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Grade 8 Moon Observation Party

September 28, 2023

At The Toronto Heschel School we teach critical and creative thinking THROUGH the disciplines.  When we learn Science, we strive to think like scientists, using the Scientific Method.  Rather than getting our...
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JH Orientation

September 14, 2023

Last Tuesday the JH came together for the annual JH Orientation. Students had the opportunity to meet the new teachers in the morning assembly. After morning...
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Introducing our New Student Support Coordinators!

September 1, 2023

We would like to introduce you all to our two new Student Support Coordinators, Morah Tzvia Eisenberg and Moreh Garry Smolyansky!
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Shmuel Aleph

June 16, 2023

This post was written by Grade 6 students Amanda, Julian and A. The Grade 6 students presented their year-long learning of Shmuel Aleph this week. The...
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Grade 1 Kabbalat Hasiddur Ceremony

May 19, 2023

On Friday, May 19, 2023, the Grade One students marked their learning of tefillah with a Siddur Ceremony.  The Siddur Ceremony is scheduled at the end of Grade One intentionally; it...
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Grade 4 Novel Study Plays

April 25, 2023

On Friday, April 21, the Grade 4 students presented their novel study plays. The novel study plays are an exceptional demonstration of their learning of the Generative...
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The Living Haggadah

April 25, 2023

On the evening of March 30th, days before the Passover Holiday, family members of The Toronto Heschel Grade 5 students gathered in the Heschel gym to...
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Finding the Dead Sea Scrolls

December 13, 2022

Under the Generative Topic of “Even desolate places can be teeming with life,” Grade 6 students have been learning about the Judean desert and its surrounding...
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Korban Olah

November 25, 2022

In Grade 6, students are currently studying ויקרא (Sefer Vayikra) / The Book of Leviticus in Chumash class. Students are learning how through a קורבן (Korban), an “offering,” we come...