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I cannot believe how quickly this year is going by already. Before you know it, summer will be here. And what does Summer mean for our preschoolers? Camp Shook! Camp will be in session for nine weeks this year and our staff is so excited! Dates are Monday, June 7 through Friday, August 6. You can sign up for camp by the week so you can enroll your child for any combination that works with your summer schedule. We will be following our COVID-19 guidelines, so the camp groups will remain with their teacher and counselors only, and groups will not be mixed throughout the day. Our hours of operation will be 8:15 am to 5:00 pm, just like during school, and our drop-off and pick up will be by age group.

Our camp director is the fabulous Sara Jones, who also serves as our office manager during the school year. She was so disappointed when we had to cancel camp last year, due to COVID and she is looking forward to finally having a great summer with your kiddos at Camp Shook! Sara has many awesome activities planned, and we will make use of our huge Temple Israel campus for lots of outdoor activities. We also have our inground swimming pool – for all children ages 3 and older – that will be staffed by YMCA swim instructors and lifeguards. The pool was retiled and resurfaced as part of our Reimagining Campaign project construction, and we’re so excited to swim in it for the first time! For our campers under age 3, we will have fun outdoor water play. It will be a wonderful and memorable time for our kids as we all look forward to a much more “normal” summer than last.

I’m happy to report that preschool is going so great, and I can’t wait for a time that we can show off our Jack & Ellen Deutsch Family Education Center to everyone. Due to our COVID policy, parents have not been allowed in the school to see firsthand how happy our students are in this new and beautiful space. Our teachers have been doing a fabulous job of creating a regular preschool experience despite the pandemic. Students (age 3 and up) have adapted extremely well to wearing masks, and the teachers have done an incredible job enforcing our guidelines and making sure that all hands are washed often using our brand-new in-classroom sinks!

Our early childhood center has always been a happy place, and this year is no exception. It feels good to be here doing what we all love – teaching your bright and wonderful children!

 CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND TO SIGN UP FOR CAMP SHOOK! 

Love,
Leslie Wolf