UJA: MAKING JEWISH DAY SCHOOL HAPPEN
UJA’s Julia and Henry Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Education believes all Jewish student should have the opportunity for an affordable Jewish education. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the Koschitzky Centre invests over 12 million dollars in meaningful tuition assistance every year.
Choosing Jewish Day School for your child means:
Academic Excellence
Day schools offer rigorous dual curriculum that promotes critical thinking and individualized attention. Most graduates find that after the rigor of day school, they are more prepared for college than their peers.
Jewish Values
Jewish day schools foster a values system and develop identity in their students. By living Jewish concepts such as gemilut hasadim or tikun olam, day school students become ethical individuals with a moral compass.
Leadership
Day schools foster leadership skills and traits within their students.
Judaic Literacy
By providing serious educational connections to Jewish history and texts and the Hebrew language, and by nurturing relationships to Jewish tradition, beliefs, and practices, day schools make Judaism second nature, instead of second best.
OUR DAY SCHOOL INITIATIVES:
Day School Affordability
We are addressing the financial affordability and sustainability of our Jewish Day Schools – because we believe all Jewish student should have the opportunity for an affordable Jewish education. To reduce tuition fees at Day Schools, we have introduced programs that address the challenge of affordability for middle income families.
TanenbaumCHAT Tuition Cut
Through UJA's annual campaign, donations and the Jewish Foundation we ensure that our community's educational and experiential infrastructure has the resources necessary to thrive.
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Tuition Assistance
We know the importance of Jewish education. We also know that the rising cost of tuition can be a barrier preventing families from sending children to a Jewish day school.
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Interschool Programming
Over fifty years ago UJA Federation of Greater Toronto became one of the first Federations to invest in ensuring the quality, accessibility and sustainability of Jewish day schools. This investment has paid off, as Toronto’s Jewish community has one of the strongest, most robust, diverse and unified day school systems in the world.
Bible Contest
The study of the Tanach increases our student’s connection with the Jewish People, their love of the Land of Israel, their love of text, and their love of Torah.
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Zimriyah
The annual Toronto Jewish schools’ choral festival, Zimriyah, brings together over 500 students representing GTA’s Jewish day and supplementary schools.
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Creative Writing
The Creative Writing Contest is a great chance for students to express their creativity, imagination, and love of writing.
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