Parent-Teacher Conferences

Monday, March 10

Spring parent-teacher conferences for all elementary and middle school families will be held on Monday, March 10.



There will be NO SCHOOL for all divisions on Monday, March 10. ECEC will be closed for a teacher professional development day.

• Elementary school uses an online conference scheduling system. Click here to begin scheduling your conferences. You will need to set up a new login and password (even if you have previously set up an account).
• Middle school parents only, see links below to begin scheduling your conferences.
• 6th grade - click here
• 7th grade - click here
• 8th grade - click here
• To schedule a conference with middle school Judaic Studies and Hebrew teachers, please click here to begin scheduling your conference time.

Kadima will provide child care in the library (for elementary school students) and on the ECEC yard (for ECEC children) for parents while they attend conferences.

For assistance with signing up for parent-teacher conferences, please contact Matthew Fitzmorris at mfitzmorris@kadima.co or call (818) 346-0849.

2025-26 Re-Enrollment

Families have received their 2025-26 re-enrollment contracts. If you submitted a tuition assistance application (FAST), your re-enrollment contract will be sent once the tuition assistance committee reviews your application and determines your award, if applicable. You will be assigned a different due date than the one below.

• Please review your re-enrollment contract carefully. The tuition and fees schedule is on page 4.
• To re-enroll your child for the 2025-26 school year, please initial each page of your contract and sign on page 3.
• Please also submit a deposit of $1,000. You are not considered enrolled until both (signed enrollment contract AND deposit) have been received. 
• You have the opportunity to save the enrollment fee of $500 (Early Childhood Education Center) or $700 (elementary school/middle school) if the contract is submitted by March 3.
• You can submit your signed contract and deposit electronically or schedule a date and time to come into the main office to submit in-person. 
• If you have any questions about re-enrollment please contact Alvira Chernichovski at achernichovski@kadimadayschool.org
• If you have questions about tuition assistance, please contact Orly Levy at olevy@kadimadayschool.org

2025-26 Tuition Assistance Application

If you would like to be considered for tuition assistance for the next school year, or if are currently receiving tuition assistance and would like to continue to receive it, please submit a new FAST application. A FAST application is required annually, even if you submitted an application last year.

To apply for tuition assistance, please visit: https://apply.ismfast.com. If you have questions or need assistance regarding the FAST application, please contact familysupport@ismfast.com.

Hot Lunch Menu

The new March hot lunch menus are now available. To order hot lunch, please visit: https://www.kadimadayschool.org/hot-lunch 

Parent Meetings: Coffee with Coen

Please join us for the following parent meetings, hosted by our principal, Rebecca Coen. These are excellent opportunities for parents to share with our principal questions and concerns and to talk about what to look forward to in future years at Kadima. All meeting will be held in the library.

• Friday, February 28 - 4th grade parents, 8:15 am (please note date change)
• Friday, March 7 - 1st and 2nd grade parents, 8:15 am

Yearbook Cover Contest

Due Friday, February 28

Calling all artists! Do you want your artwork showcased on this year's Kadima yearbook cover? Be sure to submit your art by tomorrow, Friday, February 28, to Jennifer Winderlich, art teacher. This year's theme is am Israel chai. Please be sure to include your full name and the title: "Kadima Day School, 2024-25". Good luck!

PTO Meeting

Wednesday, March 5, 8:15 am, in the library

Join the Kadima PTO for their next meeting on Wednesday, March 5, at 8:15 am in the library. Light refreshments will be served. We will be discussing all our upcoming events and activities. We look forward to seeing all the parents at the meeting. Reminder, room parents should strive to attend each PTO meeting.

Purim

Friday, March 14, 2025

Kadima spirit week extends from March 11 to 14. Please see flyers below for the spirit week schedule for ECEC, elementary school, and middle school. The Purim carnival will be on Wednesday, March 12. If you are able to volunteer, please sign up here.

Parents, please join us on Friday, March 14, as we celebrate Purim with a special M'gilah reading at 10:00 am, followed by Kabbalat Shabbat. Students will return to class soon after to assemble their mishloach manot. We kindly request that parents not take students out of school early on Friday, as mishloach manot is a very important part of the Purim tradition.

A Taste of Middle School

Monday, March 17, 8:15 am

In order to accommodate as many parents as possible, a Taste of Middle School has been rescheduled to Monday, March 17.

