On 20 October 1910, the Fifth Poale Zion Convention held in Montreal passed Chaim Zhitlowsky's resolution for the establishment of a secular Yiddish-based school system across North America to transmit the movement's core Zionist and socialist ideals.
The school remained on Duluth until 1960 when it moved to Wavell Road in Côte Saint-Luc following the westward migration of the Jewish community.
[2] The emphasis on Yiddish over Hebrew at the National Radical School was hotly debated, and a group of dissident activists emerged.
[13] In 2016, JPPS–Bialik announced the sale of its elementary school building on Van Horne Avenue to the Donald Berman Yaldei Developmental Center.
The decision was made in response to declining enrollment, prompting the relocation of elementary students to the Bialik High School campus in Côte Saint-Luc.
[14] On March 13, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Quebec ordered all schools in the province, including JPPS–Bialik, to close for 14 days as a precautionary measure.
To mitigate disruptions to learning, Bialik High School students transitioned to online classes beginning March 17, 2020.
By August 2021, JPPS–Bialik had returned to full-time in-person learning and discontinued the use of class bubbles, aligning with updated provincial public health guidelines.