The Charlotte Jewish News - November 2008 - Page 19
Camp Barney Medintz Sets Open House in Charlotte
Camp Barney Medintz, summer
resident camp of the Marcus Jewish
Community Center of Atlanta, will
present an exciting new musical
slide production and dessert recep
tion in Charlotte on Thursday,
November 20, at the Levine Jewish
Community Center of Charlotte,
beginning at 7 PM. Jim Mittenthal,
Camp Director, will meet with new
and returning families, answer
questions pertaining to the 2009
summer camp season, and provide
applications for registration.
Camp Barney Medintz is located
in the North Georgia Blue Ridge
mountains on over 500 wooded
acres surrounding two lakes just 75
miles NE of Atlanta. According to
Mr. Mittenthal, the setting facili
tates “every imaginable activity,”
including water skiing, hydro-tub
ing, wake boarding, swimming,
sailing, canoeing, the “Iceberg,”the
“Rave” water trampoline, leaping
off the “Blob” or soaring down the
180-foot “Hunicane” water slide,
horseback riding, campouts, “zip
ping” nearly 800 feet across La.ke
Wendy, whitewater rafting, tennis,
all land/court sports, theater, crafts,
music, Israeli culture, dance, radio.
CJDS - New Faces Abound
It is with great pride that CJDS
continues to showcase new faculty
members to its school community.
How fortunate the school is to
have such talent teaching and
guiding our youth.
If you are wondering who that
fresh faced “Suzy Chapstick” type
is, it is first grade teacher,
Courtney Buckner, Ms. Buckner
hails from the Great Smoky
Mountains town of Knoxville, TN.
She has taught elementary school
for 14 years and is quite smitten
with her “kiddos,” as she cheerful
ly refers to them.
Buckner, a graduate of the
University of Tennessee, received
her Masters Degree in Inclusive
Early Childhood Education. She
has enjoyed the warmth of the pri
vate school setting for most of her
career. The level of parental sup
port and involvement here at
CJDS has been beyond her expec
tations, an element markedly lack
ing in the public school experi
ence. She spent three years in Los
Angeles, California teaching at an
elite private school where the likes
of actor Tom Hanks and family
were not uncommon. No matter,
the challenges remain the
same...meeting the needs of chil
dren who are all so different.
When she is not teaching,
you’ll find this sports enthusiast
hiking local mountain trails,
camping, beachcombing, or cheer
ing on her cherished Tennessee
Vols.
Welcome, Courtney!
Courtney Buckner
CJDS/Levin Middle School is
so privileged to have Suzanne
Isola on staff as a math and sci
ence teacher. Mrs. Isola has come
a long way since her days of
cleaning out rat and pigeon cages
in her university psychology lab.
This Charlotte native is a graduate
of Charlotte Latin School and
Agnes Scott College in Georgia.
Her career began in Corporate
Communications at Duke Energy
... and so did her fascination with
the wonderful world of science.
After years of long hours and hard
work at Duke, Suzanne decided to
share her passion and knowledge
with a whole new audience ...
middle school students ... and she
hasn’t looked back.
Mrs. Isola taught at her alma
mater, Charlotte Latin School, for
15 years. Her teaching career was
interrupted abruptly as she cared
for her ailing elderly parents. As
you can imagine, this experience
is responsible for how she looks at
the world and the humor and com-
Holocaust Shoes
for Darfur
Give a shoe. Remember a loved one.
Change a life.
Temple Israel Shoe Drive
70th anniversary of Kristallnacht
As part of the 70th
anniversary commemora
tive of Kristallnact, Temple
Israel is helping the CAN
DLES Holocaust Museum
and Education Center of
Terre Haute, Indiana, and
Samaritan's Feet collect one
million pairs of shoes for the
barefoot children of Darfur.
Please bring a pair of new
athletic shoes in honor or
memory of the survivors and
victims of the Holocaust to
Temple Israel. We will be
accepting new athletic
shoes through the 70th
anniversary of Kristallnacht,
November 9.
In advance, thank you for
your participation in this very
worthwhile project.
video, newspaper, mountain biking,
climbing the adjacent Appalachian
Trail and a series of high-adventure
rock climbing, rappelling and ropes
courses. Specific age groups may
also enjoy fencing, karate, ceramics
or scuba diving.
“Camp Barney,” celebrating its
47th summer season, has created “a
unique community that is all about
adventure and self discovery, exhil
arating activities and exciting
events, being in a strong culturally
Jewish environment with special
friends, all under the supervision of
a carefully selected group of
Schools
passion with which she treats her
students and co-workers on a daily
basis. A page has turned for
Suzanne, and we are glad to be a
part of a new chapter in her life.
Suzanne enjoys water sports,
travel (her most recent trip was to
Fiji), and spending time with her
family and Golden Retriever
Cooper and kitties Eeyore and
Zoe.
So glad to have Suzanne here!
mature, talented, conscientious,
loving, and enthusiastic staff,” said
Mr. Mittenthal.
Camp Barney annually develops
new construction projects to
improve its spectacular mountain
facility. After recently completing a
major cultural and performing arts
complex including an awesome
950-seat covered amphitheater,
crafts and ceramics center and new
spaces for music, dance, newspa
per, radio and videography, an
exciting new sports complex and
“Food Network”-type camper
kitchen, there’s much more planned
for 2009 including: the return of
Lake Wendy (the 2nd lake) and
awesome new beach, renovated
cabins and bath rooms, new jet skis,
mountain scooters and high adven
ture ropes courses.
Inquiries about the 2009 summer
season are again far exceeding pre
vious years and each of the two-
and four-week sessions is likely to
fill to capacity very rapidly. For
more information ^bout Camp
Barney programs, Family Camps,
staff opportunities, or other CBM
adventures, please call the camp
office in Atlanta at 770-395-2554 or
Karen Brooks, our Camp Barney
Medintz Charlotte Parent Rep, -at
704-544-8404.
Suzanne Isola
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