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Heschel Students Excel in Hebrew Language Skills Assessment!

The Toronto Heschel School Grade 5 and 7 students surpassed both community and North American averages in various Hebrew language skills on a recent standardized assessment.

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Shinshinim

A Farewell from Our Shinshinim

June 13, 2025

To the Heschel community:How time has flown!! Just yesterday we were standing outside of school gates for the first time, fresh-faced and with no sense of what was…
News & Notices

Honouring Bailey Daniels’ Legacy

March 28, 2025

Our community received the touching news that Bailey Daniels, beloved former member of The Toronto Heschel School leadership team, has been honoured posthumously with the King…
Through the Classroom Window

Sukkah Designing: A Creative, Mathematical, and Mishnaic Exploration

February 5, 2025

Our Grade 6 students recently completed an exciting new project that explored how understanding rules and systems can foster creative participation in our community. Challenged to…
Dvar Torah

Be Grateful for Your Freedom

January 31, 2025

This year, along with Moreh Alan continuing to write the weekly D’var Torah, he will be inviting faculty and staff to contribute as well. This will…
Chevra

Heschel Community Chanukkah Celebration

December 11, 2024

Last Sunday, The Toronto Heschel School halls buzzed with excitement as our Heschel families came together for a joyous Community Chanukkah Celebration. Here’s a look back…
Student Scene

Poetry Festival 2024

November 18, 2024

This blog was written by Grade 7 students, N.B. and O.W. Every year in early November, our Toronto Heschel School puts on a Poetry Festival Of…
Meet the Community

Heritage Words: Celebrating the Juhuri Language with Morah Ilana Mansharov

November 4, 2024

In a recent Heritage Words podcast episode, our Director of Elementary, Morah Ilana Mansharov, shared a heartfelt exploration of her heritage and her commitment to preserving…
Heschel Hornets

Cross Country Success at This Year’s Meet

October 31, 2024

The Heschel Hornets team ran their hearts out at this year’s Cross Country meet, competing with various Jewish day schools across the city. Our athletes thrilled…
Heschel Gallery

Grade 5 Art Project: Imagining Har Sinai

September 23, 2024

In a creative and immersive project, the Grade 5 students explored what it might have felt like to stand together at Har Sinai during the moment…
Heschel FAQs

What is the Mitzvah Tree?

October 17, 2023

The Mitzvah Tree that is painted in the main hallway of the school is symbolic of many of the Judaic and educational goals of The Toronto…
Poll-of-the-Month

Sivan Poll: What mitzvah from the Torah do you think helps people come together as a community the most? 

June 9, 2023

Meme Contests

Get Your Meme On! Heschel’s Monthly Meme Contest—Voting Now Open!

January 16, 2023

OK, Heschel students, it’s that time again to get your meme on! Each month, we bring you a photo of life at Heschel and you come…
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Poll-Of-The-Month

Each month of the school year, we will be posing a fun question to the school community. We will post the results at the end of the month!

Sivan סִיוָן

Sivan Poll: What mitzvah from the Torah do you think helps people come together as a community the most?

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