The Charlotte Jewish News - April 2019 - Page 18
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Hebrew High 8th and 9th Grade Retreat
What happens when you take a
group of teens to Kinetic Heights
on a Saturday night in February?
The Hebrew High 8th and 9th
Grade Retreat!
This year’s retreat had a new
twist. We moved the retreat off
campus to provide new expe
riences for students. Kinetic
Heights provided so many new
options. The goal was to learn
how to work with, and rely on,
your peers. All events of the re
treat explored the idea of Kehillah
(the importance of the communi
ty in Judaism). Students worked
with team leaders from Kinetic
Heights who emphasized that re
lationships are built on trust and
trust is learned through relying
on each other. This goal was ac
complished through a series of
obstacle courses where students
worked as a team to get to the
end. If a student had trouble, the
other students came together to
help that person reach the finish
line. It didn’t matter who was in
8th or 9th grade, who was athlet
ic, who was tall or who was short.
Everyone participating was an
equal part of the group coming
together to complete a common
goal.
When students first arrived for
the retreat they were quiet and
split up into small groups made
up of other students they knew.
They didn’t want to be there but
their parents made them come.
They were not motivated to par
ticipate. Then, little by little, they
started to gravitate towards each
other, to reach out for help and
to build their community. What a
transformation to observe. Every
student had an incredible time,
learned incredible lessons, and
became closer to other incredible
teens.
The pictures speak volumes.
We truly are a community at He
brew High.
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your body is not strong, your soul
will be too weak to serve God aright.
Maintain your health and preserve
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