What I Love About Akiva

Ms. Andelman is excited to share her passion for teaching and learning with the Akiva community and bringing her experience in school musicals and yearbooks to the students here. 

What I Love About Akiva
Akiva is like a family for me, I enjoy seeing the children grow and make huge progress in language.

What I Love About Akiva
I love that at Akiva the whole child is the focus of education. I love that the faculty and staff work together to help each other in this endeavor of education. I love the joy and smiles of the children who make up the school.

What I Love About Akiva
Sarah is excited to join the Akiva community because she believes strongly in the mission to educate the whole child.

What I Love About Akiva
Everyone at Akiva speaks so positively about their experiences! It is so encouraging from a newcomer’s perspective to see that Akiva’s faculty truly loves the school.

Certifications

• Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (N.S.C.A.)
• Personal Trainer (A.C.E.)
• USA Cycling Coach

What I Love About Akiva
Teaching kids to embrace an active lifestyle. Giving all kids a chance to be athletic. I love playing & sports!

What I Love About Akiva
I love the kids and faculty at Akiva! The kids keep me going on a daily basis with their positivity and zest for Jewish life, and the teachers and faculty truly embody what it’s like to work as a team.

Certifications

• Reading Specialist Endorsement

What I Love About Akiva
I love when a child’s face lights up when he/she figures out a new strategy, solves a challenging problem, or improves on a project.

What I Love About Akiva

I love being part of a school that  values innovative thinking, both in the students and in the faculty and staff. 

What I Love About Akiva

Ms. Edwards is excited about Akiva’s commitment to focusing on the value of each individual child.

What I Love About Akiva

What I Love About Akiva

I love Akiva because of the close knit community and opportunity to collaborate with great colleagues. I love cultivating the community garden and enjoying the beautiful campus with the children

What I Love About Akiva
I feel blessed to be at Akiva because of the teamwork amongst the faculty members and the ability to tailor our curriculum to meet each child’s needs.

What I Love About Akiva

What I Love About Akiva

What I Love About Akiva

Certifications

• Highly Qualified Status Grades K-6

What I Love About Akiva
Akiva provides students with a nurturing environment in which they feel comfortable being themselves while taking on new challenges. Students explore what it means to be a Jew, an American, and a global citizen while learning how to express themselves as individuals. I feel so blessed to be a part of this amazing community.

Certifications

• Reading Specialization 6-12

What I Love About Akiva

Akiva is a place that encourages students and teachers to follow their passions. The small class sizes make it easy for teachers to give students the help and attention they deserve.

What I Love About Akiva
Connor is thrilled to join the Akiva community and find inspiration from his students and fellow colleagues. What excites him the most is guiding his students on their learning journey and building relationships with the community at large.

• Continued Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Current Member of Yeshivat Maharat Kollel Track

What I Love About Akiva
Akiva is this unusual community that puts every child at the center. It is a place where children are nurtured and loved and a place where they are challenged to be curious, to wonder, to take risks and to have moral courage. I am inspired every day by the children, the parents and the faculty. It is a community and a family and a space for every child’s spark to be ignited.

What I Love About Akiva

I love Akiva for its inclusiveness and diversity and I am grateful to be part of a community that strives for spiritual growth as well as academic growth. It brings me so much joy to hear Akiva students speaking Hebrew!

What I Love About Akiva

 What I Love About Akiva

I appreciate that the staff is truly supporting and educating the child. That means holistically strengthening the child to feel valuable, valid, and loved.

 What I Love About Akiva

I love that each day teaching is different with new and exciting challenges and opportunities for each child to learn and grow. For me, it’s a gift to see each day through their eyes with a sense of wonder, possibility, joy and hope. 

 What I Love About Akiva

I am excited to be part a community that emphasizes the development of the whole child.

Certifications
California State Teaching Credential 

What I Love About Akiva
I am so excited to join the Avika School Team! I am looking forward to an incredible year ahead and cannot wait to learn and grow with my class.

Certifications

• Certified Psychodramatist
• Creative Arts Therapist

What I Love About Akiva

Akiva is a microcosmos of the Jewish community of Nashville. It is small, diverse, warm and inclusive. I appreciate that it lets me take part in and support the process of building an academically, and emotionally strong future Jewish community.