Monster Bar-Mitzvah
Last week, we were told to dress up and act as friends and family
of Ronnie, the “Bar-Mitzvah boy”. We would be attending his simcha that night.
While we were listening to his speech, there was
interruption… Dun-dun-dunnn!!! Monsters came
streaming through the doors, clawing us and moaning. We split into groups and
began our monster celebration. Each station had a different activity that
showed us what monsters think a bar-mitzvah should look like.
At one station we learned a “Monster Mash” dance. We also visited
a monster photo booth and roared for the camera. At another station, we wrote
notes to the bar mitvah boy. We painted them on a picture of his face and then
got our own faces painted. At the last station, volunteers from the group
tasted the special monster smoothie made of old leftovers (gross!)
Al in all, we realized that a monster bar-mitzvah was much
more fun than a regular one.
- - Ari, Nina, Eliza
Zombies vs. Ninjas vs. Dinosaurs vs. Pirates
One of the nights last week we did something CRAZY! It started
out to be a pirate themed night and ended being a feud of Zombies vs. Ninjas
vs. Dinosaurs vs. Pirates. Each species
held a rotation. The pirates with sword fighting, the ninjas with stealthy
camouflage, the dinosaurs with the obstacle course and the zombies with the
brain eating relay race. In the end we played an intense game of capture the
flag to determine the best group. It turned out that we all had the best time
when it was PiratesNinjasDinosaursZombies Night!
- - Adam, Sam, Gabe, Gal
Sycho
Sycho is a combination of Sayarim and Chotrim. It’s a kvutza of 6th and 7th
graders.
We meet new friends, go to the pool together, talk with them
about the sports we like.
In the first few days we played games that showed us how to
work as a team and what kvutza is.
We talked about how our kvutza is like our home here in
Gilboa.
We like the songs that we sing in the morning. We sing songs
to start the day with high and fun energy.
- - Ben, Jono, Nikolai, Jordan
Chuggim
Chuggim are interest groups that the chanichim (campers)
take part in. There are all different kinds of chuggim to try so that chanichim
find what they like. There are chug art, harry potter, Triple-E (extreme,
exciting exercise), flower power, chug women, ha ha you’re funny, and archery.
In Art you learn to express yourself in artistic ways. In harry
potter you get to live a life at Hogwarts, make potions, find your perfect
wand, and get sorted into your house when you join. Triple-E is where you learn to stay fit and healthy. There
are all sorts of chuggim and they are all fun.
- - Maya, Romi
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