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Aleph SessionFor campers entering 3rd, 4th or 5th grades!
- This session is perfect for new and returning campers alike.
- All of our counselors are skilled at creating a warm, welcoming home away from home, and are trained to understand the needs of a first-time camper.
- We pack an entire summer of fun into 10 days.
- Campers experience sports, arts, and informal Jewish education.
- There are creative and engaging evening activities every night.
- Aleph session will lay the foundation for many years of enriching camp experiences!
* 5th grade campers who have previously attended Aleph session are strongly encouraged to attend the Bet session.
Echad Session
For campers entering 2nd or 3rd grades!
- This 5-day camp session is a wonderful introduction for the first-time camper; it runs simultaneously with the last half of Aleph session.
- Echad session offers the opportunity to sample the wide variety of chugim (daily activities) and the special experience of spending a Shabbat at camp.
- All of our counselors are skilled at creating a warm, welcoming home away from home, and are trained to understand the needs of a first-time camper.
Bet Session
For campers entering 5th, 6th or 7th grades!
- Bet campers experience everything Schechter has to offer in this exciting 3-week session.
- Daily chugim (activities), hiking and overnight camping adventures at our own camp site
- Dances
- three Shabbat experiences allows for an immersion of rather than submersion in Jewish existence.
- Bar and Bat Mitzvah tutoring is available during this session.
Gimmel Session For campers entering 8th, 9th and 10th grades!
- The Gimmel session brings the Schechter experience to a ultimate level!
- Gimmel has an advanced, interactive, and creative Judaic program. Gimmel campers are always asking questions and exploring their own Jewish identity.
- While building their commitment to Jewish values and learning to comfortably express the spirit of being part of the Jewish people, the Gimmel camper can solidify their passion for being Jewish.
- All Gimmel campers enjoy an overnight campout, and 10th graders look forward to an extended out-of-camp camping and hiking adventure.
- Gimmel session becomes the most anticipated session of the CSS experience
Oded Program
For campers entering the 11th grade
- This program involves an application process; some applicants may not be accepted.
- Oded (encourage and invigorate) is Camp Solomon Schechter’s highly-acclaimed Counselor-in-Training and Leadership program.
- The Odedim (plural for Oded) live in the Oded Village.
- A hands-on training program - the participants plan programs, lead services, create an Oded Project, teach activities, and share responsibility for a cabin of campers.
- The group spends five days on an extended outdoor back country camping and hiking adventure.
- Odedim learn to look at leadership and life through a Jewish lens.
- Upon completion, participants may request a certificate of community service hours.
- Many Odedim return to camp to work as staff in subsequent summers.
Eligibility for Enrollment:
- Space cannot be reserved over the phone.
- Space will be reserved when a completed online registration form and deposit have been received.
- Please complete your child’s online registration early as waiting lists can form quickly. Do not delay in registering online if you want to assure your child has a space.
- A non refundable, non transferable deposit of $250 in US funds must accompany each child’s registration. Incomplete registrations without deposits will not hold a space for your camper.
Wait Lists:
- All registrations are subject to space availability.
- Each session is based on three separate grade enrollments.
- A wait list for each session will begin after capacity is reached for each grade.
- Families on the wait lists will be notified if and when space becomes available.
- Deposits are returned if no space becomes available.
- Please be patient - We will do our best to accommodate your child.
- Returning campers have priority enrollment until December 15th.
Sibling Discount:
- Families with more than one child attending camp receive 10% off each registration after the first, off the lower tuition fee and will be applied after any scholarships that we administer.
Early Sign up Discounts:
- Pay 50% of tuition by November 15th = 3% discount
- Pay 50% of tuition by December 15th = 1.5% discount
- Pay in Full by December 15th = 3% discount
Canadian Discount:
- We offer a 7% discount for our Canadian campers
Payments:
- A non-refundable and non transferable deposit of $250 is required to reserve your place at camp.
- All payments must be made in US funds – any payments made in Canadian funds will incur any additional bank exchange charges.
- If paying by check please send the two post dated checks in addition to the deposit check.
- Payments must be in no more than three installments:
- Everyone MUST put down a $250 deposit.
- Payment plans must be paid off in 3 months on the 15th of the month*
- Standard payment due dates are the 15th of each month.
- Deviation from the payment plan may result in 15% surcharge.
- All deposits are non-refundable and non-transferable and will be lost for all cancellations.
