Shalom!

Today the kids had a great time in Chug (club) Ramkol (loudspeaker) Radio. They are preparing tapes to play over the morning announcements with world news as well as fun trivia about Machaneh Galil. They are also conducting polls and interviews surveying the lives of chanichim (kids) and madrichim (counselors) at Galil. By adding in jokes and a laugh track, they have created an impressive, professional sounding radio variety show.

The madatz went on high ropes course today, an adventure challenge course that allows individuals to work together on a number of challenging elements. Dillon Hellinger, one of the madatz, conquered his fear of heights on the Giant’s Ladder, an element in which the two participants must support each-other to complete the challenge.

The amelim (4^th and 5^th grade) met their bogrim (10^th grade) “Am-Bo buddies.” Blindfolded, they found each other by repeating a particular animal noise, and then went down to the creek where the bogrim taught their amelim buddies how to skip stones.

Everyone is looking forward to shabbat, when the sayarim (7th grade) will put on a Kabballat Shabbat, we will eat Friday night dinner together, and then do rikud (Israeli dancing) as an entire Machaneh.

TTYL,

Dusty and Nora