Get ready, as three members of our outstanding educational team, and our Head of School, Greg Beiles, walk you through a typical day in junior high at Heschel. This recording documents our latest Junior High Information Evening, which took place on March 20, 2022. The video also includes recordings of two Grade 8 Human Rights speeches. (1 hour)
You can watch our Fall 2021 Open House here in its entirety! (82 minutes). This video includes:
0:00 | Overview and school video – Bailey Daniels, Director of Admissions |
12:30 | Discover Heschel – Greg Beiles, Head of School |
45:38 | An Alumna Perspective – Alexandra Goldman (’12) |
50:00 | A Parent Perspective – Jonathan Lebi |
56:00 | FAQs and Q&A |
1:14:48 | JK at Heschel – Heidi Friedman, Director of Early Years and Child Study, JK-Gr 2 |
This outdoor virtual event explored Heschel’s integrated approach to Jewish learning, with special features from our garden, art room, and outdoor classrooms. Our Head of School, Greg Beiles, and two of Heschel’s stellar educational team, discussed Heschel’s carefully crafted interdisciplinary curriculum. If you missed it, you can watch the full recording below. (57 minutes)
In this event from December 2020, Heidi Friedman, Director of Early Years, and four of Heschel’s outstanding JK and SK teachers share their insight into Heschel’s kindergarten program. (41 minutes)
Our Virtual Fall Open House took place on Monday, November 9, 2020. Please check out a few of the highlights in the videos below.
Greg Beiles, Head of School, shares insight into Heschel’s approach to teaching and learning. (32 minutes)
Our Director of Early Years, Heidi Friedman, shares how JK is taught at the school.
(7 minutes)
Veteran Heschel parent Joanna Shapiro shares how The Toronto Heschel School can be a good fit for all types of children. (9 minutes)
Jews around the world have been mourning the loss of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l since November 2020. Rabbi Sacks zt”l left us many teachings to contemplate, including the importance of Jewish education. On March 11, 2021, The Toronto Heschel School hosted a panel discussion on Rabbi Sacks’s ideas about why Jewish learning is so relevant today.
Our distinguished panelists included Dr. Daniel Held, Executive Director, Julia and Henry Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Education, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, Rabbi Dr. Benji Levy, Founding Partner, Israel Impact Partners; past CEO of Mosaic United, Rabbi Or N. Rose, Director, Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership, Hebrew College, Massachusetts, Rabbi Yael Splansky, Senior Rabbi, Holy Blossom Temple, and Dr. Rachael Turkienicz, Founder and Director, Rachael’s Centre for Torah, Mussar & Ethics.