Teachers
What we need more than anything else is not textbooks, but text people. It is the personality of the teacher which is the text that the pupils read: the text that they will never forget.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel

Our teachers are dedicated, curious, life-long learners. Their aim is to nurture our students’ positive dispositions for thinking, working, and inter-personal development by helping them develop a solid understanding of the world around them using a multi-sensory approach. They are role models for the diversity of Jewish expression and living that we honour at the school.

Children learn best when their teachers are also active learners. Therefore, teachers and administrators at The Toronto Heschel School attend an annual summer workshop and ongoing professional development provided by the Lola Stein Institute for Leadership in Education, the publishing and teacher training arm of our school.

The school’s Teaching Excellence Fund enables teachers to attend workshops, courses and seminars to learn the best practices in their profession. Each homeroom teacher in the elementary school works jointly in General and Judaic studies. In addition to their professional qualifications, all teachers have skills and talents in either drama, music, dance or visual arts. Teachers in the Junior High have skills in particular subjects and also work in an interdisciplinary manner.

Early Years

Ayelet Erez

SK Hebrew

Eliana Small

SK (Prachim)

Elinor Barak

JK Hebrew

Hannah Orriell

Preschool

Hayley Pollak

SK Homeroom

Kati Kovari

JK Homeroom

Suely Mester

Preschool

Tammy Rumanek

Permanent Supply, Early Years

Elementary

Edna Sharet

Grade 5 (Hadar)

Galit Babitsky

Grade 2 (Besamim)

Leah Fuentes

Grade 5 (Hadar)

Maya Lazovski

Grade 1 Judaics

Nechama Drookman

Judaics

Nili Evenstein

Grade 3 (Gedayim)

Orly Borovitch

Grade 3 Homeroom

Sarah Eligberg

Grade 1 Homeroom

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Yonina Figdor

Grade 4 (Deqalim)

Junior High

Aiden Orzech

Grade 8 (Charuv)

Andi Spring

Grade 6 Homeroom

Aviv Evenstein

Science

Ayala Lev Ari

Judaics

Chen Tannenbaum

Hebrew and Judaics

Danielle Shachar

Grade 8 Homeroom (Maternity Leave)

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Emily Young

Grade 7 Homeroom and Derekh Eretz & Tikkun Coordinator

Hamutal Goren

Hebrew and Judaics

Jordan Katz

Grade 7 (Zericha)

Keren Kinstlich

Judaics

Margot Bychutsky

Grade 6 Homeroom

Sefi Chassid

Hebrew and Judaics

Art, Music, Language, Phys Ed

Daniel Goldstein

Music

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David Rouimy

Physical Education, Grades 3-8

Doris Morris

French, Grades 2-6

Fernanda Danek

Preschool Judaics and Physical Education, PS-Grade 2

Isabelle Bangambiki

French, Grades 7 and 8

Jenny Braverman

Permanent Supply Teacher, Kids’ Club, and Gym Uniforms

Josh Winestock

Grade 7 (Zemira) & Music

Lisa Sheps

Art

Malka Regan

Student Support Coordinator Grades 4 - 8

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Marissa Unruh

Dance

Revi Laufer

Gym

Samara Kupferman

Visual Art, JK and SK and Supply Teacher

Sarah Lodge

Visual Art, Grades 1-7

Stacie Goldin

Environmental Coordinator & Program Developer

Tzvia Eisenberg

Student Support Coordinator, Grades 1-3