The Campus for Jewish Life - The Pavilion

Dear Parents and Campers:

Week 5 ended in a BIG way, and not just because we celebrated Jumbo Day!! Our week was fantastic! Monday started our second session of camp, and things were sunny and bright at YCD. We had a fantastic Jumbo celebration Wednesday, and even had an awesome Jumbo rain storm! We played giant games of Candyland and Battleship. Our campers were the boats! We even had giant cookies for dessert! Friday was picture day, and my oh my did we look great! We put on our happiest YCD smiles and had our bunk pictures taken.

Next week bunks 7-9 and CITs will be going to Runaway Rapids on Monday, August 3. Bunks 1-6 will be going to Bowcraft Amusement Park on Thursday, August 6. CITs will be going to Avatar Pottery on Wednesday, August 5. Please be on the lookout for notices about the trips and the costs.

Our Chai Lifeline Swim-A-Thon is Tuesday, August 4. Please remember to collect your money and send it in as soon as possible so that we can get your children their prizes in a timely fashion.

Please apply sunscreen to your children in the morning. We will reapply throughout the day. Children should come to camp wearing sneakers and bathing suits. And label everything!

Rebecca & Alisha

YOUNGER DIVISION

Lindsay Kessler – Division Head

Candyland:

On Monday we made chocolate chip granola bars that Katie and Gabe loved. On Tuesday we had mad science where Michal and Justice painted beautiful flower pots and planted marigold seeds. Wednesday we played jumbo card games and jumbo Candyland that Macaria and Collin both won. In art we made fuse bead art, Milo and Eliana made them into magnets. On Thursday, Elizabeth floated in the pool all by herself and on Friday, Adi smiled big for our bunk picture. We can’t wait for next week!

Counselors: Batsheva, Kayla & Ezra

CIT: Josette & Tara

Hi-Ho Cherrio:

With the second session underway, we had a fantastic week! On Monday, Brendan and Hannah had a blast splashing around on the waterslide. On Tuesday we celebrated Sam’s birthday with pizza, donuts and goodie bags! It was a blast! Wednesday was Jumbo Day! Everything was supersized! Mateo and Joshua showed off their dribbling skills. At science we planted seeds in the hand made pots and at cooking we made delicious granola bars! We can’t wait until next!

Counselors: Ana & Shoshana

CIT: Amanda

Chutes & Ladders:

This week has been a hot one, but Chutes & Ladders has found lots of fun ways to keep cool! Everyone has been enjoying swimming, improving their skills. Daniel got his deep water bracelet this week! Soccer is a big hit in our bunk, we have many awesome players. Miriam, Sara and Eliana scored a lot of goals this week! We can’t wait for next week!

Counselors: Allison, Lauren & Davida

CIT: Rachel & Emily

Pretty Pretty Princess

Bunk 3 has had yet another awesome week of camp! On Monday, we welcomed Evie and Hannah F. to our bunk! They are an awesome addition! We had so much fun in the water and on Jumbo Day. We played Jumbo War, Jumbo Candyland and even won prizes! Sadly, this week we say goodbye to Arianna. We are going to miss her. We’re looking forward to another incredible week!

Counselors: Lindsay, Elyse & Amanda

CIT: Michelle & Haley C.

Clue

Can you believe its second month already? The time has really flown by! We were happy to see Itamar return to our bunk again! In cooking we made yummy chocolate chip granola bars that were messy and gooey, but delicious! On Wednesday, the bunk had an insane water fight with bunk 8. Boys vs. girls! Everybody was having a blast and keeping cool. Wednesday was also Jumbo Day, and we enjoyed a giant game of cards. We’ve been making a lot of great art projects, and this week was no different. Our fuse bead projects took a lot of time and patience, but they turned out awesome! Rock On Bunk 4!

