YDE spark 4!

FRIEDA YEDID GIRLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPARK VOLUME #8
ISSUE #4
DECEMBER 26, 2019
‫כ"ח כסלו תש"פ‬



A note from
the Principals

Dear Parents,

Special thank you to all the moms who helped out with the Melave Malka. Hazak ubaruch!
Hodesh Kislev has been filled with our Melave Malka, Hanukkah Hagigot, Yeme Iyun, siyumim,
Culture Panel, trips and more. Thank you to Morah Shames, Morah Braha and the 6th graders
for a spectacular Chess-themed Hagigga. Thank you to Morah Mazzie for a wonderful 1-3rd
grade Hagigga. Thank you to all of our faculty for making Kislev come alive in so many different
ways for our girls!

As we celebrate this holiday of light, a story I once heard comes to mind. There was once a
king who was growing older in years and wished to choose one of his 3 sons to take over his
kingdom. He came up with the following idea. There was a small shack in the middle of the
field. The king instructed his sons “Whomever can fill the shack to capacity will take over my
throne”. The oldest child went first, he filled the shack with rocks and stones of all shapes and
sizes. When there was no room left, he filled the cracks and crevices with small pebbles. It was
then the second son’s turn. He carried bags of feathers and dumped them in the shack. Before
long the shack was filled with feathers from top to bottom. Finally, the youngest son had his
chance. After nightfall, the third son walked into the shack empty handed. He reached into his
pocket and took out a match and a candle. He lit the candle and the room was filled to capacity
with light. The king smiled. “You, my son, will take over my throne”. The truly wise son
understood how to fill a vacuum. Where there is emptiness, we are to fill that space with light.

When the Menorah sits on your windowsill or in your doorway the light it casts fills the area,
so much so that halacha tells us we need a shamash as we cannot use the holy flames to work
by, but we can use the glow of the shamash instead.

At YDE we are aware that every child has her own shining light - be it in her learning, her
talents, her hobbies, and her special smile.

Just like we face the menorah to the outside, so, too, our goal is to help our children
develop and spread their personal light to be the best ovde Hashem they can be. Let’s use
every opportunity to fill each person and place we encounter with our own special light.

Wishing you a Hanukkah filled with light!
Hanukkah Sameah!
Mrs. Dahan

A note from
the Principals

Dear Parents,

Nothing makes an educator happier than students who take pride in what they are
learning. Over the last few weeks I have been invited to see presentations in
classrooms throughout the building. Our YDE girls are transforming what they’ve
learned into experiences and their faces are beaming with pride. Whether seeing math
songs performed, number talks in action, nonfiction interviewing, vocabulary
skits, Newton’s Law demonstrations, Propaganda posters, biography cereal boxes,
or algebra games one constant can be seen throughout the girls love to learn.

Last week, a young lady was sent to my office. She had been told that there was a
Social Studies test scheduled and she was given the topics she would need to
study. She not only studied, she created an interactive review game to share
with her friends. Another young lady brought me a math crossword game she had
created to help her friends practice multiplication. She wanted to know if we
could help her to make it look more “professionally done” so we could hand it
out to everyone. Of course, we did.

I am amazed to see how inspired and motivated our students are. This enthusiasm
is palpable and contagious. The teachers are sharing it with the students who are
sharing it with each other. Ask your girls about what they are learning and
join in the fun!

Miss Fish
Assistant Principal

Dear Parents,

In honor of ‫חנוכה‬, the Middle School girls participated in a ‫ יום עיון‬focusing on "The Inner Beauty
of Each ‫"בת מלך‬. The program included ‫דברי תורה‬, hands-on activities, and discussion-based workshops.

We posed a question to the girls: “How do you define beauty?” We discussed how the beauty of a
‫ בת מלך‬shines from within!

In one of our workshops the girls discussed a thought-provoking quote: “The ‫ יונים‬saw holiness in
beauty, while the ‫ יהודים‬saw beauty in holiness.” The ‫ יונים‬idolized beauty that was associated with
perfecting the exterior, while as Jews, we value beauty in ‫מידות‬, self-growth and modesty. American
society promotes superficiality, while we focus on identifying where our inner beauty shines from - from
our ‫ נשמה‬within.

