This Week at AHA
This Week at AHA
January 31: Dress Down Day (8th Grade Wildfire Crisis Relief Tzedakah Drive) 
February 6-7: No School FOR EC ONLY (EC teachers attending SCECA Conference) 
Monday, February 17: NO SCHOOL in observance of Presidents Day
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Tiny Tots are on another wild adventure! This month, they're exploring animals around the world, including learning the letter "C" as in "Catina Cat." Using bingo blotters, they decorated a capital C while practicing Zoo Phonics, a multisensory program that connects letters with movements and sounds to build early literacy skills in a fun and engaging way. Tiny Tots is filling quickly for the upcoming school year, schedule your EC tour today!
Schedule Tour
Our students had a thrilling visit from Nature Educator, Sheila Gregory, who enhanced their "Animals Around the World" theme! Sheila captivated our young learners with an interactive and engaging program about South Carolina’s venomous snakes - featuring museum-quality replicas and hands-on artifacts like a rattlesnake rattle, snake eggs, and shed snake skin.
The highlight of the experience? Meeting Sheila’s live, non-venomous snake friends! Students (and some brave staff members) even had the exciting opportunity to see, touch, and learn about three new snake friends:
🐍 Mortimer, the Ball Python
🐍 Wigglesworth, the Apricot Milk Snake
🐍 Minerva, the Fancy Corn Snake
Second graders teamed up with middle school leaders to explore the Civil Rights Movement and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on society. They discussed peaceful protests, equality, and how small actions can create change. With guidance from their older peers, students wrote ideas for improving their community on cutouts of footsteps featuring MLK’s quote: "Just take the first step." They then placed their footprints outside, creating a path to symbolize their commitment to helping others and making a difference - one step at a time.
In honor of Hebrew Language Day, lower school students got creative by inventing new Hebrew words for English terms that don’t have a direct translation. After choosing their words, they baked letter-shaped cookies to spell them out, making language learning both fun AND delicious!

Here are some of their clever creations:
🔹 מדהימות (Madhimut) – Extravaganza
🔹 לרכות (Lirkut) – Squish
🔹 אישוכל (Ish-ochel) – Foodie (Ish – person + Ochel – food)
🔹 פטרוץ (Pitrutz) – Small talk (Pitput – chatter + Ritza – running)

Their words were submitted to a global competition organized by the World Zionist Organization (WZO), and the winners will be chosen by The Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem. Let's wish our students בהצלחה (good luck)!

#myAHAmoment by Rebecca Engel

We chose AHA because they acknowledge and recognize kindness as much as academics. This was demonstrated during a recent safety drill where our daughter helped comfort a friend who was feeling nervous, she earned a sticker for showing compassion! I am so grateful at how the school partners with parents to raise good humans!
We love being a part of a school community that rewards kindness, teaches the importance of friendships, and creates trust in those who care for us.
Want to be our next featured family? Please email danna.cook@addlestone.org with your "AHA Moment," and share the moment you realized Addlestone was home! 
Do you know a family who could benefit from the Addlestone Experience? If so, please contact Danna Cook, Director of Admissions, at danna.cook@addlestone.org for more details on our referral incentive program for current families.
HaMizrahi Weekly: Parshat Bo
February Lunch Menu
A friendly reminder: We encourage students in kindergarten through eighth grade to bring healthy and nutritious kosher snacks to enjoy during breaks. Please avoid sending candy and other sugary treats to school.

Thank You

To learn more about how you can establish your own legacy to help ensure the future of quality Jewish and general education provided by AHA please contact Harry Nadler at Harry.Nadler@Addlestone.org.
Be remembered for the right reason.
Leave a gift of legacy and smile in your heart beyond life. 
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Addlestone Hebrew Academy is funded in part by support from the Charleston Jewish Federation and the Annual Jewish Community Campaign.
The Day of Learning Program is an opportunity to become Parnas Hayom (learning supporter) by dedicating a day, a week or a month of learning and davening in memory of, in honor of, or in the merit of the recovery of a loved one. Through the Day of Learning sponsorships, we hope to bring our community closer and to share and support each other through happy times and times of comfort.
If you have any questions, please contact Abby Ravski, Assistant Director of Development, at Abby.Ravski@addlestone.org or 843-571-1105.
Addlestone Hebrew Academy supports all Jewish Community organizations in Charleston, South Carolina. AHA does not assume responsibility for the kashrut of any events being publicized in our weekly Chadashot (newsletter).
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