21 April 2021 | Elementary School News, Latest News
Did you know we have some budding 7- and 8-year-old engineers at HA? That’s right, English teachers Renee Pervin and Alanna Korman introduced a unit on Engineering Design this week for the first time in the Grade 2 classes! “We will be practicing reading,...
2 March 2021 | Elementary School News, High School News, Latest News
Hebrew Academy’s librarians were given a very meaningful gift today by Grade 7 student Talia Aspler: two copies of her grandmother Sylvia Goodman’s memoirs. Someone to Watch Over Me: Looking back on a life of upheaval, kindness & fortune, details Mrs. Goodman’s...
1 February 2021 | Elementary School News, High School News, Latest News
In the spirit of Tu B’Shvat, students, faculty and staff wore green and floral clothing yesterday and celebrated Rosh Hashana La’Ilanot with creative programming all week long. The KTM team and Bnei Akiva Shlichim Eli and Sivan Veresh led dynamic High...
28 January 2021 | Elementary School News, High School News, Latest News
HAppening now: Grades 10 and 11 are participating in a special Bronfman Jewish Education Centre program in honour of Tu B’Shvat featuring former Montrealer MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh. Michal just inspired our Grades 5 and 6 classes who joined other Montreal Jewish...
12 November 2020 | Elementary School News, High School News, Latest News
Hebrew Academy paid tribute to the courageous fallen soldiers and veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces on Remembrance Day with solemn commemorations. In a moving High School assembly led by School Rabbi Rabbi Eddie Shostak, Head of School Dr. Laura Segall underscored...
30 April 2020 | Elementary School News, High School News, Latest News
Our HA family welcomed Yom Ha’Atzmaut on Wednesday in typical HA-style: full of ruach, simcha, pride, gratitude and love for our beloved homeland. The day began with Hallel Chagigit and continued with Israel-themed activities including a scavenger hunt, Spin-the-Wheel...
23 April 2020 | Elementary School News, High School News, Latest News
High School and Elementary marked Yom HaShoah on Tuesday with solemn tributes that were equally outstanding as years’ past, despite being commemorated remotely. High School students, staff and parents attended a Zoom assembly on the theme of Names, Not Numbers....
5 February 2020 | Elementary School News, Latest News
If there were a Dad of the Month award, HA parent and alumnus Gabriel Malca (’01) would surely win it. For a number of weeks, Morah Elyse Haber’s 2B English class has welcomed Mystery Readers – typically students’ parents – who read them a story. Monday’s reader was...
29 November 2019 | Elementary School News, Latest News
Grade 6 students and faculty welcomed a very special guest on Wednesday: child Holocaust survivor Leon Celemencki. Students were riveted by Mr. Celemencki’s stirring account of his childhood during the Shoah, which was punctuated by the loss of his mother and...
25 November 2019 | Elementary School News, Latest News
Under the guidance of HA parent Rosaleen Hutman, Julia Lasry (6C) weighed a package of flour on a kitchen scale on Monday, which Mrs. Hutman explained is the weight of some premature babies at birth. Co-founder of the JGH Auxiliary’s Tiny Miracle Fund, Mrs....
