Before Camp
It’s never too early to start preparing for your summer at camp!
Before anything else, make sure you’ve registered for camp!
We’re already so excited for kayitz (summer) ’24! Please watch this space for more information as the summer approaches.
Kayitz ’25 Updates:
- Click here for a welcome letter from Rabbi Ed Gelb, CEO, and Emily Odesser, Director of Camper Care, about our camper care approach and commitment to communication.
- Click here for 2025 Camper Transportation information.
- Click here for DoorVaDoor luggage service information, including a full list of drop-off spots.
- Click here to register for DoorVaDoor.
- Click here for the 2025 Springfield Pharmacy Information Packet. If your child needs to take medication during the summer, you are required to register with the camp pharmacy, Springfield Pharmacy.
- Click here to register through the Springfield Pharmacy website.
- Click here for our 2025 Opening Day procedures (for first session and full summer families): Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
- Click here for 2025 End of First Session schedule and information: Sunday, July 20, 2025.
- Click here for 2025 Visiting Day schedule and information: Sunday, July 20, 2025.
- Click here for 2025 Second Session Opening Day procedures (for Second Session, Mini Aleph, and Mini Amitzim families): Tuesday July 22, 2025.
- Click here for 2025 Closing Day procedures: Sunday August 17, 2025.
Helpful Information for Ramah Families:
- Click here for instructions on managing your CampMinder (CampInTouch) account and submitting forms.
- Click here for Campanion App FAQs. We encourage all camp families to download our camp app!
- Click here for instructions on how to email your camper.
- Click here for our recommended packing list.
- Click here for a letter from Rabbi Gelb explaining our bunking procedures, with tips for how to best fill out the bunk request form.
- Click here for Rabbi Gelb’s email to families about camper participation and behavior expectations.
- Click here to read how we can support campers at camp in process of preparing for their Bar/Bat/Brit Mitzvah.
- Click here for our Covid vaccination policy.
- Click here for our guide to our edah (division) Hebrew names and their corresponding grades.
- Click here for the history of the ROO, our camp mascot.
- Please check out our blog and our Facebook page to learn more about everything that we’re planning for this summer.
- Click here to log into your CampMinder account.
Important Statements on our Educational Approach:
- Click here to read our Mission, Vision, and Values.
- Click here for a statement of support for Israel, and an educational piece written by Rabbi Gordon Tucker which helps explain the Ramah/Jewish approach to supporting Israel, the responsibility of Israel to fight Hamas, and rebuts claims of genocide. Click here to read an earlier letter from Rabbi Gelb explaining our approach to Israel education.
- Click here to read a letter from Rabbi Gelb explaining our approach to LGBTQ+ and Gender Inclusiveness.
- Click here for statements and updates regarding George Floyd and racial justice.
Additional FAQs:
A: Michael Agus, MD
Division Chief, Division of Medical Critical Care; Endowed Chair in Critical Care; Medical Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit and Intermediate Care Program; Co-Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Undergraduate Degree
• University of Pennsylvania , 1990 , Philadelphia , PA
Medical School
• University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine , 1995 , Philadelphia , PA
Internship
Pediatrics
• Boston Children’s Hospital , 1996 , Boston , MA
Residency
Pediatrics
• Boston Children’s Hospital , 1998 , Boston , MA
Fellowship
Pediatric Critical Care
• Massachusetts General Hospital , 2002 , Boston , MA
Fellowship
Pediatric Endocrinology
• Boston Children’s Hospital , 2002 , Boston , MA
L’hitraot B’Palmer (see you soon in Palmer!)