Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto

Anne and Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto
Address
Kimel Centre: 9600 Bathurst Street, Vaughan, Ontario Wallenberg Campus: 200 Wilmington Avenue Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5J8, Canada
Information
School board	United Jewish Appeal Board of Jewish Education
Religious affiliation	Jewish
Director of Education	Paul Shaviv
School type	Private high school
Grades	9-12
Language	English, Hebrew, French, Spanish
Team name	North: Cougars South: Tigers
Colours	North: Navy Blue, Baby Blue          South: Blue and White
Founded	1960
Enrolment	1400 (2011)
Feeder schools	Associated Hebrew Schools, Bialik Hebrew Day School, Leo Baeck Day School, Robbins Hebrew Academy (formerly United Synagogue Day School), The Toronto Heschel School, Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School, Netivot HaTorah Day School, and various public schools in the Greater Toronto Area
Homepage	http://www.tanenbaumchat.org

The Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (Hebrew: האקדמיה העברית ע"ש טננבאום), or "TanenbaumCHAT", is a secondary Jewish day school which is located on two campuses in the Greater Toronto Area in Canada.

Campuses

TanenbaumCHAT Wallenberg Campus (known as TCW) is located at 200 Wilmington Ave. in Toronto, and serves students living south of Steeles Avenue. TanenbaumCHAT Kimel Family Education Centre (known as TCK) is located at 9600 Bathurst St. in Vaughan, and serves students living north of Steeles.

Feeder patterns

Elementary schools that feed into TanenbaumCHAT include Associated Hebrew Schools, Bialik Hebrew Day School, The Toronto Heschel School, Leo Baeck Day School, Robbins Hebrew Academy (formerly United Synagogue Day School), Netivot Hatorah Day School, and Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School. There is a New Stream program for students who have come from the public school system or who did not otherwise previously attend a Jewish elementary school, as well as a Special Education program for students with special learning needs.

Name changes

Due to relocations and monetary donations to the school by various philanthropists and members of the Jewish community in the GTA, TanenbaumCHAT has undergone various changes to its official name. Regardless of these changes, it is often referred to by students and especially by alumni as "CHAT."

• The original name for the school was "Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto", or "CHAT."^{[citation needed]}
• In September 2000, a second campus was opened in Richmond Hill, which was named "CHAT-RH" ("CHAT Richmond Hill.") It was intended to be a temporary location, and remained opened until June 2007.
• At the graduation ceremony in June 2006, it was announced that due to a major gift, the school would cease to be known as the Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto or CHAT, and would be renamed the Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto, or TanenbaumCHAT. In September of that year, it was announced that the Richmond Hill campus would be temporarily called "TanenbaumCHAT North" in preparation of a move to a new building in Vaughan, while the Toronto campus would be named "TanenbaumCHAT South."
• In September 2007, the Richmond Hill campus moved permanently onto the Lebovic Campus in Vaughan, into a building named after its benefactors, "TanenbaumCHAT Kimel Family Education Centre" (TCK).
• In May 2008, another name change took place, specifically regarding the Toronto campus, due to another major anonymous donation. After a school wide vote, the new name for the Toronto campus was decided to be "The Anne and Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto- Wallenberg Campus" or "TanenbaumCHAT Wallenberg" (TCW), named after World War II era Swedish humanitarian, Raoul Wallenberg.

Notable alumni

• Diane Flacks, Canadian comedic actress, screenwriter and playwright^{[citation needed]}
• Rabbi Vernon Kurtz, Past President of the Rabbinical Assembly^[1]
• Michael Mostyn, former Conservative Party of Canada candidate for York Centre and current Director of Government Relations for B'nai Brith Canada.^[2]
• Jeremy Podeswa, Famous Canadian Director

Notes

1. ^ "RH Preps for First Grad Class," Fall 2003, pg. 12. http://www.chatalumni.ca/getDoc.do?id=11518.
2. ^ "Mostyn, Michael," The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/elections/fed2005/candidates/generated/35103_CON.html

External links

• Official Website

Coordinates: 43°45′43″N 79°27′25″W / 43.762021°N 79.457081°W / 43.762021; -79.457081