Pesach in the Time of COVID-19

Dear Bialik Families, This year, the world over, our Pesach Seders will be different. Of course, we will be celebrating in much smaller groups, limited to our nuclear families, and perhaps connecting with others for Zoom Seders. But I also predict some ad hoc additions to the Haggadah text. As we dip our fingers in […]

NEWS RELEASE: Exciting Expansion News

Dear Bialik Families and Friends, Even as we look forward to opening our beautiful new wing at our Himel Branch in fall 2019, we are keeping our focus on the bigger picture — the future educational needs of our Jewish community in Vaughan. To meet the growing demand, Bialik will require even more space and […]

NEWS RELEASE: The STEM Magic You’ve Been Waiting For

Dear Bialik Families, We are thrilled to be able to share some exciting news with you about our new STEM Learning Commons. Some may call this the best, worst-kept secret in the history of the school! It will likely come as no surprise to you that we are now announcing the launch of our Vision […]

Developing STEM Curriculum – Learning more than what meets the eye!

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) might be the most talked-about education buzzword of the last 10 years. It is spoken about daily and most schools want to have a STEM program. But what does this really mean? More importantly, what does it mean to us at Bialik? STEM is a popular term that is […]

The Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack

October 28, 2018 Dear Bialik Parents, Together with the rest of the world, we are appalled by the tragic events that took place at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh yesterday. Many of us have connections to that community and we are all shocked when Jews anywhere are targeted because of who we […]

NEWS RELEASE: Bialik North Opens an Additional Grade 1 Class

MEDIA RELEASE Media Contact: Lydia Levin Director of Marketing and Communications Bialik Hebrew Day School llevin@bialik.ca 416-783-3346 ext. 235 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BIALIK NORTH OPENS AN ADDITIONAL GRADE 1 CLASS York Region, ON: Bialik Hebrew Day School’s Himel Branch will open an additional Grade 1 class for the 2019-20 school year. “We couldn’t be more […]

Cheshbon Nefesh: Reflecting on Rosh Hashanah and the Start of the New School Year

Welcome to our new school blog! I am pleased to launch this space where, together with other school leaders and faculty, I look forward to sharing thoughts and ideas about Jewish education, pedagogy, technology, social emotional learning, and much more – and the ways that this translates into educating our Bialik students to become future […]