Counselors: Rachel, Ari & Esther

CIT: Justin

Older Division

Ally Barrett – Division Head

 

Battleship

The rain could not drown out the Battleships’ fun this week! We welcomed our new CIT Miles, and a new camper, Benji. Jumbo Day was enormous amounts of fun! We loved playing Jumbo Battleship with Bunk 9. Jesse and Jeff found a gigantic number of rubberbands during our divisional activity. Billy was our freeze dance champion during music. Judah and Yoni were our football stars this week, scoring tons of touchdowns during our game! We can’t wait for the swim-a-thon, Harry Potter Day, and Bowcraft next week!

Counselors: Ally & David

CIT: Miles

Rush Hour

We had a rainy week this week, but that didn’t stop bunk 6 from having fun. Phillip and Jonah beat the whole upper division in an awesome game of Coke and Pepsi on Wednesday! We ruled the squares at Boxball this week, even against other bunks! We loved Jumbo Day! We got to play Jumbo Battleship and have an awesome time supersizing our sports games with Jumbo sized balls! We can’t wait for next week!

Counselors: Jonah & Aliza

CIT: Noah

Apples to Apples

We had a wonderful week, even though it was really wet out there! Our bunk loved baseball, Jumbo Battleship, the awesome game of Coke & Pepsi and Capture the Flag this week. We can’t wait for the waterpark on Monday and for another great week!

Counselors: Austin & Danielle

Monopoly

This week was amazing! We welcomed our new counselor Gavi and CITs Shaina and Nikki. Lori showed us her skills as she picked up a brick in the water from 10 feet! Jumbo Day was a supersized blast! We played Jumbo Ping Pong on the tennis courts with beach balls, and Reva was able to keep the ball going for 272 bounced on the racket! We cooled off with a waterfight and Jessie was soaked! We can’t wait for picture day to show our great Bunk 8 smiles!

Counselors: Amanda & Dahlia

CIT: Shaina & Nikki

Trouble

Our second session started off with a bang! We welcomed our new counselor Jeremy! We had dodgeball and kickball, which Kenny excelled in! Swimming was amazing! Our campers are improving their skills and their strokes! Yaakov and Scott are our swimming stars this week! Jumbo Day was awesome. We played Jumbo Ping Pong and Jumbo Battleship. Our rubberband chain was huge, due to the amazing teamwork in bunk 9! We can’t wait for next week!

Counselors: Devorah & Jeremy

CIT: Nick

Art Shed

This week all bunks made fuse beads.

Cooking Corner

This week in cooking, we made Chocolate Chip Granola Bars. Here’s the recipe:

2 ½ Cups Rice Krispies

2 Cups Quick Cooking Rolled Oats

½ Cup Chocolate Chips

½ Cup Brown Sugar

½ Cup Light Corn Syrup

1 tsp. Vanilla

In a large bowl, combine cereal, oats & chocolate chips. Set aside. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, and corn syrup. Microwave for 1 minute, or until liquidy. Mix and stir in vanilla. Pour over cereal mixture and mix well. Pour into ungreased 9x13 pan. Pat and smooth. Let cool. Cut into bars and enjoy!

~Morah Cindy~

Have a great weekend!

Mad Science

In science this week the groups were building and gardening! Bunks 1-6 learned about plants. The kids learned about the need for soil, oxygen, water, sunlight and seeds for plants to grow. Some of the kids even suggested talking to their plants to make them grow quicker. Each camper got to decorate their own pot and plant their own marigolds! We can’t wait to hear about their observations of the plants in the next few weeks. Bunks 7, 8 & 9 learned about bridges this week. We talked about different kinds of bridges, such as suspension bridges, arch bridges and truss bridges. We focused on building truss bridges, by creating triangles made of marshmallows and toothpicks. Groups of campers made bridges and then we saw how many coins the bridges could hold without breaking! We were amazing at how strong the bridges were. Most bridges held between 30-60 coins. The strongest bridge in bunk 9 held 69 coins! The campers were amazed at the strength of their own work! A great time was had by all!

~Morah Emily~