If you spend your days in a Jewish elementary school, you cannot help but know that Pesach is coming. The halls resonate with the sounds of the children singing the familiar melodies and chanting the oft-repeated words of the Haggadah. … 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
“Who are those people?” asked more than one student this week, as we hosted a team of 9 outstanding educators from across Canada. They were here as part of the Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS) review and evaluation process, and… 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
They arrived in school one by one – and before long an incredible array of hand-made, original Chanukiot were on display. Inspired by their teacher Carmela, the grade 5 students each created a unique, kosher Chanukiah, using whatever materials they… Read More
This has been a special week at Akiva, a week of new learning and new opportunities for the children, the parents and the staff, because this was the week of Parents’ Day and the staff retreat. Despite the apparent differences… 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
