UO 9/12 Welcome BBQs
Both schools held BBQs, organized by the grade 12s, to welcome the grade 9s. Students enjoyed meeting each other and playing some interactive games. Thank you to the Cohen family for hosting the Ulpana BBQ.These events are a unique way for our grade 9s to become acclimated into the schools and we look forward to […]
YOC 9/12 Welcome BBQ
Both schools held BBQs, organized by the grade 12s, to welcome the grade 9s. Students enjoyed meeting each other and playing some interactive games. Thank you to the Mayer family for hosting the YOC BBQ.These events are a unique way for our grade 9s to become acclimated into the schools and we look forward to […]
Graduation 2014!
Mazel Tov to all 2014 graduates and their families! We began the evening by reciting tehillim for the missing Israeli teenagers. During his speech, Rabbi Grauer reminded us of the importance of remembering challenges faced by the Jewish people, even during a celebratory evening. The evening also included award presentations, anthems led by our YOC […]
YOC Grad Dinner
The YOC grad dinner was held this past Monday evening. The boys enjoyed dinner, dessert and an evening celebrating each graduate and the grade’s successes over the past 4 years. The evening opened with remarks from Mr. Lazar; during dinner, Rabbi Spitz delivered a dvar torah. Following dinner, the students were presented with fake awards, […]
UO Banquet
The annual UO Banquet was held on Monday to celebrate the memorable moments of this year, and mark the transfer of leadership for next year. This year’s committee heads passed down their materials to next year’s committee leaders, including those on Student Council, Yearbook, and Choir. Mrs. Weinberg also compiled a video of the year’s […]
YOC Final mishmar
The final mishmar focused on reflections from the past year, as well as saying goodbye to Akiva Buckman, who returns to Israel to study at Bar Ilan after his year at Or Chaim as a Shaliach. The incoming mishmar committee co-chairs, David Jesin and David Zarkhine, created a year-end slideshow, as well as video tributes […]
YOC Sports Day
Wednesday’s Yom Yerushalayim Sports Day was a lot of fun! After a morning of sports and activities, we had a Torah Trivia session led by Rabbi Gutenberg and Akiva Buckman. Lunch was really good, with an awesome dessert! The school-wide bump game was won by Jeremy Piwko (defeating even Rabbi Spitz!). Following mincha, there was […]
UO Grad Dinner
This Wednesday, we held a dinner for our Ulpana’s graduating class. The dinner took place at DANI Dairy Delights, and was a beautiful way to mark the end of the girls’ high school journey as a class. Every student was recognized with a personal speech by one of her teachers, and the teachers were given […]
Yom Yerushalayim Dinner
Our first annual Yom Yerushalayim Celebration and School Dinner honoured graduates who served in the IDF or did Sherut Leumi. We also viewed video messages from some of them, as well as hearing reflections from Josh Wesfield (’06), Racheli Samuel (’11) and Yadin Koschitzky (’10). We were so proud to hear our graduates speak to […]
Math Award Presentations
Congratulations to Hodaya Amos, Nadav Gasner and Zev Stochinsky on being awarded medals for their excellence in mathematic studies through Mr. Lang’s annual Math Awards. Several students received certificates: Shoshana Jacob, Zak Kaplan, Cobi Franco, Emanuel Furman and Arie Reinis. All students have successfully participated in math contests this year, including the most recent Waterloo […]
