Bialik Hebrew Day School

For the high school in Montreal, see Bialik High School.
Bialik Hebrew Day School
Address
Map
2760 Bathurst Street

Toronto
,
Ontario
,
M6B 3A1

Canada
Coordinates43°42′39.07″N 79°25′43.58″W / 43.7108528°N 79.4287722°W / 43.7108528; -79.4287722
Information
School typePrivate Jewish day school
Motto״פה בית היוצר לנשמת האומה״ (in Hebrew)
("Here the soul of the people is forged")
Founded1961; 63 years ago (1961)
School boardToronto Board of Jewish Education
Head of SchoolBenjamin Cohen
GradesPreschool-8
Enrollment1008 (2016)
LanguageEnglish, Hebrew, Yiddish, French
Websitebialik.ca

Bialik Hebrew Day School (Hebrew: בֵּית סֵפֶר יוֹמִי עַל שֵׁם ח.נ. בְּיַאלִיק) is a private, Jewish day school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the few day schools in Toronto's Board of Jewish Education to teach Yiddish, beginning in grade three.

History

Bialik Hebrew Day School was established in 1961 with 54 students and four staff members by members of the Labour Zionist movement, with Moishe Mendachovsky as its first principal. By 1975, enrolment had increased to 550 students and 52 staff.[1] The school was named in honour of the poet Chaim Nachman Bialik. It has four "houses" named after Israeli universities: Bar-Ilan/Tel-Aviv, Ben-Gurion/Weizmann, Hebrew University, and Haifa/Technion.

References

  1. ^ "Our History". Bialik Hebrew Day School. Retrieved 4 December 2018.


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