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It was a solemn but meaningful Yom Hazikaron today at TDSA. The Middle School boys and girls each had their own Tekes Yom Hazikaron where they commemorated the sacrifice of the Chayalim in the IDF and honored those who have fallen to keep Am Yisrael safe and secure. The Tekes concluded with a moving testimonial by Mrs. Marcy Kalnitz, who shared her memories of Dekel Swissa, a brave IDF captain who died protecting other chayalim on October 7th.

The boys in 3B and 4B explored a fascinating lake ecosystem. They collected lake organisms and learned all about lake ecology and how animals adapt to their ecosystems on their packed full-day class trip!

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The third grade girls enjoyed reading and responding to the pen pal letters they were sent from students in Dallas, Baltimore and Cleveland! They loved learning fun facts about their new friends and can't wait to hear from them again!

3G unleashed their creativity and made stunning Afikomen bags for their families to use at the Seder!

Mrs. Bendicoff's 6th grade class embodies the spirit of invention that pervaded the Industrial Revolution and is using household objects to create their own inventions to make life easier.

How do you know the agenda for the day? You read it, of course! I walked into this Kindergarten class as they were learning the day's plan through a reading activity. This boy was asked to find a blended sound of "ST" within the letter about their major activity. Can you find it? He did!

Escape rooms involve critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration; all excellent skills to build in an academic experience. 8th grade Humanities is learning about the Cold War. Throughout the hallway and the classroom, small groups of girls were intensely focused on escaping from the communist, East side of the Berlin Wall to the West side of Germany during this escape-room-style learning activity. In this picture, the group is using Google Translate to understand German documents to help them on their journey. It was amazing to see these girls engaged in such a creative and valuable way while learning!

8G invited me to view their Ivrit presentations today. Working in pairs, they thought of rooms that served a useful purpose. Then they wrote about these rooms in Hebrew and put it on a slide show or poster. Each group presented their project entirely in Hebrew! It was amazing to see their pride, creativity, and skill

These 5th grade boys didn't even notice me walk into the classroom - they were so intensely engaged in this group discussion. Mrs. Bendicoff split the class into sections, some worked independently while this group shared their thoughts in a literature circle format on the the historical fiction book: "If I lived at the Time of the Signing of the Constitution". They came up with some insightful ideas!

"Which two arctic animals will never meet?" This is the question a kindergarten girl asked me as I observed them making polar bears, arctic hares, walruses, snow foxes, and the like. Each table featured a slew of arts and crafts supplies for the excited girls to create their cold-climate animals they learned all about during science. The answer - which I was proud to get correct - is penguins and Polar Bears. Each is native to a different pole of the globe (North and South). Ask a Kindergartener which lives where!

TDSA helped plan and participated in Israel's First Lady, Mrs. Michal Herzog's, visit with Jewish Schools of Atlanta on Monday morning. Each school (AJA, Davis, Epstein, TDSA, and Webber) gathered together with a small group of students to hear the first lady praise the Jewish education in Atlanta and give chizzuk to what we are each doing in our connection to Israel and our commitment to keeping the Jewish community strong. After her brief remarks, one student from each school had the opportunity to step in front of the mic and ask Mrs. Herzog a question about her life, thoughts on current Israeli environment, and how to keep the connection with Israel strong in the USA. I was so happy we could participate in this powerful event highlighting Jewish Atlanta Unity and Support of Israel.