TDSA Spotlight 06.14.16

Calendar • Tuesday, 6/14: TDSA Annual Meeting, 7:30pm in the TDSA Gym • Wednesday, 8/24: First Day of School

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

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Parshas Nasso

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Candle Lighting for Friday, June 17: 7:21pm/8:32pm

L’Hitraot, Eighth Graders!

Cheers rose and tears fell as an overflow crowd filled Congregation Beth Jacob’s Heritage Hall to celebrate the graduation of TDSA’s Class of 2016. The 31 students listened attentively as Rabbi Einzig welcomed the crowd and Mr. Mike Wein brought greetings from the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, of which we are a constituent beneficiary. Rabbi Ilan Feldman reminded them that they have the strength and foundation to meet the inevitable challenges of the future. Lauding her 19 years of stellar teaching and administration, Mrs. Rabinowitz presented a farewell gift on behalf of the school to Mrs. Lisa Stroll and gratefully acknowledged the three decades that Mrs. Susan Krohn has dedicated to our students. Six graduates shared perspectives on their experiences at TDSA, which were reflected in the “Memories” slide show featuring each graduate, created by Tali Afrah and Yoeli Minkowicz. Rabbi Einzig named Eli Golding and Aaron Gerchikov as recipients of the Keter Shem Tov Award from the Torah Communications Network. Rabbi Einzig also expressed his appreciation for each student as individuals and reminded them how their teachers truly believed in them and had the confidence that they would each develop in the own unique way, with their own unique strengths. These students certainly fulfilled their mission! Mrs. Rabinowitz also took a moment to acknowledge Rabbi Einzig for all of his contributions and his willingness to share his knowledge and expertise with all around him.

The biggest ovation came as the students received their diplomas and a Tanach purchased for each one by our PTA. With the final switch of the tassel from right to left, the senior class marched out toward their joyous families and a bright new beginning.

Congratulations to our 2016 graduates: Moshe Adler, Shraga Alterman, Yosef Asa , Tzvi Meir Cavalier, Jahaziel Clemente, Yehuda Deutsch, Amos Diener, Shmuel Estreicher, Pay Feldman, Binyamin Freundlich, Dovid Gelbtuch, Aaron Gerchikov, Gavriel Golan, Eli Golding, Shlomo Goldstrom, Antheny Iskhakov, Yehuda Khalili, Shally Lipszyc, Yoel Minkowicz, Abraham Schoen, Yaakov Shkarofsky, Daniel Warga, Benyamin Zavulunov, Talia Afrah, Nina Barayev, Devorah Berkowitz, Chava Blanks, Leeyah Urielle Lovett, Devorah Russo, Tamar Shoshana Stein, and Batya Rivkah Varon.

This week’s Spotlight is sponsored by a very grateful colleague in honor of the combined nine decades “plus” of education, inspiration and devotion to TDSA’s children, faculty and staff given by Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Bryant, Rabbi Einzig, Mrs. Hotz, Mrs. Krohn, Ms. Marx, Coach Moore, Mrs. Pitochelli, Mrs. Shenk, Mrs. Stein, Mrs. Stroll, Mr. Stroll, and Mrs. Yablok during their years at TDSA. Thank you for all that you meant to us.

Each week’s Spotlight may be sponsored with a donation of $18 to TDSA PTA. Please email Mrs. Levin at dlevin@torahday.org by Wednesday to arrange sponsorship.

3rd Grade Girls Have a Good-Bye Party for Zahava Stroll

How to TDSA Students Say Good-Bye? Rising Stars Ready for first grade, our kindergarten “graduates” proudly left behind the world of pre-school at their commencement ceremony last week. Capped and gowned like their older counterparts, they sang and recited the fundamentals of their Torah and secular knowledge for an audience of adoring parents, grandparents and siblings. Guided by Morah Dena Friedman and Morah Carla Hotz, assisted by Morah Marlene Chastain and Morah Esther Lubel, and accompanied on the keyboard by Mrs. Dina Shmuel, they performed with confidence.

