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Total Raised:
$33,184.00
The Teva Learning Center relies heavily on the support of individual contributors to bring its message to communities across the Northeast. Donations from parents, students, staff alumni and other supportive individuals continue to enable Teva's growth and makes us the nations leading Jewish environmental education institution.
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Your child will soon have the opportunity to participate in an exciting
residential outdoor school program called the Teva Learning Center.
The Teva Learning Center is a Jewish environmental education program
sponsored by Surprise
Lake Camp and is located at Isabella
Freedman Jewish Retreat Center. This letter answers some of
the questions parents have asked us in the past. Please feel free
to email us at
or call us (212-807-6376) with any additional questions or concerns
you might have.
Goals
The Teva Learning Center integrates outdoor environmental education
with Jewish concepts and values through exciting hands-on activities
in a cooperative, non-competitive residential setting. Teva students
develop a greater sense of responsibility, independence, and self-esteem.
Students will come away from this experience excited about the
natural world and more knowledgeable about what Judaism has to
contribute to our understanding of the environment.
Curriculum
Over the course of four days and three nights, students participate
in two types of daytime classes: Kvutzot (field groups)
and Chugim (electives). In Kvutzot, students study
earth sciences, plant and animal life, and the connections between
them that allow ecosystems to function. They also take part in
a Group Challenge Course, which promotes group-building skills
and creative problem solving. In Chugim, students are able
to choose classes on outdoor and environmental topics. Offerings
are based on the particular interests and skills of the staff.
Evening Programs
Includes a night walk and an exciting interactive presentation.
New songs are taught daily and journal writing is strongly encouraged.
Also, shacharit services are led by the students, with help from
the Teva Learning Center staff members. Blessings are said before
and after eating, and taught for other natural events, as a means
of heightening awareness and expressing wonder and gratitude.
Facilities
Teva programs are hosted at Isabella
Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, CT during
the Fall season, or either Pearlstone
Conference and Retreat Center outside Baltimore, MD or Surprise
Lake Camp in Cold Springs, NY during the Spring season. Retreats,
shabbaton, and family programs can be hosted at all of these sites.
Please go to our Sites Page to
learn more about the different locations that we use.
Safety
All staff are first aid and CPR certified. Medical personnel
will be in residence during daytime hours and there is a hospital
within 15 minutes of the camp.
Staff
The Teva Learning Center staff includes two Directors, a logistical
coordinator, a medical professional and a teaching staff of qualified
field group leaders and specialists. Schools also bring adult
chaperones.
Forms for Students Attending Teva
The following forms should be filled out completely and handed
in to your student's teachers. (all files were created in Word
2000 on a PC)
- Packing List
- Permission Slip &
Participant Behavioral Contract
- Medical Form
- Medical Authorization
and Release
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