Charlotte Jewish News - October 2015 - Page 15
Youth Visions
Why Hebrew High is the Place for Jewish
Teens to Be on Wednesday Nights
There will be surprises galore
this year at Hebrew High. Here
are just a few:
* Forget everything you
thought that you knew about Core
Classes. This year we are really
mixing things up, with new sub-
jeets, new groupings, and lots of
fun.
Obviously the cooking class is very
* The unveiling of Hebrew IV
- For the first time this year, we
have students reeeiving eredit in
Union County as well as Meek-
lenburg County. To find out more
about this great program (funded
in part by an Impaet Fund Grant
from Federation of Greater Char
lotte) eall the Hebrew High offiee.
* Community Serviee hours
available for eertain eleetives.
This year we will offer at least one
eleetive eaeh session, that will
give the students opportunities to
earn eommunity serviee hours.
These hours ean be used for elubs
and honor soeieties at their seeular
sehool. For the first session this
year, the elass reeeiving these
hours, will be Mr. Green’s “The
Greening of Judaism” eleetive.
* Opportunities for ereativity
abound. Musie, drama, art, eook-
ing, and writing eleetives are of
fered to meet the interests and
needs of all types of learners.
There is really something for
everyone at Hebrew High.
* Post Confirmation (for 11th
and 12th graders) will be better
than ever. In this very speeial
elass, students are given an oppor
tunity to express their ideas and
feelings about Judaism and Israel
in a non-judgmental eommunity
of peers.
This is espeeially important at
this time, when our young adults
are being ehallenged on eampuses
everywhere.
* New eleetives that are eoop-
erative endeavors with the ICC
(Environmental elass above) and
with JFS. The JFS elass (ealled
Reality Cheek) will explore teen
lives and their struggles in eon-
temporary soeiety. Taught by the
staff at Jewish Family Serviees,
this will be a non-judgmental
A dreidel contest.
plaee for teens to share experi-
enees and gain insight into how to
eope with being a teen in the 21 st
Century.
* Amazing faeulty - Rabbis,
Cantors, and professional teaehers
all help make our sehool a wel-
eoming, and earing environment.
These amazing role models help
students learn how to balanee
their seeular and Jewish lives.
Partieipation in Hebrew High
is a requirement for all madriehim
and tutors at the Temple Israel and
Beth El Religious Sehools.
Enroll your 8th through 12th
grade students today. Don’t let
them miss out on the Hebrew
High experienee. For more infor
mation eall Roz at 704-944-6782
or email reooper@shalomehar-
lotte.org.
Hebrew High - It’s the plaee
to be on Wednesday nights! ^
See your favorite friends at Hebrew High
on Wednesday nights.
BBYO Starts New Year with Exciting
Programs
By Sam Abadi
Sehool has started and BBYO
is in full swing. In August, we
weleomed new Co-City Direetors
Jamie Bryan and me. Jamie and I
are seasoned advisors exeited to
transition into our new roles
working with the teens to develop
unique eitywide programs and
oversee BBYO in our eommunity.
It’s been a busy eouple of
months. Take a look at what
BBYO teens have been up to:
* Nearly 100 teens kieked off
the year with a eolor war event at
Camp Mindy. Old friends and
new members bonded over
games, physieal ehallenges and
enjoyed a sweet treat from King
of Pops.
Members of Hank Greenberg AZA are look
ing for you.
* Over 144 teens
joined us in Greens
boro, NC for Eastern
Regional Exees Con
vention. We were
thrilled to weleome 14
teens from Dixie
Couneil (SC and
southern GA) to our
event. The foeus of
the weekend was
leadership develop
ment, working with your eouneil
eounterparts, analyzing ehapter
strengths and weaknesses, and
setting membership and program
ming goals for the year. It was
fun, edueational, and inspiring.
* September was a festive
month. The teens developed ere-
ative programs foeused on
refieetion and eelebrating the
Holidays. We gathered in the
Sukkah at the ICC to eele-
brate Sukkot in a eitywide
program. Pizza in the Hut.
* In addition, new mem
bers visited the different
ehapters and got a taste of the
unique teen-led programs
BBYO offers. We look for
ward to seeing these new
members learning more
about BBYO on both the
Chai Chaverim BBG board.
loeal and eouneil level at
MIT/AIT, a speeial eonvention for
new members only. The teens will
spend the weekend of Oetober 16
- 18 at Camp Weaver in Greens
boro, NC with teens from around
Eastern Region and Dixie Coun
eil.
We hope to see you at our
many events throughout the year.
BBYO is a plaee where teens ean
make friends, have fun, and eon-
neet with other Jewish teens in
Charlotte. If you are interested in
joining or have any questions,
please reaeh out to Sara and
Jamie: eharlotte@bbyo.org.
Be an advisor. If you’re a
young professional interested in
volunteering with the teens, please
reaeh out to Sara and Jamie: ehar-
lotte@bbyo.org. ^
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