Here are some of the activities we did that brought the lessons we learned to life:

You are a Gift: The girls played a “Pass the Present” game where they sat in a circle and passed a
wrapped present from hand-to-hand. Each time the music stopped, the person holding the present
unwrapped a layer. The game was presented as a ‫ משל‬to teach that just as the present is wrapped in
many layers, the essence of a ‫ בת מלך‬is defined by her depth and inner beauty.

Sign Here: The girls played a “Signature” activity to identify how a ‫ בת מלך‬should appear, act and speak.
Each girl received a card listing characteristics of a ‫בת מלך‬. I.e. I speak with respectfully to my
teachers; I speak calmly and softly; My hair is worn neat and tidy; The girls excitedly ran to find their
friend or ‫ מורה‬that resembled that character trait and had them sign the card.

Each ‫ תלמידה‬received her very own dry erase board! Each month the girls will receive a magnet
connected to the ‫ מידה‬of the month. These ‫ מידות‬boards hang proudly in our girls’ lockers and we can’t
wait to see our magnet collection grow! We’ve already collected 3 magnets -“The Master Artist”, the
“Libech” logo, and “Let Your Inner Beauty Shine.”

Ask you daughter what inspired her from our ‫!יום עיון‬

Wishing you and your family a ‫ חנוכה‬filled with growth and light!

‫חנוכה שמח‬,

Morah Randy Gindi

Thank You to our 8th Grade
Yom Iyun Heads!

Norma Gindi
Rena Hanono
Ruthie Mizrahi



“Pass the Present Game”

“Signature Game”

Our Dry Erase Boards

“If we have beautiful insides, then why not reflect it on the outside”
“What inspired me most from ‫ יום עיון‬is that our ‫ נשמה‬is like a diamond,

so we have to keep it safe and well protected.”

Mrs. Esses shared ‫דברי חיזוק‬
with the 8th Graders on

growth and the power of a Jew.

Our YDE Girls High School Fellows, Mrs. T. Bassoul, Miss J. Betesh, Miss E. Bouskila, and
Miss S. Kaplan facilitated a mirror project with our 8th graders. The girls each selected art

stencils and ‫ פסוקים‬to decorate their frosted mirrors.

The 1st -3rd grade girls enjoyed a fabulous
and meaningful ‫ חנוכה‬celebration that
included a ‫ חנוכה‬bingo game, decorated ‫מנורה‬
project that included the ‫ ברכות‬for ‫הדלקת נרות‬
‫חנוכה‬, music and dancing with Morah Esther,
and of course delicious donuts!

Our 4-8 grade ‫ חנוכה חגיגה‬was inspiring as well as entertaining! This year’s ‫חגיגה‬
theme included "‫ ”מי לה' אלי‬together with the slogan "I'm on the king’s team". We
combined the theme of the ‫ חנוכה‬victory of the ‫ מכבים‬vs. the ‫ יונים‬with the modern day
theme of making the right choices and being ambassadors of ‘‫ה‬. Morah Shames, Mrs.
Braha and the sixth grade class outdid themselves with beautiful decorations, table setup,
centerpieces, 3D chess pieces, invitations and everything in between. The ‫ אחדות‬amongst
the girls was admirable –what ‫ !נחת‬The sixth graders preformed a spectacular dance,
headed by our 8th grade ‫ חגיגה‬heads -Jacqueline Halabi and Danielle Mamiye. We played
an exciting signature game as well as a live matching game where the girls won great
prizes. As we wrapped up the event with dancing we were able to look back and say that
an enjoyable time was had by all!

Thank You to our 8th Grade
‫ חגיגה‬Heads:

Jacqueline Halabi
Danielle Mamiye

Signature Game

Live Matching Game Dance by our 6th Graders

'‫ כתה ב‬Torah Workshop

2nd Grade Hagigat Humash

Morah Marcus

Morah Mindy
Morah Chany

‫מלוה מלכה תש"פ‬







Hanukkah Chabad Neshama Trip
3rd Grade Amidah Breakout

8th Grade Hanukkah Festivities
We had a fantastic 8th grade class Hannukah party
at Mrs. Mohadeb’s house. Thanks for all your ruach!

This week the 8th graders have been teaching us
the dinim of Hannukah in fun way such as family
feud, puppet show, skits, games, and a beautiful

artistic display of paper mache.

The 8th grade girls learned about propaganda techniques
during WWI. They crafted incredible propaganda posters

and wrote a document-based essay on women and
propaganda during the war.

