The NFTY Leadership Experience is designed for teens that are looking for a challenging and exciting summer program that will enhance your skills in a specific area of interest. As a participant in this program, you have the ability to choose your classes, and create a schedule that best fits you and your needs.
The recipe for Kutz is simple: just choose a Major, which you will sign up for when you are ready to register. Once you get to camp, you will be able to choose from session-long and week-long Minors and choose new Electives every day. Every teen in camp will participate in our Hagshama program, which includes a variety of leadership and life skills to enhance how you put your Major into action.
How do my Major, Minors, and Electives fit into the full day at Kutz? Check out what a typical day at Kutz looks like!
Ready to take a sneak peek at the Kutz experience? Watch the Kutz Video!
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At the center of your NFTY Leadership Experience here at Kutz is your major. Each major offers a unique focus that you won't find anywhere else! You'll have the opportunity to choose from one of our nine majors offered in 2013:
The Arts Academy
Songleading
Israeli Dance (NEW for 2013!)
The Justice Academy
The Leadership Academy
The Judaics Academy
So many choices!
Read a description of each of our majors.
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Electives are offered daily in four areas of focus: Sports, Fun and Games, Art, andClubs. Electives change each summer, here are some examples from past summers:
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Bar Mitzvah Games
Bow and Bowtie Making
Cloudwatching & Lifetales
College Info Session
Coloring Day
Competitive Puzzles
Craft Your Future -
Blindfolded Painting
Culinary Arts
Dance Party
Disney Flashback
Field Day
Finding Modern in
Modern Family
Flag Football
Friendship Bracelet Making
Home Run Derby |
Jam Session
Make your own playdough
Murder Mystery
Paddle Boat Regatta
Paper Dodgeball
Photo Scavenger Hunt
Reading Pagoda
Scattergories
Sporcle
Tennis
'T'Curl' Olam
Ultimate Frisbee
Volleyball
Water Polo
Yiddish in the Kitchen
Zumba |
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Minors at Kutz cover a variety of interests, from skill-building to sports to discussions. You will have the opportunity to choose from session-long minors and week-long minors. While minor topics change every summer, here are some samples from previous summers:
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5 A's of Social Action
A capella & choir
Advanced Leadership Seminar
Alpine Tower
Band! Zoom! Oy! - The Jewish Values Ehibited by Superheros
Belly Dancing
Clay Sculpting
Creating an Authentic Online Presence Now that Won't
Ruin Your Life Later
Current Events
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
From Mikvahs to Manicures: Jewish Women in History
Hebrew 101
Hiking History: Digging up our Roots
If it doesn't make a difference, what difference does it
make?
IMPROV!
Inside the TYG Studio
Instagram-ing for the Pros: How to
take stellar photos with your phone
Is it my body, or God's? |
Israeli Dancing
Jew's Line is it Anyway? The Sequel:
Improvisation and Theatre Skills Workshop
Jewish Jeans/Jewish Genes
Jewish Values & Television
JewTube
Judaicrafts
Landscape Painting & Drawing
Masks
Meditation for the Mind
Mitzvah Corps for Non-Majors
Musical Skills
Pirkei Avot for Leaders
Praise, Pleas, and Problems -
Prayer for our Time
RCVPedia: Beyond the Essentials
Rock, Roll and Religion
Self Portraits
So You Think You Can Dance?
So You Want to be a Community
Organizer?
Songs Beyond Shireinu
Teen T'fillah
Yoga
You be the Judge: Jewish Ethics |
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Our new all-camp curriculum based on the popular major, Hagshama will be focused on building resiliency through a set of core competencies and dynamic leadership skills. Some examples of what will be offered through Hagshama include:
- Time Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Turning your camp experience into awesome college essays
- Meditation
- Stress Management
- Ensuring a healthy school/life balance
- Mentorship starts with me
- Using Our Strengths, Building Strong Teams
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