On Tuesday, March 7th, The Akiva School took part in World Math Day, a global challenge to get children, ages 4-18 excited about math. The Akiva team came out in full force and below are some of the statistics from… Read More
An interesting confluence of activities this week: the anti-bullying program and basketball game with the Montreal Alouettes, and the advent of Purim that begins Wednesday night. They seem like very disparate events – one very secular, very “Montreal”, the other,… Read More
Our teachers are always thinking of new innovative ways to teach. Check out what’s going on lately in our classrooms: Twister and phonics? Hats off to grade one teachers who are incorporating many diverse ways to teach their students phonics… Read More
Research shows that by supplying a more authentic context for learning, you will increase the chance that a lesson will be remembered and can be used in other similar situations. Last week, Grade 2 classes did a fun exercise to… Read More
Our Grade 1A class reached out across the seas and made some new friends with Grade 1 students in an elementary school in Castelnaudary, France via a Skype video call over the Internet. Skype technology and the Internet provide a great way for… Read More
Just a quick summary of some of the great things going on in Akiva classrooms: In Grade 5: In English class, the children were listening to a podcast written by an author in order to picture what the author was… Read More
Today I am blogging from the Bronfman Jewish Education Centre (BJEC) professional day workshops. There are an impressive 750 participants from the various Jewish Day Schools in Montreal here at Bialik High School. The keynote speaker, Larry Rosenstock CEO and… Read More
At Akiva School, our technology program is integrated throughout the curriculum. The student and teacher computers number sixty, including laptops. There are thirty computers just in the library/multimedia room area alone. A new Smartboard was installed for Section Française which is… Read More
