Camp Bob Waldorf on the Max Straus Campus

A total of 22 kids from Jacob's middle school went to camp together. The plan is for the kids to go every year all the way through high school. We will see if it works out.  Here is all the fun stuff they did.

Rope course.  Jacob tried it.

Rock climbing wall.  He tried it but said he didn't make it to the top.

Where they play the game Ga-ga.  Ga-ga (literally 'touch-touch' in Hebrew) is a variant of dodgeball that is played with one ball.

Gorilla Rock.

The pool.  They went swimming everyday.  Yea water.  Jacob was in the green team which meant he could swim in any part of the pool.  So glad we brushed up on swim lessons last year.

They had horses.  Jacob went horseback riding!  He didn't like it but he went.

They had a petting zoo of sorts.  A goat.

A lamb.

Front of a pig.

Back of a pig.

Rabbits that were not friendly according to Jacob.

Green house.

This wall is for the teenagers to climb as a team. When Jacob gets older he will be able to try this one.

Balancing board.

Nice cabin.  There were only 7 boys from his school and they all bunked here.

This walkway to his cabin was called the "cheese grater".  When you fell it shredded your skin.

The kids opted to take the stairs instead, all 52 of them.

This was Edin one of the camp counselors from Israel.

Jacob decided to put all his clothes on at once. I can't imagine how hot he was.

Art! They did art.

The End.

Science Camp

Jacob survived 3 days of science camp in the Santa Monica Mountains and he took pictures to prove it.  Unfortunately his camera battery did not survive the 3 days.  Next camp we will send the charger with him.

Ocean

Mountains and clouds

Birds fighting

Hole

Scenery

Film crew

Green parrot

We are taking Jacob to an event this weekend to "gear up" for his next camp in June in Glendale.

GPA Award Ceremony

Jacob's school held a little ceremony for GPA excellence.  The room was packed with students and parents.  It started on time and lasted a whopping 20 minutes for his grade.  Despite this Jacob was annoyed that he had to go.  Semi-formal attire was encouraged for the students so I "made" Jacob where his suit jacket and a tie.  You can see how thrilled he was with this event.

Jacob received the Principal's Honor Roll for achieving a 4.0 GPA for the first semester.  And for once Jacob got to go first for his group, maybe they went in reverse alphabetical order.  The principal is on the right and vice principal on the left.  I love them both.

These were all the 4.0 GPA winners for first semester.  The tall gal with blond hair in the middle is from his elementary school.  It was nice to have 2 students from Coeur d'Alene be honored. Jacob has adapted very well to middle school and worked very hard.  We are so proud of him.