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TDSA is a link in Jewish continuity and a vital fiber of the fabric of the Atlanta Jewish community.

At Torah Day School of Atlanta,

children receive a strong Torah and a robust General Studies education in a warm and nurturing environment. They graduate with a passion for learning, a love of mitzvos and chesed, and a strong connection to Eretz Yisrael. 
Girl holding her first chumash
Two first grade students working on a honey dish

Sweet as Honey

Morah Bracha's first graders have been busy preparing for Rosh Hashana. They're learning all about the different Simanim we eat on Rosh Hashana.
One of the girls' favorite Simanim is apples dipped in honey and they are making beautiful and colorful honey dishes and trays to bring home.
The boys listen intently as Rabbi Silverman teaches about

The Specifics of Shofar

Rabbi Oratz's eighth grade shiur had a lesson that blew their minds on Monday! Rabbi Silverman came to the class to share his expertise regarding blowing shofar. After an energetic lesson about the halachos of Shofar, Rabbi Silverman had the students practice blowing the Shofar. Safe to say, everyone had a 'blast'!
Decorating cupcakes with letters at the mesibas rashi

Rushing into Rashi

This past Thursday, our third grade girls reached an incredible milestone. They're deepening their understanding of Chumash and Navi and beginning learning Rashi! The girls celebrated this accomplishment with a beautiful Mesibas Rashi, complete with Divrei Torah, sweet treats and fun games! May learning torah continue to be this sweet!
Three boys do a water-gas experiment.

Water Wow

In STEAM class, the fourth grade boys are "wetting" their curiosity learning all about water. The boys did a number of experiments including creating water vapor to simulate the water cycle and testing water absorption into different types of soil. At TDSA it's important to us that our students understand the world around them and our fourth graders are well on their way!
Kitah K students performing at the singalong

Sing in the New Year

Every year Kitah K greets the New Year with a beautiful Rosh Hashana Sing-A-Long. The Kitah K students did a wonderful job singing familar and new Rosh Hashana songs to share their excitement for the upcoming chaggim! All the parents who came made it a truly special event!
The Shinshinim share about themselves.

Welcome Shinshinim!

A new year means new Shinshinim. We're excited to get to know this year's new group and welcomed them to TDSA with an inviting breakfast! Over bagels, coffee, and cookies the Shinshinim shared about themselves, what they hope to accomplish here and what drew them to the Shinshinim program! We can't wait to connect over this coming year! Thank you so much to the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta for making this amazing program possible!
Middle School Girls listen as a classmate recites Yizkor for fallen IDF soldiers and victims of terror.

Yom Hazikaron at TDSA

The mood was somber throughout the school as we remembered the fallen Israeli soldiers of the IDF and victims of terrorist attacks. Boys and girls in the Middle school participated in a Yom HaZikaron ceremony that explained the meaning of the day, recited prayers for the z'chus of the fallen and their families, a bracha for the current soldiers, and tehilim for all of Klal Yisroel. Mrs. Kalnitz shared stories about Capt. Dekel Swissa, a valiant young man from Bar Giora who served as a Captain in the Golani Brigade,13th Battalion, and was killed at the Paga outpost on October 7 while saving his platoon. Dekel was TDSA's Shinshin in 2018 and lived with the Kalnitz family during his stay in Atlanta.
The lower school visited a display in the lobby depicting a timeline of the wars since the State of Israel's inception. Tomorrow, the mood swings as we celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut as a TDSA community.
A kindergarten boy reads from the board

On the agenda

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!
A small group of girls uses an iPad to translate German documents during their escape room activity.

Can You Escape East Berlin?

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!
An 8th grader presents her room project in Hebrew

Room for a Purpose

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
5th grade boys engaged in a lively discussion

5th Grade Literature Discussions

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!
3 Kindergarten girls make polar bears out of paper plates and cotton balls

Amazing Arctic Animals

"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!