“Through the Classroom Window” is an opportunity for teachers to share the inspiring learning that takes place in their classrooms, giving others a glimpse into the heartbeat of the school. Today, Grade 7 teacher, Dan Goldberg, shares how his students recently considered issues of power through the lens of Megillat Esther, expanding their learning on …

The Heschel Gallery is a Heschel Hive column that appears at the end of every rotation throughout the year. It features students’ artwork with an explanation of the project by Morah Lisa for context. This is a wonderful way to appreciate the diversity and beauty of the students’ creations! Our Grade 7 cohort recently created …

“Through the Classroom Window” is an opportunity for teachers to share the inspiring learning that takes place in their classrooms, giving others a glimpse into the heartbeat of the school. Today, we hear from Grade 7 teacher Amir Gershon about how the Grade 7 cohort breathes life into ancient stories, using script writing and filmmaking. …

The Heschel Gallery is a new Heschel Hive column that will appear at the end of every rotation throughout the year. It will feature students’ artwork with an explanation of the project by Morah Lisa for context. This will be a wonderful way to be able to appreciate the diversity and beauty of the students’ creations! We …

For the Grade 7 Zericha Civics project, we decided that we wanted to help the elderly. We made activity booklets that included crosswords and word searches. We went to the Terrace Gardens, a senior’s home, met some wonderful residents and worked on the booklets together. While working on the booklets, we had a chance to …

The Communications committee, a part of the student council dedicated to making the Heschel Yearbook, has been working diligently throughout the year to ensure that our 2018-2019 yearbook is the best it can be. Remarkable student leaders along with staff and committee members have spent their time and effort to create and personalize this phenomenal …

Last week, the grade eight class lead a commemoration in honour of the six million Jewish people who perished in the Holocaust. The sad and poignant ceremony was attended by students in grades 5 to 7 as well as parents and friends in our community. After the ceremony, grade 8 students presented their memorials of …

On March 12, the Junior High Debate  Team competed in the Jewish Day School Debate Tournament. This was the first year debating in front of a crowd for us.  We really did not know what to expect and ended up having a fun time.  We learned many useful skills that helped us with practice debates …

Last Tuesday the JH girls and boys played in the Soccer Tournament at the Hangar. It was a full day event which ended very well. The boys made it to the playoffs, and the girls made it to the semifinals. The boys got sixth place, and the girls tied for third. All of the Jewish …