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Grade 8 Dance Workshop

September 28, 2023

This blog was written by Grade 8 students Deya S. and Lior K. On Tuesday September 19th the Grade 8 students participated in a dance workshop...
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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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Curriculum Night: the How and Why of Heschel

September 21, 2023

The Toronto Heschel School’s Curriculum Night took place last night, live and in person but with a little twist. Instead of simply listening to teachers discuss what we...
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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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There is as much in the Hidden as in the Revealed

February 6, 2023

Our Grade 1 students recently began studying their third generative topic: “There is as much in the Hidden as in the Revealed” “רַב הַנִּסְתָּר עַל הַגָּלוּי,...
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Grade 2 Field Trip to the Textile Museum of Canada

December 12, 2022

On Wednesday, December 7, Grade 2 students visited the Textile Museum of Canada to see the “Double Vision” exhibition featuring textiles, prints, and drawings by an...