6 Boys Mishmar class led by School Rabbi Rabbi Eddie Shostak and our Kollel Torah MiTzion bachurim embarked on an exciting new learning adventure! On Wednesday they launched the “50/50 Mishna Challenge” with the goal of learning five masechtot —...
Try to recall the exact sensation in your body of that time you fell off your bike. What about the pain when you stubbed your toe in the middle of the night on the bed corner? Are you able to conjure up the exact sensation? Now think back to the time that someone said...
In 1972 Bill Withers wrote the iconic song “Lean on Me”. If you are over a certain age, you are already humming the tune even if you cannot recall all the lyrics. If you don’t know it — it’s a great song! That said, it is easier said than done. From birth, we are...
