GESHER ABRAHAM
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Mission Statement
The School is, and will remain, an interdenominational, religious Jewish day school which integrates the teaching of Judaism with a general studies curriculum. The mandate of the School is to draw its students from a wide range of Jewish observance. The School supports Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel's concern for the spiritual quality of human relations and his promotion of unity of the Jewish people. The School's philosophy is based on religious pluralism, understanding and mutual respect. page 4 of 36 B. The School welcomes students from the full spectrum of Jewish experience and provides a curriculum and school community for children from the entire Jewish community. The School respects each family's choices regarding Jewish religious observance in the home. C. In School, the children learn the spiritual, religious and ethical precepts of Judaism on an egalitarian basis. All School and School-related events must follow traditional Jewish practice, including the laws of Shabbat, Kashrut and Holiday observance. All religious services offered by the School shall be conducted in the spirit of egalitarianism, except that the School may provide non-egalitarian religious services in addition to egalitarian services. D. Following the teachings of Rabbi Heschel, students learn how to find religious significance in every phenomenon of nature, how to worship God by respecting and caring for each other, and how to pray in a manner that expresses their yearnings for admiration, thanksgiving and trust in God. The School maintains a very strong fully integrated environmental ethos. E. The School pursues an original educational programme of teaching for understanding, amalgamating "Accelerated" and "Integrative" learning. Individual teachers serve as role models of cultural integration. The programme satisfies the curricular guidelines of the Ontario Ministry of Education. A low teacher-student ratio, with small group learning, is maintained in all classes. F. The theory of multiple intelligences, which guides one to use all the senses in the learning process and the multi-sensory mode of education are inherent and salient in the School programme. The School's educational philosophy accepts that children have different learning styles and that human intelligence is expressed in multiple manifestations, including mathematical, logical, artistic, and other forms. The School's teaching methodology is consistent with this philosophy of activating all the senses, which keeps it beyond the linguistic-analytical reach of the traditional mode of education. G. The School fully integrates the multiple aspects of human intelligence with the teachings of Judaism. Drawing on the words of Rabbi Heschel, students learn that doing "mitzvot" begins with small acts of kindness to each other, with mutual concern and consideration. There is a "Toronto Heschel" way of acting and behaving in the School that begins with administration and staff and is emulated by students and their parents. To describe this behaviour, the School uses the Hebrew term "Derech Bretz". H. The School's main academic goal is to guide its students to strive for excellence and to be successful learners in every situation and environment. There is strong emphasis on problem-solving skills, oral and written communication and science accompanied by ethical deliberations. I. The School utilizes the Arts in all aspects of the curriculum to enhance creativity, abstract thinking and non-verbal communication, and to develop aesthetic appreciation. J. The School hires teachers based on their perceived ability to teach the School's curriculum in accordance with the Mission. K. The School is a community school. Personal responsibility for the Jewish community infiltrates the education of each student. The School integrates the daily life of its students with community service and civic participation. The School maintains that a committed Jew is a good citizen of the world who strives towards the ethical fulfillment of all peoples. L. The School may offer educational programmes to parents, prospective parents and to the community at large to further understanding of the School's educational philosophy and of the ideas of Rabbi Heschel which inspired the School's foundation and continue to inform its work.
About This Cause
THE CHARITY OPERATES A JEWISH DAY SCHOOL FROM JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 8 BASED ON THE PHILOSOPHIES OF THE LATE RABBI ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL. IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISION OF AND EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS SET BY THE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, THE CHARITY PROVIDES A JEWISH/HEBREW INTEGRATED EDUCATION.