Bialik Hebrew Day School | |
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Address | |
2760 Bathurst Street Toronto, Ontario, M6B 3A1 Canada |
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Coordinates | 43°42′39.07″N 79°25′43.58″W / 43.7108528°N 79.4287722°WCoordinates: 43°42′39.07″N 79°25′43.58″W / 43.7108528°N 79.4287722°W |
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School type | Private Jewish day school |
Motto | “Po beit hayotzer l’nishmat ha’umah” (in Hebrew) (“Here the soul of the people is forged”) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Judaism |
Founded | 1961 |
School board | Board of Jewish Education (Toronto) |
Head of School | Shana Harris |
Grades | Preschool-8 |
Enrollment | 800 (2005-2006 school year) |
Language | English, Hebrew, Yiddish, French |
Website | www |
Bialik Hebrew Day School (בית ספר יומי על שם ח.נ. ביאליק) is a private, Jewish day school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is named in honor of the poet, Chaim Nachman Bialik. It has four "houses" named after Israeli universities Bar-Ilan Tel-Aviv, Ben-Gurion Wietzman, Hebrew University, and Haifa Technion. It is one of the only day schools in the Board of Jewish Education (Toronto) to teach Yiddish, beginning in grade three.