Get ready for an exciting and immersive event designed just for fifth grade parents! Come explore Kadima’s dynamic and enriched middle school experience, where academic excellence meets creativity, leadership, and personal growth. Discover our innovative programs, meet our passionate educators, and see firsthand how our engaging curriculum and supportive community set students up for success. There’s so much to be excited about! Don’t miss this opportunity to get a glimpse of the incredible journey that awaits your child at Kadima's middle school!

Sivan's Kitchen - Coming Home to Kadima

Monday, March 31, 7:00 pm, Kadima Auditorium

Join us for a special spring fundraiser: Sivan's Kitchen at Kadima!

We are thrilled to welcome alumni parent Sivan Kobi back home to Kadima as she shares her passion and love for our community through a unique, hands-on cooking experience!

What to expect:

Sivan's Kitchen will guide you through the preparation of a delicious appetizer, main course, and dessert—perfect for the upcoming Passover holiday. This interactive culinary experience is not just about cooking; it's also about coming together as a community to support Kadima.

Limited spaces available. Please purchase your tickets now before they sell out.

 IAC Los Angeles Adloyada 2025

Sunday, March 16

Join us for the ultimate Purim celebration on Sunday, March 16, from 11 am to 4 pm in Woodland Hills! Enjoy a spectacular Purim parade, exciting activities for the whole family, arts & crafts, delicious food trucks, live entertainment, and plenty of surprises.

Get your tickets now: https://iac360.org/iac-events/adlola/

Parashat T'rumah 

By Dr. Steven Lorch, Head of School

#10 - The name of the parashah, תרומה, refers to voluntary gifts of the materials used to construct the Mishkan (the sanctuary), each person bringing as much or as little as he or she wanted. Later (Sh'mot 30, 13), each person is commanded to bring exactly a half shekel for use in the Mishkan. Which approach, תרומה or the half shekel, teaches us how to give tz'dakah?

#9 - The reason given for building the Mishkan (the sanctuary) is "ושכנתי בתוכם - and I will dwell within, or among, them" (25, 8). Shouldn't it have said "ושכנתי בתוכו - and I will dwell in it"? Why בתוכם - within, or among, them?

#8 - The first object that Moshe is told to make is the ark, which contains the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments. The instruction given for building the ark is ועשו (they shall make - 25, 10). The instructions for building all the other objects is ועשית (you shall make). Why?

#7 - Poles for carrying the ark are inserted through rings on its sides. They are never to be removed (25, 15). There's no similar instruction not to remove the poles for carrying any other object. Why are the poles of the ark permanent fixtures? Is the reason practical, or symbolic (or both)?

#6 - The cover of the ark features two כרובים (cherubs, winged angel-like figures - 25, 18). In what ways is this similar to, or different from, the placement of כרובים at the east entrance to the Garden of Eden to guard it after Adam and Eve are banished from it (B'reshit 3, 24)?

#5 - According to the second commandment, we are commanded not to "make for yourself a sculptured image, or any likeness of what is in the heavens above or on the earth below..." (Sh'mot 20, 4). Why are the cherubs an exception to the rule?

#4 - After the Mishkan is completed, the ark will be placed inside the Holy of Holies. Moshe is told, "I will speak to you from atop the ark cover from between the two cherubs" (25, 22). Elsewhere (Vayikra 1, 1) we are told, "God spoke to Moshe from the Tent of Meeting," in other words, from outside the Holy of Holies. How can God speak to Moshe from both inside and outside the Holy of Holies at the same time? (Or maybe it's not at the same time?)

#3 -  Moshe is told to make the m'norah and the altar and to set up the walls of the Mishkan according to the pattern "which you were shown on the mountain" (Sh'mot 25, 39). But there's no mention of Moshe having been shown how to make any other objects (the ark, or the table, or the courtyard, for example). Why was Moshe shown how to make these items and not others?

#2 -  The very concept of a Mishkan for God to live in is strange. God doesn't need shelter, or the light of the m'norah, or to eat the bread that was set out on the table. What is the real reason for the Mishkan?

#1 - The Mishkan is known by three names: משכן (dwelling place), מקדש (holy place, or sanctuary), and אהל מועד (tent of meeting). What does each of these names imply about the purpose of the Mishkan?