*Exceptions for longer payment plans must be cleared through the Camp Director. - Families may still set up their own payment plans per approval of the director.
- No camper is permitted to attend camp unless full payment has been received before the bus departs.
- All campers are required to pay the transportation fee based on where they live. We do not allow private transportation to camp except for Olympia and Centralia campers.
- Payment is due January 15th for 1/2 of the tuition or there is no guarantee of a spot at camp.
- Please note that there is a $30 charge for returned checks.
- After January 15th - Families must pay half of the tuition up front
- After March 15th - Families must pay in full
Cancellations:
- All cancellations and changes must be made in writing.
- Cancellations made after March 15th will result in a loss of 50% of the total fee.
- No refund is given for cancellations made within 21 days of the applicable camp session.
- Exceptions can be made in the event of verifiable medical or family emergencies.
- CSS reserves the right to dismiss a camper without a refund because of his/her refusal to adhere to the rules and policies outlined in the Parent Handbook
- All tuition must be paid in full by June 15th**
**Exceptions will be made if cleared through the director an individual payment plan is adhered to.
Scholarships / Financial Aid:
- CSS Financial Aid Application Deadline is February 19, 2010
- Everyone applying for financial aid must pay the $250 deposit.
- Allocations will be made by Schechter and other sources staring in February; there are limited funds available.
- All financial aid applicants must make regular monthly payments on the 15th of the month, starting the month after the deposit has been received, and 50% of the full tuition must be received by March 15th in order to avoid the 15% surcharge for late payment. All tuition and other charges must be paid in full by June 15th. Tuition and other charges must be paid in full in no more than 3 payments.
- All scholarship applicants must submit evidence of scholarship application no later than February 1st in order to qualify for any adjustments to the standard payment schedule.
Washington Residents: Apply directly to the Jewish Federation , which acts as a financial aid clearinghouse for all of our scholarship applicants from Washington.
Oregon Residents: Apply for The Arthur Krichevsky Memorial Scholarship and/or The Kailes Family Scholarship.
Non-Washington Residents: Please download the CSS Scholarship Application
Camper Incentive Programs (not need-based):
All first time campers going into 6th, 7th or 8th grade who do not attend religious day school can apply for the JWest Campership. Campers who received the first-time campership last year may also be able to apply for a (reduced) campership award through the JWest Campership.
New this year! The Judith and Garry Kahn Camp Solomon Schechter First-Time Camper Fund will provide up to 10 first-time Schechter campers from Oregon and Southwest Washington with a $180 Camp Solomon Schechter tuition discount. Contact registrar@campschechter.org if interested.
New this year! The Robert (Bobby) Rosenthal Scholarship Fund is geared toward Tacoma- area first-time campers. The fund will pay the full tuition for a first-time Echad or Aleph camper and then 50% in the second year. First-time Bet, Gimmel and Oded campers also are eligible for 50% of tuition! A limited number of scholarships are available. Contact registrar@campschechter.org if interested.
New this year! The Camper Incentive Program through the Foundation for Jewish Camp is a partnership between CSS and the FJC. It is intended to be an incentive for first time Bet and Gimmel campers going into 5th , 9th or 10th grades. This program will offer a $1,000 incentive for these campers! Contact registrar@campschechter.org if interested.
2010 Tuition
This year we have no rate increase, but we have gone to one rate. There will be no increase for our unaffiliated families and our affiliated families will all move to the rate that was the unaffiliated rate for 2009.
- A brochure for 2010 will be mailed to all campers in October, but all registration is online.
| Session | Entering Grades Sept.'10 |
Session Dates |
Fee (USD) |
| Echad | 2nd-3rd | 07/02 - 07/06 | $515 |
| Aleph | 3rd-5th | 06/27 - 07/06 | $1,025 |
| Bet | 5th-7th | 07/08 - 07/27 | $2,085 |
| Gimmel | 8th-10th | 07/30 - 08/18 | $2,085 |
| Oded | 11th | 06/24 - 07/27 | $2,125 |
| Family Camp | Everyone! | 05/28 - 05/30 | $350 |
*Oded applicants must complete a supplementary application. This application form does not guarantee acceptance into the Oded program.
Oded applications are available online.
Forms must be submitted by February 15th, 2010.
Transportation Fees
- We do not allow private transport to camp except for Olympia, Tacoma and Centralia
| City | Transportation Fee |
| Seattle | $45 |
| Portland | $80 |
| Spokane | $105 |
| British Columbia | $105 |
| Airport | $45 |
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