5 November 2014 | Uncategorized
By Betty Bensimon and Zohar Friedman, Grade 1B Hebrew teachers Excitement was in the air this afternoon in our class! In honour our siyyum of the Ariyot workbook, students designed beautiful mobiles featuring all of the letters we have learned to date. Since no party...
4 November 2014 | High School News, Latest News
According to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research “Canada has the 9th highest rate of bullying in the 13-years-old category on a scale of 35 countries. At least 1 in 3 adolescent students in Canada have reported being bullied recently“, and “47% of Canadian...
31 October 2014 | Latest News
By Rabbi Eddie Shostak, Elementary School Rav Mechanech, High School Israel Advisor Hebrew Academy Grade 11 students were treated to an inspiring talk from a surprise visitor from Israel on Thursday. Miriam Peretz, mother of two sons killed in the IDF on separate...
31 October 2014 | High School News, Latest News
Israeli Rabbi Sharon Shalom was about nine years old in 1982 when he began the treacherous journey by foot from Ethiopia to Israel – a journey that took two-and-a-half months and “4000″ victims. Upon arrival in Sudan, the Mossad escorted Rabbi Shalom’s group to the...
30 October 2014 | Elementary School News, Latest News
By Elyse Haber, English and Technology Integration Coordinator Hebrew Academy’s first ever Literacy Night took place on Tuesday evening. Students from Kindergarten, Grades 1 and 2 arrived at school wearing their pyjamas and excited to be at school at night! The...
30 October 2014 | Elementary School News, Latest News
After learning about Stav and the changes in seasons and weather, Morah Sari Attaeich-Rohr’s Grade 1A class went on a special nature walk to experience fall first-hand! The children explored the grounds outside Hebrew Academy and had a marvellous time finding leaves...
29 October 2014 | Elementary School News, Latest News
by Elyse Haber, Technology Education Coordinator, Elementary School Grade 3A students were excited to participate in a Skype lesson with Stephen McCranie yesterday afternoon. Stephen is the author and illustrator of the extremely popular Mal and Chad graphic novels...
24 October 2014 | High School News, Latest News
Over 300 students, faculty and members of the community gathered this morning in The Lieberman Family Beit Midrash to hear an address by Racheli Fraenkel, mother of Naftali Fraenkel – one of three Israeli teens abducted and murdered in the West Bank in June. In an...
22 October 2014 | Elementary School News, Latest News
Excitement was in the air this afternoon as Kindergarten A and B students exchanged book reviews with Kindergarten students from Georgia Elementary School in the States. With the help of English Studies and Technology Integration Coordinator Elyse Haber and...