Congratulations to our rising elementary students: Eli Cavalier, Shai Freundlich, Naftali Gross, Yehuda Yitzchak Haller, Eli Horowitz, Betzalel Karsh, Shimon Lavian, Shalom Lindenblatt, Refael Mizrachi, Yosef Shalom Muroff, Yeshaya Oratz, Moshe Perez, Yehuda Schulgasser, Filip Shenberg, Nissim Silverman, Yaakov Spaner, Simmy Stein, Alon Winer, Daniel Yablok, Malkah Block, Baila Daniels, Miley Dinerman, Miriam Shoshana Estreicher, Shalva Grossman, Neima Leah Izenberg, Ariella Minkow, Hdaassah Mizrachi, Goldie Newmark, Penina Norman, Mollie Pearlman, Rivka Ester Pelishev, Tova Pransky, Tehilla Reeds, Dalia Rubenstein, Tehila Sadeh, Ella Siegelman, Rena Sloviter, Nechama Storch, and Shoshana Yaschik.

2B – Ms. Fermon: We began the day with cleaning out the Limudei Kodesh desks. Following davening in our own room, we went on to cooperative learning projects about measuring, geometry, and negative numbers. We have been reading the novel, Tornado by Betsy Byars, but still had three chapters left, so the boys read the rest on their own, and gathered on the rug to talk about it.

Last, each boy received a copy of a booklet of his own writings over the year, and we had a "book signing."

2G – Mrs. Shenk: To celebrate the last day of school, 2G had a chalk art fest and sand art fun. The girls each filled the barrel of a giant pen with beautiful sand designs. They can use these pens to write to their pen pals through the summer and beyond. They also made a bitter-sweet good-bye memory gift to Rena Leah Freundlich, who is moving to Canada, and to Chaya Mirel Block, who is moving to Boston. We called the gift "Love and Knishes" as each girl made a goodbye note/picture in the shape of a knish.

3B & G – Mrs. Bolnick: Recycled art was the theme as the boys were given empty water bottles and other ‘found’ supplies to see what they could make with them. Tzvi's cannon, Elchanan’s rocket, Aryeh’s car, Nachum’s girl on skis with silver hair, Shaya’s car, and Shalom’s helicopter caught everyone’s imagination. The girls held a happy-sad good-bye party for Zahava Stroll. A QR code geometry scavenger hunt, geometry task cards adventure, and a ‘tricky triangles classification with popsicle sticks’ activity ended our year on a learning high.

8G - Mrs. Alterman: On our last day, just before graduation, we walked around the building and wrote down and remembered everything we did in different areas of the campus over the years from K-8. During our “licorice talk”, each girl took licorice bits out of a bag and then had to share one thing they learned this year at school per piece of licorice they had taken. Some mentioned what they had been taught in class, or information they had learned from other, understandings they observed or developed on their own, or learned in interactions with their peers.

Middle School Girls – General Studies Faculty: For our last day, the rising 7th and 8th grade girls davened with the upcoming 6th grade girls and shared a bagel brunch with them. In group activities, they all made structures out of straws and tape, wrote poems about their year and their future, and played cup-stacking competitions and a ping pong ball toss game.

6G - Mrs. Wiggins: The class celebrated the completion of our last parsha of the year, parshas Chukas, with a special siyum. Each student presented her original Chumash newspaper to the class. They enjoyed hearing creative and interesting articles, interviews and letters to the editor that covered all the parshios we learned this year.

6B – Rabbi Freundlich and Rabbi Gross: We played an exciting game of Gemara Chumash Jeopardy created by the students. The boys really got a kick out of the trick questions. The final winner was Yitzchok Friedman.

7B - Rabbi Alterman: The boys made not one but TWO siyumim on the final day of school! First, we completed our study of the 5th perek of Sanhedrin.

Next, we finished our study of Chumash parshas Bo. We danced around the building and capped it off with cholent, even thought it was only Thursday.

Library The library will only be open during specific hours over the summer. Please call the school at 404-982-800 ext.110 before coming to be certain that the library is available as there will be no self-checkout or unsupervised use of the library. Thank you for your continued and enthusiastic support of our library!

