Our school is powered by the generosity of our entire community
Thanks to you…
… TanenbaumCHAT is a powerhouse of Jewish education, vitality and community building in the GTA.
Your philanthropy allows us to offer an enriched and challenging curriculum imbued with Jewish values, and delivered by dedicated staff committed to nurturing the potential of every student. With your help we open our doors to students from a wide array of families and welcome them to a warm and accepting learning environment. Your gift enables the school to provide two financial assistance programs that make access to a superb Jewish high school experience a reality for many families. And your support has a lasting impact on communities in Canada and beyond through the extraordinary and far-reaching professional and personal contributions of our alumni.
Your partnership, commitment and trust is the scaffolding upon which we build on our successes, reach new heights, serve the community and grow towards the future.
Thank you for your vision and generosity. Thank you for powering TanenbaumCHAT.
We can’t do it without you!
It’s a great privilege to lead an organization like TanenbaumCHAT. Our school is a bedrock of Jewish life in Toronto, contributing to our community even as it is powered by our community. Established in the 1960s by visionary leaders, today TanenbaumCHAT is the envy of many other cities. It’s a thriving and exuberant institution that clearly demonstrates the inherent value of a community Jewish high school.
It’s also a great privilege to acknowledge our donors in this Gratitude Report and to have the opportunity to express our immense appreciation for your support. We are so grateful for your generosity, commitment, trust and vision. Thank you for partnering with us and helping to power TanenbaumCHAT into the future.
Dr. Jonathan Levy
Head of School
Shelley Samel
President, Board of Directors
Your impact this year
$2,362,437 raised
24% of students received financial assistance
Your philanthropy allows us to:
- Maintain the academic and programming excellence for which TanenbaumCHAT is renowned
- Ensure accessibility to a premier Jewish high school experience through:
- Our TanenbaumCHAT Tuition Accessibility Program (TTAP) (for middle-income families)
- Our significant support of UJA Day School Scholarships
- Enhance security measures within and around our school to ensure the safety of students and staff
Our community
Some highlightS
In the fall, students experienced Toronto’s vibrant arts and culture scene firsthand with a visit to the Stratford Festival, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and a day spent downtown printing their own silk screen designs. Other performing arts opportunities included TanenbaumCHAT’s Got Talent, Arts Cafe, Dance/Fashion show and a sold-out, four-night run of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Go Tigers! The Tigers won championship titles in both boys and girls junior flag football, varsity boys curling and hockey. The senior boys and girls basketball teams travelled to Baltimore to compete in the annual Weiner Basketball Tournament; and our girls basketball team won the 2024 Becker Tournament.
Engagement Officer, Shira Meirman, organized programs to help bring Israel to life. These included a mock Israeli election, and our Yom HaZikaron (Israel Remembrance Day) ceremony which allowed students to observe the moment of silence in real time, as the siren sounded in Israel.
Students took the initiative and organized engaging programming on salient topics and for important events such as: Mental Health Awareness Week, Holocaust Education Week, Terry Fox and Think Pink fundraisers, holiday celebrations, driving the establishment of an Interfaith Group with local Catholic and Muslim schools, and more.
Alumni were back @TanenbaumCHAT as panelists for StartUP TanenbaumCHAT, moderating Law class mock trials, helping out our DECA team, advising students about career paths, playing in alumni sports tournaments, and participating in reunions and alumni-focused events.
Our annual student-led Venture Week turned Grade 11 Business & Leadership students into young entrepreneurs, creating viable business ideas complete with budget, marketing strategy and contingency plans. Our hallways and Hennick Family Atrium were transformed into a vibrant shuk (market) over three consecutive weeks as students put their business ideas to the test.
TanenbaumCHAT is honoured to be a partner agency of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, and we thank UJA for its staunch support. We look forward to continuing to work together with the Julia and Henry Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Education to bolster Jewish education in the GTA and to ensure the strength of TanenbaumCHAT – Toronto’s only community Jewish high school.