Netivot HaTorah Day School
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{{Infobox school
| name = Netivot Hatorah Day School
| image =
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| address = 18 Atkinson Avenue
| city = Thornhill
| province = Ontario
| postcode =
| country = Canada
| schooltype = Private (operated by The Jack and Anne Weinbaum Education Centre)
| motto = Torah, Israel, Derech Eretz
| religious_affiliation = Zionist Modern Orthodox
| founded = 1984
| principal = Rabbi Dr. Raffi Cashman
| principal1 = Rabbi Elliot Diamond (Judaic Studies)
| grades_label = Grades
| grades = Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 8
| enrollment = 600
| language = English, Hebrew
| area = Thornhill, ON
| colours = {{Color box|green|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|purple|border=darkgray}} green, blue, purple.
| team_name = Panthers
| url = {{URL|http://www.netivot.com}}
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Netivot HaTorah Day School ({{langx|he|נתיבות התורה}}) is a private, coeducational Orthodox Jewish elementary school in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. As of 2008, it enrolls 600 students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8.{{cite web |url=http://netivot.com/|title=Netivot HaTorah Day School |publisher=Netivot HaTorah Day School|year=2008|access-date=23 January 2013}} The school is affiliated with [http://www.mercaztoronto.org Mercaz] (formerly known as the Board of Jewish Education), the educational pillar of the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
History
The school was founded in 1984 by Thornhill parents who sought a more religious atmosphere than that found at the decades-old Associated Hebrew Day School in North Toronto.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAY7wbRhHcIC&q=%22Netivot+HaTorah+Day+School%22&pg=PA108|title= And I Will Dwell in Their Midst: Orthodox Jews in Suburbia|first=Etan |last=Diamond |page=108 |year=2000 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press|isbn=0807848891}} Enrollment increased from 42 students in its first year to 160 students in its second year to nearly 600 students by 2003.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tw9PvqwPL6YC&q=gatherings+netivot|title=Gatherings: Creative Kosher Cooking from Our Families to Yours |first1=Shawna |last1=Magence |first2=Carol |last2=Lesser |year=2003|publisher=Netivot HaTorah Day School |isbn= 0973360704|page=x}} The school moved to its present location in 1993.{{cite web|url=http://www.cjnews.co/node/83355|title=Netivot celebrates 25th anniversary|first=Frances|last=Kraft|work=Canadian Jewish News|date=21 May 2009|access-date=24 January 2013}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It is now located on the same block as a newer building for the Associated school, as well as the north campus of the Leo Baeck Day School.{{cite web |url=http://www.shalomlife.com/news/17096/celebrating-israels-64th-birthday-north-of-steeles-avenue/ |title=Celebrating Israel's 64th Birthday North of Steeles Avenue |first=Daniel |last=Horowitz |date=2 May 2012 |access-date=23 January 2013 |work=Shalom Life |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513004527/http://www.shalomlife.com/news/17096/celebrating-israels-64th-birthday-north-of-steeles-avenue/ |archive-date=13 May 2012 }} In 2008 the school opened a preschool branch on the premises of Shaarei Shomayim Congregation in midtown Toronto.
Curriculum
In addition to the regular Ontario curriculum, the school teaches the Hebrew language, Torah subjects, and various other Jewish-related topics.{{cite web|url=http://netivot.com/AboutNetivot/CurriculumSummary/tabid/63/Default.aspx|title=Curriculum Summary|year=2008|access-date=23 January 2013|publisher=Netivot HaTorah Day School|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023002413/http://www.netivot.com/AboutNetivot/CurriculumSummary/tabid/63/Default.aspx|archive-date=23 October 2007}}
The curriculum is characterized by its Modern Orthodox and Religious Zionist approach, with an emphasis on "Ivrit b'Ivrit" (Hebrew subjects taught in Hebrew) and teachers who are shlichim (Israeli emissaries living in Canada on short, three- to five-year terms). This gives students an authentic taste of modern Israeli language and culture.
Upon completing grade 8, students mostly feed into either Bnei Akiva Schools or Tanenbaum CHAT.
Congregation Ayin L'Tzion Zichron Yisroel, a Modern Orthodox, Zionist minyan, is housed in the school.{{cite web |url= http://www.ayinltzion.org/about-us |title=About Us |publisher=Ayin L'Tzion |year=2010 |access-date=23 January 2013}}
Cookbook
In 2003 the Netivot HaTorah parents' organization published a fund-raising cookbook titled Gatherings.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tw9PvqwPL6YC|title=Gatherings: Creative kosher cooking from our families to yours |first1=Shawna |last1=Magence |first2=Carol |last2=Lesser |year=2003|publisher=Netivot HaTorah Day School |isbn= 0973360704}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aish.com/f/r/48915617.html|title= Kosher Creative|publisher=Aish.com |date=15 January 2005 |access-date=23 January 2013}} Sales of the cookbook netted over $120,000 for the school in its first year of publication.{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishtorontoonline.net/home.do?ch=content&cid=2223|title= Why I Volunteer: Shawna Magence & Carol Lesser|date=16 December 2004 |access-date=23 January 2013|work=Jewish Toronto Online |publisher=Jewish Federations of North America}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishpressads.com/printArticle.cfm?contentid=17084|title=Bestselling Canadian Jewish Cookbook, Gatherings, Makes a 'Sizzle' with its Arrival in New York and New Jersey|work=The Jewish Press|date=1 December 2004|access-date=23 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216073700/http://www.jewishpressads.com/printArticle.cfm?contentid=17084|archive-date=16 February 2013}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://netivot.com/}}
- [http://www.cjnews.com/jewish-learning/eighth-graders-interview-survivors-film "Eighth graders interview survivors for film"] Canadian Jewish News, June 2012
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