Bialik Hebrew Day School | |
Address: | 2760 Bathurst Street |
City: | Toronto |
Province: | Ontario |
Postcode: | M6B 3A1 |
Country: | Canada |
Coordinates: | 43.7109°N -79.4288°W |
Schooltype: | Jewish day school |
Fundingtype: | Private |
Motto: | ״פה בית היוצר לנשמת האומה״ (in Hebrew) |
Motto Translation: | "Here the soul of the people is forged" |
Religious Affiliation: | Judaism--> |
Schoolboard: | Toronto Board of Jewish Education |
Principal Label: | Head of School |
Principal: | Benjamin Cohen |
Grades Label: | Grades |
Grades: | Preschool-8 |
Enrollment: | 1008 |
Enrollment As Of: | 2016 |
Language: | English, Hebrew, Yiddish, French |
Bialik Hebrew Day School 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.
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.