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Kitah K practiced identifying foods that are Haetz and Haadamah on a trip to Krogers. Each student picked out and paid for a fruit and a vegetable (what a great way to practice some math too!). It's important to thank Hashem for all the wonderful things we have, including the delicious fruits and veggies that grow from the ground!

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In STEAM this week, TDSA's students utilized their engineering and creative skills to create beautiful mothers day gifts and cards.

Mrs. Castle's science class is jumping to new heights! In order to better conceptualize their understanding of the differences in gravity between planets the students in fifth and 6th grade jumped as high as they could and marked the height with a post-it note. They then measured the height of their jump and used that information to calculate how high they would be able to jump on the different planets in our solar system.

Celebration is in the air at TDSA! Our amazing middle school girls ran a fantastic Yom Ha-Atzmaut carnival under the direction of our Ivrit teachers and the Shinshinim. Kindergarten to 5th grade students had a phenomenal time exploring the different booths in celebration of Israel!

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 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.

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!