Also, all items checked out by students are now due. Parents, if your child has received an overdue notice, it means that the item has not been checked in AND has not been found on the library shelves. Our library has never charged overdue fees; we only ask that items be paid for so that we may continue to replenish our collection. We will happily refund lost fees when the item is returned in good condition, even years from now!

Mazel Tov! • Our summer birthdays: (July) Atara Bains, Aliza Bogart, Nochum Cohen, Yitzchok Friedman, Dovid Gelbtuch, Yaakov Golding, Yisrael Haller, Anssel Hertzberg, Binyomin Hiller, Tzivia Horowitz, Ora Iacullo, Miriam Izenberg, Sam Kaminetzky, Talya Lewis, Penina Norman, Rebecca Pelishev, Michal Pransky, Tova Pransky, Aryeh Rabin, Yehuda Schulgasser, Yaakov Shkarofsky, Simon Stein, Zahava Stroll, Avraham Wasserman, and Yaakov Shkarofsky; (August) Talia Afrah, Estee Bolnick, Elias Clemente, Eli Cohen, Daniella Frank, Yehoshua Gelbtuch, Aaron Gerchikov, Ora Mayla Haller, Noah Kalnitz, Noa Kaminetzky, Shimon Lavian, Kiki Lipszyc, Shlomo Reeds, Akiva Senior, Nissim Silverman, Shulamis Tendler, Avi Weiden, Eliana Winer, Avraham Yaschik, Benyamin Zavulunov, and Asher Zeiger.

• Mr. Yitzy and TDSA alumna Mrs. Hudy Leffel and family on the bris and naming of their son, Akiva Nachman, and to grandparents Rabbi Moshe and Mrs. Leah Hiller.

3rd Grade Girls Work on Tricky Triangles Classification with Popsicle Sticks

Summer Tutoring -- Mrs. Bev Bolnick: General Studies, grades K-5, bbolnick@torahday.org -- Rabbi Mordechai Cohen: - Limudei Kodesh lower to middle school readiness; mcohen@torahday.org -- Mrs. Naomi Cohen: Limudei Kodesh 2-4th grades; 404-547-4684 -- Dr. Alan Feingold: Math and science - all grades; 404-633-6970 -- Mr. Israel Gersten: Middle school Math; igersten@torahday.org -- Mrs. Leah Hiller: Limudei Kodesh all grades; 404-992-9477 -- Mrs. Karen Stein: Reading and Language Arts, Math grades 1-4; outsidethebox2tr@aol.com; 678-429-9722 -- Mrs. Chana Wiggins: Kriah (Hebrew reading) grades K-8; cwiggins@torahday.org;404-610-7742

• Rabbi Shlomo and Mrs. Ruth Freundlich and family on the brisim of their grandsons, Yoel and Binyamin Azriel, and to Rabbi Abi and TDSA alumna and Title I tutor Mrs. Devorah Nadoff.

• TDSA alumni who are graduating from Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael: Daniel Filreis, Yoyo Grossblatt, Avrumi Lewis, Naftali Maman, Chagai Perez, Simon Schoen, and Herschel Siegel and their families.

• TDSA alumnae who are graduating from Temima High School: Ruthie Feldman, Danielle Gershon, Devorah Rachel Levitt, Malka Pransky and Yocheved Shkarofsky.

• Mr. Harold and Mrs. Shoshana Stiefel on the engagement of their daughter, TDSA alumna Penina, to Dani Weiss, son of Mr. Yitzi and Mrs. Ruthie Weiss of Passaic, NJ. Please let us know about your simchos; our TDSA family likes to share in your nachas with you! A great way to celebrate your simcha is by sponsoring a TDSA Day of Learning for $180. Please contact Ms. Shawndrika Lewis at dlewis@ torahday.org.

Refuah Shlemah To Tamar bat Ruth, Mrs. Terri Erbesfield (Title I tutor).

3rd Grade Girls Enjoy a QR Code Geometry Scavenger Hunt

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Flash Back Photo!

In celebration of our 30th year, enjoy this blast from the past!