Décembre 2012 December

5773 Kislev - Tevet

Mia Severin

It's hard to believe that three months of school have already flown by and here we are in the month of December and the holiday of Chanukah...

Suzanne Costom Cutler

It is with great pleasure that I am writing to you in this first issue of Akiva's online newsletter. What a wonderful way to share all of the exciting things going on in our amazing school with all of the members of our Akiva family...

Jennifer Fraenkel

How is The Akiva School ensuring academic excellence for all students?  We are engaging all of our students in meaningful, relevant, rigorous learning activities while developing their 21st century skills...

The Akiva Welcome Back-to-School Picnic

The Akiva School kicked off the school year with our annual Back-to-School picnic, organized by our energetic Back-to-School committee...

Akiva is at the forefront of pedagogy with the implementation of blended learning into our math classes this year...

The Akiva School is happy to announce that Stephen Glass, the very talented Director of Music for the Shaar Hashomayim and well known leader in the world of Jewish music, has joined the Akiva team in the role of Music Specialist...

Everyone's story matters...

Once again, Akiva held our very unique school wide reading program and this year the whole school read "The fantastic flying books of Morris Lessmore"...

Celebrating the holidays with Akiva grandparents

This year, Akiva Grade 1 classes held a very special celebration for the holiday of Sukkot which they shared with their grandparents...

Where are they now?

Laura Elbaz is an Akiva graduate of the class of 2003.  After Akiva, Laura went on to study Health Sciences at Dawson College... 

The Akiva School Endowment Fund

The Akiva School Endowment Fund supports the faculty, programs and community that help educate and inspire our children to become strong leaders and lifelong achievers...

Akiva Staff  Professional Development Retreat

This year, the Akiva staff spent two days offsite to regroup and learn more about "universal design for learning", a systemic approach to meeting all our students needs in the classroom...

An initiative of the Akiva Chesed Committee

Akiva's team of parents that make up the Chesed Committee spearheaded a very special project to collect supplies for schools in need after Hurricane Sandy.  The response from the Akiva community was overwhelming... 

An initiative of the Akiva Parent Association

On November 28 and 29th, The Akiva School held our annual Fall Bazaar and it was a huge success...

Meet Robyn...

Robyn Schreter is our new Director of Social Development at The Akiva School. In her role, Robyn is responsible for meeting the social, developmental and emotional needs of all our students...

Year Ending June 2012

The Board of Directors is responsible for furthering Akiva's mission and ensuring long term financial stability...