YOC Study Skills
Grade 9s had a valuable session on learning strategies. We met in the multi-purpose room and learned about how we could organize ourselves better. We did a game where we had to choose between 3 activities – deciding how long we want to spend at each. Then, grade 12 student Elijah Silverman spoke about working […]
Holocaust Education Week Speakers
As part of Holocaust education week, Professor Mark Celinscak was invited to Ulpana Last Friday to speak to the students about the role of Canadians in the liberation of Bergen Belsen. He spoke about two army individuals who after seeing the camp, specifically chose to help make a difference with its living conditions even though […]
Ulapan Knights Season Finale
The Ulpana Knights finished their season with a heart-breaking loss, but still had a strong enough season for a bye in the playoffs. They play their first post-season game this Tuesday at 4:30pm at YOC.
University Night
Sometimes dreams come true
In this week’s Parsha, we will meet for the first time the image of the father of the Jewish faith and of monotheism – Abraham. As any budding novelist knows, the most important part in writing a story is the initial introduction of central characters, in which the reader is presented a few background details […]
UO Simchat Beit Hashoeva
On Chol Hamoed Sunday Ulpana had their annual Simchat Beit Hashoeva at Or Chaim. It started off with several different booths, representing different countries from around the world. We decorated cup cakes and made bracelets. There was also lots of great food; we had donuts, rice, croissants, and so much more! There were also really […]
YOC Simchat Beit Hashoeva
During Chol Homoed, Or Chaim held the Simchat Beit Hashoeva celebration. The evening began with a nice meal of pizza and other snacks. The school band performed many songs which the students and staff danced to. We heard Rabbi Goldberg and Ezra Schwartz (’11) give great divrei torah pertaining to the simcha that is Simchat […]
Literary Night
Grade 9 and 11 students returned to school on Tuesday evening to discuss their summer reading choice in a book club-like setting. Several parents joined us as well. Students enjoyed discussing novels with different facilitators and through the different style. Thank you to Mrs. Kagan and Mrs. Fixler for organizing the evening and facilitating groups. […]
YOC 10 Beit Midrash Program
For our first Beit Midrash program this year, we discussed Yom Kippur and the laws of korbanot in the time of the Beit Hamikdash. Two rams are given to god, one is thrown off a hill with all our sins and one is given as a korban. The opportunity that the Jews are given every […]
YOC 9/12 Big brother / little brother Learning Program
Before Rosh Hashana, the grade 9s and 12s learned in their big brother pairings. We learned about the different blasts of the shofar and what they mean. We compared and analyzed different sources on the matter. It was nice to get to know the grade 12s a little bit more and catch up on how […]
