Our Student Scene column explores Heschel through the eyes of our students. This peek at school happenings comes from Grade 6 students, who show us their finished sukkah project. To learn more about their process, click here.
Heschel students, check out this new video about our relaunched school blog, the Heschel Hive, and how you can contribute!
Dear Heschel Community, Shalom. I hope you and your families are all healthy and are adapting to our new and challenging times. Today we will officially begin Heschel@Home learning. I want to acknowledge the incredible work of the staff here at Heschel – our teachers, our support staff, and team leaders for getting Heschel@Home learning up …
The Tikshoreth committee interviews Junior High students about yesterday’s Yom Hazikaron Commemoration and Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration.
Grade eight students participated in the Sparks for Change program last week to meet with Arab-Israeli and Jewish-Israeli teens and their teachers. Students compared similarities and differences between their lives, and gained an invaluable perspective about one another.
Students share their experiences from participating in Pay-it-Forward Purim this past Tuesday. Students in grades seven and eight, along with teachers and parents, took to the streets of downtown Toronto to deliver Mishloach Manot to those in need; one for themselves and one to pay-it-forward to another person who could use it. The gifts were created …
The Tikshoreth committee interviews Junior High students about yesterday’s Purim activities. In Junior High, students connected the characters from the Purim story to different leadership styles and the attitude each leader displays towards giving tzedakah to the homeless.
Two grade six students interview one another about the plays they wrote and performed today. Their plays compared and contrasted similar narratives in Greek mythology and the Chumash around the theme of Fate vs. Free Will.
A student from the Tikshoreth Committee interviews a student from the Environmental Committee about Tu Bishvat and Environment Week at Heschel.