What an amazing accomplishment!

6th grade girls sharing their
Mesopotamia projects. The
girls researched and learned
about the history and culture

of the time.

Miss Kipper's 2nd graders playing Hanukkah games
while practicing Math!

Math technology at work Geometry in 3D

Mrs. Azizo’s 5th grade class 5th graders in Technology class
celebrated reading 100 books!

3rd grade culture panel

3D foldable ‫ דיני חנוכה‬projects

KDG literacy groups

YDE Girls Elementary School Miss Alchkefati’s 5th grade played a
Basketball Team fun Kahoot game as a science review!

YDE Staff Hanukkah Party!

Hazak U’Baruch to our Hessed Heads Morah Sipporah's 6th grade created a
Victoria Shacalo and Sara Kashani for Menorah from clay as they learned the

collecting Hannukah toys for Chai concept of miksha taaseh
Lifeline for children in hospitals.

Putting vocabulary into Learning to use text features
practice with skits in 4th grade in 4th grade

1st & 3rd grade Hanukkah trip to the
Jewish Children's Museum

Miss Kipper's 2nd graders Miss Schiffenbauer's 2nd
on a skills scavenger hunt graders reading in groups

J Happy
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U Birthday
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Mary Jaradeh-1/1 Victoria Shacalo-1/15 Yvette Saadeh-1/22
Bella Abadi-1/4 Celine Cohen-1/17 Molly Setton-1/23
Celine Ebadi-1/4 Sara Bassoul-1/18 Lauren Malaakh-1/24
Shelly Lati-1/5 Tina Kabariti-1/18 Yaffa Amzallag-1/27
Louise Rubinstein-1/7 Batia Banbahji-1/27
Sarah Hasbani-1/8 Rachel Mehani-1/20 Raquel Kibudi-1/27
Shelly Sanado-1/9 Esther Metta-1/20
Lillian Alsaegh-1/11 Ava Safdeye-1/20 Sara Ishay-1/28
Rosie Zafarani-1/11 Debbie Benzaken-1/29
Yvette Baghdadi-1/12 Jacqueline Antebi-1/21
Esther Chalouh-1/13 Esther Guindi-1/21 Shelly Orfali-1/29
Galit Hanono-1/21 Frieda Mizrahi-1/30
Eve Kabani-1/14 Lilly Jarada-1/21
Leah Abadi-1/31

ALL ABOUT ME

Joyce Dagmy Lorraine Mizrahi

Grade: 2 Grade: 5
Age: 7 Age: 10

My favorite Holiday is Hanukkah because we My favorite Holiday is Hanukkah because I
get presents. get presents and I get to spend time with
My favorite subject is math because I know it my family.
well. My favorite subject is Math because I know
I want to be a teacher at YDE  when I grow up. a lot of Math.
My mom is  my heroes because she gives me I want to be a mom when I grow up.
what I need. My mom is my hero because she buys me
If I could be somewhere now I would be food and she gets me clothes and when I'm
in school. upset or hurt she takes care of me.
My favorite thing in YDE is snack time becuse If I could be somewhere now I would be in
it's fun to be with friends. Israel.
My favorite thing in YDE is tbeing with my
friends.

Lillian Snado Mrs. Schechter

Grade: 7 What is your role at YDE? I am honored to be
Age: 12 the JSCC the Judaic studies curriculum
coordinator.
My favorite Holiday is Pesah because it's my What part of your job is the most meaningful to
birthday time. you? Collaborating with the teachers, visiting
My favorite Subject is Math. classrooms & experiencing the warm learning
I want to be an interior designer when I grow atmosphere in the classrooms.
up. What is your favorite thing about YDE? My
My mom is my hero because she teaches me favorite part of YDE is coming to school every
show to do all kids of Hessed and Misvot! morning & seeing the teachers give their hearts
If I could be somewhere now I would want to to their students.
be in Israel, near the Kotel. What other interests do you have outside of
My favorite thing in YDE is how all the school? I am a wife, mother & a hands on 
teachers are always smiling and teaching us grandmother which means that although I work
misvot, hessed, and Torah. full time I am very involved in my families lives.
Who is your role model? My role models were my
parents. They gave me love and instilled
in me the love of Torah & Misvot. Because of the
support that I received from them I was able to

accomplish a lot in my life.
Thank you for interviewing me.