Safety first
These three words remind counselors to count campers during every transition.
What is Always Be Counting (ABCs)?
This five-letter acronym teaches staff how to greet families like long-lost relatives.
What is WESTI?
This large animal receives its own section in the Orientation Guide and should not be approached, but make lots of noise.
What is a black bear?
A camper asks to stay in the bunk and play cards instead of participating in basketball. This policy says they can't.
What is Everyone Participates, Always?
This Hebrew word refers to spirit, enthusiasm, and energy at camp.
What is Ruach?
According to camp policy, campers must always be within range of one of these two senses.
What are sight or hearing?
The "W" in WESTI stands for this.
What is Warm Smile?
This is the only type of footwear counselors and campers are expected to wear during most activities because it helps prevent injuries and tick bites.
What are closed-toed sneakers?
A parent asks where the infirmary is. Instead of pointing, staff are expected to do this.
What is "I'll show you"?
Winning is nice in Maccabiah, but camp places an even greater emphasis on this quality.
What is sportsmanship?
If there is a medical emergency and an Alexa is nearby, these are the three words you should say.
What is "Alexa, Call Infirmary"?
The "I" in WESTI encourages staff to do this.
What is Introduce them to someone new?
The Orientation Guide advises counselors to step outside each morning and check this before deciding what campers should wear.
What is the weather?
A counselor finishes picking up the piece of trash they were assigned, notices three more nearby, and picks those up too. This value describes that behavior.
What is Go Above and Beyond?
The goal of Maccabiah is not just competition but also building this feeling among teammates.
What is teamwork?
This percentage of the time campers must be supervised.
What is 100 percent?
After the buses arrive on opening day, counselors lead these two types of activities before dinner.
What are name games and ice breakers?
According to the Orientation Guide, this is one of the best indicators that a counselor is organized, trustworthy, and "on top of everything," even if they never say a word.
What is a neat and organized cabin area?
You leave an art room exactly as you found it. Camp calls this philosophy this.
What is Zero Impact?
A camper from the losing team congratulates a friend on the winning team. This Zeke value is being demonstrated.
What is kindness?
When transporting campers, camp policy requires at least this many people in the vehicle at all times.
What is three?
On opening day, each cabin creates one of these that hangs on the wall for the entire session.
What is a Community Agreement?
According to the Camper Care Checklist, counselors should check campers for these four things: ticks, bumps, rashes, and this.
What are bruises?
A counselor comes to their supervisor and says, "The projector is broken, but I found a TV and DVD player instead." This philosophy encourages staff to bring this instead of problems.
What is a solution?
This camp-wide competition takes its name from an international Jewish sporting event first held in 1932.
What is the Maccabiah Games?