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Aleph Session For campers entering 3rd 4th or 5th grades! For 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. In Aleph, we pack an entire summer of fun into 10 days, Campers experience sports, arts, and informal Jewish learning the fun is throughout the day. 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. This session 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, but the Echad staff is some of our most skilled counselors. Bet Session For campers entering 5th, 6th or 7th grades! Bet campers experience everything Schechter has to offer in this exciting 3-week session. In addition to the variety of chugim (activities), Bet campers also enjoy a hiking and overnight camping adventure at our camp site by the river. They also have a dance. Bet campers enjoy three Shabbat experiences at camp, which allows for a submersion of a Jewish existance. 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 climatic 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 sessionm of the CSS experience. Oded Program For campers entering the 11th grade This program involves an application process; and not all applicants are 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 Huppin Oded Village. The Oded program is truly a hands-on training program, as 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. Additional Payment Information Synagogue Affiliation The 2009 affiliated rate is provided for members in good standing of the following Conservative synagogues: Seattle - Beth Shalom, Herzl Ner Tamid Spokane/Richland - Beth Shalom Richland - Beth Shalom Portland - Neveh Shalom Vancouver/Richmond - Beth Tikvah, Har El Olympia - B’nai Torah These synagogues currently provide an annual assessment fee to camp in order to allow their members to receive a reduced camp rate. Sibling Scholarship Families with more than one child attending camp receive 10% off each registration after the first, off the lower tuition fee. Financial Aid Camp Solomon Schechter has limited funds available to families in need of financial aid. For Washington State residents, please apply directly to the Jewish Federation, which acts as a financial aid clearinghouse for our scholarship applicants from Washington. Any first time campers going into 5th, 6th or 7th grade attending the bet session can apply for the JWest Scholarship. For non-Washington State campers, please download the CSS scholarship application. Eligibility for Enrollment Space will be reserved when a completed registration form and deposit have been received by online registration, mail or fax. Space cannot be reserved over the phone. Please send in your child’s registration early as waiting lists can form quickly. Do not delay in sending in your registration form 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 registration forms and registrations without deposits will be returned without reserving a space at camp.
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, and campers from affiliated Conservative Synagogues, have priority enrollment until December 15. Payment Fees may be paid by check, money order, VISA or Master card. There are no deductions in tuition for campers arriving late or leaving early. After receiving confirmation of your child’s enrollment at Camp Solomon Schechter, please anticipate a Parent Packet with valuable information and forms. All required forms should be returned to the Seattle camp office by April 1. This includes a medical form which must be completed by you and signed by your child’s physician each year whether of not its time for your camper’s biannual physical. This is Washington State Law. Tuition
*Oded applicants must complete a supplementary application. This application form does not guarantee acceptance into the Oded program. Oded applications are available online. Transportation Fees
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