Make sure your kids experience camp this year!

Camp Solomon Schechter: Two scholarship opportunities available...

1. 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 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for scholarship information or visit the website at www.campschecter.org for further camp information.
2. Neveh Shalom's Camp Solomon Schechter Scholarship Fund has a limited number of scholarship opportunities. Fund monies are contributed through a number of tribute funds only, and therefore limited to funds contributed yearly.Scholarships will be given on the basis of need only, not merit. An explanation of need and adherence to the application deadline is necessary. Because of the limited nature of the funds available, full scholarships cannot be given. Scholarship Funds Application Deadline: Friday, February 3, 2012.

If you are interested in sending a child to camp...

You may send in a tribute in honor of happy occasions, in the name of a camper or in memory of a loved one. Check the tribute pages of the Chronicle for names of the funds or online and use your Member Login.

Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , Membership and Development Director 503.293.7305 to obtain a scholarship application or for further

information. Applications must be submitted by Friday, February 3, 2012 in order to be considered.

After-school Hebrew immersion for pre-K through grade 2

• Kochavim for 4-8 year olds
• Pre-Kochavim for 3-4 year olds

Mondays & Wednesdays, 4:15-5:45pm, with free drop off from 3:30pm.

Click here for REGISTRATION FORM  for Kochavim & Notz'tzim

• Kochavim 2012-13 Calendar
• Notz'tzim 2012-13 Calendar
  

Kochavim (Stars) is a fun and dynamic immersion-style Hebrew program for your 3-8 year old in a supplementary education setting (after-school). Youth play and learn in a Hebrew-speaking environment, using music, art, active games, stories, yoga, dance, computers, and drama. Kochavim is an amazingly positive way for children to gain second language skills while having fun with peers, laying a foundation of comfort and delight in Hebrew and Jewish environments that will last a lifetime. Nationally recognized for our innovative curriculum and excellent pedagogy, we now offer two locations, in East and West Portland.

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Give your children the amazing experience of learning a language through play and immersion... Join Neveh Shalom's innovative and exciting Hebrew immersion programs for children ages 0-8! Kochavim is proud to be a recipient of a 2011 Covenant Foundation Ignition Grant for excellence and innovation in Jewish education! Read more here

Perspective from a Kochavim parent: "First off, my kids love the program. And as a parent, I love it too: learning Hebrew will open so many more opportunities for my children to engage positively with Judaism. Incidentally my parents were in town last week .... As professional educators, they were both frankly floored at how much the kids enjoyed Kochavim. They could not believe how excited the kids were to attend Kochavim after a full school day, especially our 5 year-old. They loved watching her run into the building and everyone saying hello to her and making her feel welcomed."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One day per week, Hebrew music & play group for children ages 0-3 years old and their parents. 

Mondays, 4:30-5:15pm

 

Click here for NOTZ'TZIM FLYER and REGISTRATION FORM

 

Notz'tzim (Sparkles) started as a younger-sibling program for Kochavim, and has developed into a successful and exciting program in its own rite. Parents and grandparents love the chance to bond with their tots (ages 0-4) in the engaging environment of Hebrew music and active play that Notz'tzim provides each week. Your enjoyment will match the delight of your young ones as they soak up a new language through music, instruments, balls, bubbles, and play. Our classes and the free cd that accompanies your registration for a year-long session will give you a treasury of songs to sing for all of the rituals of your day and year. From holiday songs to lullabyes, welcome songs to camp songs, you'll find that Notz'tzim is a fun and lovely way to start a child's Jewish learning.

From a Notz'tzim Parent: "Our whole family has loved Notz'tzim...Our son now loves singing all the Hebrew songs, in class and even out of the blue at home. It's really helped him get excited about up-coming holidays! My husband and I have also significantly benefited from Notz'tzim; we've learned Hebrew to use with our kids and broadened our own vocabulary.