YOC Grade 9 Shabbaton
Grade 9 students spent a shabbat at Camp Moshava Ennismore, getting to know each other better. Rabbeim led engaging discussion sessions, a jeopardy game on shabbat afternoon and there was an energetic tisch on Friday night. Student leaders played an important part on the shabbaton, bringing energy and enthusiasm and leading beautiful davening and leining. […]
YOC Tisch
YOC students gathered in the MPR on Friday for the first tisch of the year. Along with some beautiful singing, students heard from Yaakov Rand who spoke about surviving a terrorist shooting in Israel. Students were captivated by his miraculous story and appreciated him sharing his experiences with them.
Good Ideas
by Mrs. Sara Munk On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain played the greatest individual game of basketball in NBA history. Standing 7″1, 275 pounds, his powerful grace on the court was unstoppable. He scored 100 points on that day, a record that will almost definitely never be broken. He made 57% of his field goals […]
UO Grade 9 Retreat
This past Sunday, we traveled to the Kinark Outdoor Centre for a two day retreat. We had the chance to participate in a lot of fun activities such as the high ropes course and rock climbing wall. We made new friends, we bonded with our teachers and we loved having student council along for the […]
13th annual IKO Charity Golf Tournament
On September 7, 2017, Bnei Akiva Schools hosted the 13th annual IKO Charity Golf Tournament at Station Creek Golf Course. This amazing event could not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors, participants and volunteers. Each year, this event continues to be an incredible fundraising initiative for the school – in fact, […]
Parent Information Evening
Parents from both schools joined us at Or Chaim for an evening focused on curriculum and post-secondary planning. Grade 9 parents learned about basics at YOC and Ulpana; grade 9 and 10 parents had formal curriculum sessions. After grade 11 and 12 parents had the opportunity to meet their son or daughter’s teachers, grade 11 […]
Educating To What?
by Mr. Hillel Rapp Sal Khan, the founder and primary educator of Khan Academy, in a recent TED Talk posed the following question: Consider a builder who lay the foundation for house. If the surveyor came to assess its quality and noted that it was only 70% complete, would it make any sense if the […]
UO Sister assembly
The theme in Ulpana this year is to Live fully now/לחיות את הרגע. To kickoff the theme, we had our initial sister program. All the big sisters and little sisters met with each other, and with their extended ‘coffee’ family. They competed as a family in an escape room where they had to notice all […]
YOC Colour War Sports Program & First Mishmar
Toward the end of the day Thursday, YOC students participated in a Colour War activity afternoon. The program began with a Kahoot trivia game, with questions on Or Chaim and Torah. Students then had choices to play basketball, volleyball, chess, soccer, science building, ultimate frisbee or an art challenge. School-wide games included bump and dodgeball. […]
Grade 9 YOC Dynamix teambuilding
YOC Grade 9 students participated in a number of teambuilding activities on Wednesday afternoon. They worked together to complete tasks and got to know each other better.
