"Light Up the Night" Chanukkah Event was Amazing!

Wow, it was an fabulous evening filled with Chanukkah songs, poems, ruach and activities!  More than  350 people attended this spectacular event.  Here is the 4th grade's performance of 

"Light Up the Night".

                         

Kadima Students "Light Up the Night" at the Westfield Topanga Mall Chanukkah Celebration

Many of our 3rd, 4th,and 5th grade students created a "Kadima Choir" and sang for hundreds of people at the Westfield Mall Chanukkah Celebration. 
Click on the arrow below to see a short video clip of the performance, 

and then check out the pictures below.

Kodiaks on Ice 2012

Our Parent-Teacher Org (PTO) planned an amazing ice skating event lat night.  More than 350 Kodiaks of all ages and grades showed up to skate and have a pre-Chanukkah blast!  Thank you to Lina Soifer and the entire PTO for an incredible community event!!

Our Partners Arrive from Israel

Each year, Kadima is blessed to be part of the Tel Aviv-Los Angeles partnership program, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater LA.  This year, we have twelve wonderful students, and two great teachers, who have journeyed to Los Angeles for a 12 day adventure.  The theme of the trip is "Influential Jewish Heroes" and there is an exceptional itinerary and plan for the adventure.  Here is a picture of our partnership students:

Students: Michal, Romi, Lior, Hadar, Amit, Tal, Daniel, Nofar, Yakir, Ofir, Benny and Aviv

Teachers:  Michal and Irit

Kadima Supports Israel @ the Rally on Sunday 11-18-12

It was absolutely AWESOME to see 
so many Kadima families, students, alumni, and staff at the 
Israel Rally today in Westwood.  

Am Yisrael Chai!  

It's official, the Kadima 2013 "Gala" planning is underway.  Mazal tov to our Honorees, Suzy & Stephen Bookbinder and Leora & Gary Raikin.  The date of the Gala this year will be March 17, 2013 and the location is the Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village.  Save the date for what is sure to be an unforgettable event!  Pictured below is the GALA COMMITTEE who celebrated the honorees at a sushi and shmoozing event.

Don't Miss the "Taste of Middle School" Open House on Sunday, December 9 @ 10:00am

Kadima Votes on Election Day

There was a special air of excitement at Kadima on election day 2012!
In one of the best civics lessons that our school could ever provide, all of our Elementary and Middle School students took part in the "KodiaksVote" election at school on Tuesday, November 6.  There was an authentic "voter registration" process, each student received a ballot with Presidential election and special Kadima referendum choices, and a special voting booth was constructed.  Unlike Florida, our voting line was about 5 minutes tops, it was still and wonderful lesson in civic duty and responsibility.  Please see photos. 

Student Council Helped with Voter Registration

Mitzvah Day 2012 -- Make A Difference with the Kadima Community

Mitzvah Day 2012 Kadima Joins the ILC and a coalition of projects sponsored by the Shalom Institute, Larger than Life, the Jewish Federation and more.... The city-wide "Mitzvah Day 2012" will be held on Sunday, November 4, 2012.  This year, Kadima has joined a coalition of wonderful organizations and projects to put our "mitzvah power" to work.  Projects include feeding the homeless, helping children with cancer, saving the environment (beach clean up) Garden planting at Camp Shalom and MANY more opportunities.  There are projects for families and teens. Please register at www.ilcare.net.

The "Dr. Wendy Mogel Event" -- An Amazing Collaboration between Kadima Day School, Congregation Or Ami and the Shalom Institute

On Wednesday evening, October 24, more than 300 people enjoyed a spectacular evening with Dr. Wendy Mogel.  Offering parents access to the very best thinkers and presenters about successful parenting is another great reason to join the Kadima community.

 Here is the flyer about the event:

We've Got Spirit...Yes We do....Go Kodiaks!

On Monday, October 22, we held our first pep rally of the year in support of our Fall Sports teams, Girls Basketball, Boys JV Flag Football and Boys 6th/5th Grade Flag Football.

During the pep rally, our teams were brought out to the cheers of the whole school and our elementary classes each performed an amazing Kodiak Cheer.

The winners of the "Spirit Ball" for showing the most ruach during the pep rally were:

Elementary School:  4th Grade / Kitah Dalet

Middle School:  7th Grade

Check out these pictures of the Pep Rally.....and GO KODIAKS!!

Boys 6th Grade Football Shows their Spirit

Everybody Cheered and Showed their Kodiak Spirit with Songs and Signs

6th Grade Cheers!

7th Grade Won the Middle School Spirit Award

4th Grade Loves the Kodiaks!

Look who showed up!

We all love the Kodiak!

First Grade Performs a Cheer!

Girls Basketball Team now 3-0!

Third Grade has Ruach!

Boys 6th/5th Grade Football is Undefeated!

Fourth Grade performed an amazing cheer!

Principal Kristi Combs gets the crowd going!

7th Grade Wins the MIddle School Ruach Award!

Boys JV Football Ready for a Great Season!

What a night and what a day! Sukkot B'Yachad Followed By Simhat Torah in School

One of the many wonderful features of Kadima is that our Judaic Studies team creates celebrations that authentically "feel" the holiday or special day, whether they be joyful celebrations or contemplative days or memorials.  Over the last two days, the Kadima community has "stepped up" with two biggies for the year, our communities "Sukkot B'Yachad" event for our families and Simchat Torah in school.  And, both celebrations were truly amazing.