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				<title><![CDATA[Yom Hazikaron at TDSA]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 12:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[On the agenda]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[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!]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:14:00 -0400</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Can  You Escape East Berlin?]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[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!]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:58:00 -0400</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Room for a Purpose]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[5th Grade Literature Discussions]]></title>
				<link>http://www.torahday.org/apps/news/article/2032939</link>
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					<description><![CDATA[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!]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:16:00 -0500</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Amazing Arctic Animals]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA["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!]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[A visit from Israel's First Lady, Mrs. Michelle Herzog]]></title>
				<link>http://www.torahday.org/apps/news/article/2018970</link>
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					<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[A Window Into the Creative Process in Art]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has roamed our halls notices the beautiful art popping off the walls.  The finished products color the school and delight the student and teachers alike.  Some people wonder how the creative process unfold in the depths of the art room?  I had a chance to see the students' artistic creations at different stages when I visited the seventh grade girls making the figurines out of bottles, papier-mache, and paint.  The girls pictured above were having a blast forming their creation.  Others were seriously concentrating.  All were enjoying the process.  And I know they will be proud when the finished products are displayed on our windowsills.]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Reading fluency or card game?]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reading fluency or Card Game?!?!  At first glance, I could not tell what was going on with this group of 2nd grade boys having so much fun during Language Arts class.  One screamed out a word that they read from a card in their hand while the others frantically looked for the same word in their own hand.  Turns out it was a phonics activity.  It's amazing that their literacy learning included so many laughs!]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:46:00 -0500</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA["The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister"]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I walked into the library while second grade girls were giggling and playing with clay.  They told me they were doing an activity from the book they just read: "The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister".  You see, Ernestine participates in way too many afterschool activities; it is exhausting.  One of them was sculpture making.  As an extension activity, these girls were forming all kinds of art from the clay: smiley faces, animals, structures, etc.  It was fun to see how excited they were about the book and about mimicking the main character.]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Middle School Advisory Teambuilding]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Team-building, ingenuity, and fun took center stage at today's Middle School Advisory for both boys and girls.  It was amazing seeing students play games and participate in challenges that required creative thinking and working together.  The boys here were asked to make a car that propels using a set of household materials and no instructions.  It was great to see the engineering and bonding required as they attempted to be successful.]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Mazal Tov Brachos Bee Winners]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Highlights from the week of February 8, 2024]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:53:29 -0400</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Mishnah Madness Jr.]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes, this pic was taken on Sunday.  Yes, this pic was taken outside of school.  Yes, this pic deserves a place in this week's window!]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 11:21:52 -0400</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Eclipse!]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Look how enthralled these boys are!  And who wouldn't be?!?!  The last time this happened they were 6 years old.  Now they had the benefit of understanding what they are witnessing since they learned all about eclipses in science class.]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 11:20:39 -0400</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[News Alerts]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Urgent stories can be given an alert for parents or community members. This will generate a popup box when you log in, and you can opt to read the full story, dismiss the message once, or opt to not show again. You may set an expiration for the alert.]]></description>
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 11:17:50 -0400</pubDate>
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