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Mitzvah Day 2012

Posted On ט״ז באייר ה׳תשע״ב (May 8, 2012) by Morah Naomi

Thanks to our incredible co-chairs, volunteers, staff and families, Mitzvah Day 2012 was a meaningful success!  Please check out the video here and leave your comments either to this blog post or on the YouTube site.

Todah Rabbah!

Mitzvah Day 2012 Video

Heschel Online Auction

Posted On ו׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ב (March 29, 2012) by Morah Naomi

Going, going, gone…

The 2^nd Annual Heschel Online Auction closes Wednesday, April 4 at 2pm. Don’t miss out on the fabulous items up for bid this year! Tickets to a Canada’s Got Talent taping, Centre Camp and Camp Northland B’nai Brith sessions, Babysitting, Leafs tickets and much more. Check out the auction at www.heschelonlineauction.org and please forward to your family and friends.

Tu B’Shvat Celebrations

Posted On כ״ג בשבט ה׳תשע״ב (February 16, 2012) by Morah Marissa

Last week the SK classes celebrated Tu B’Shvat. We had a beautiful seder in each class where we sang and ate fruits from Israel.

The students followed a Tu B’Shvat seder haggadah.

We spent the week learning about the environment and how we can protect it. SK-A focused on litter and how to reduce it and SK-B focused on how to include the 3R’s (Reduce, Re-use, Recycle) into their classroom. Both classes sorted garbage and determined where different kinds of garbage belongs (e.g. Blue Bin, Black Bin, Green Bin).

Here are some photos from our Tu B’Shvat celebration:

Connecting Through Art

Posted On ז׳ בשבט ה׳תשע״ב (January 31, 2012) by Morah Marissa

For the past few weeks, the SK students have been working hard to complete their mini-creation books in art class. As we have spent a great deal of time learning about the 7 days of creation, the students immersed themselves in this reflective piece at the end of our unit. Through art, the students represented each of the things that God created on each day of creation and grappled with the challenge of representing “light” (Day 1) and “Shabbat” (Day 7) through art.

Once these books were complete, the SK students had an amazing opportunity to connect with the Grade 3 class to share with them all that they had learned about the 7 days of creation. Putting on their teacher hats, the SK students showed off their books and explained what was created on each day and how they chose to represent each one in their mini-creation book.

Here are some photos from that exciting morning:

Sheket, Sheket

Posted On כ״ז בכסלו ה׳תשע״ב (December 23, 2011) by Morah Zippi

In Ivrit class, the SK students learned a Chanukah poem.  Acting it helped the children to better understand it.  Their vocabulary has increased and the children learned how to pose questions and answer them.  Most of all, they were very involved and excited to take different roles of the poem and dramatize it.

Sheket Sheket