High School Opens Year with Camp Retreat (Photos!)

by Shir Levenson SSLI '26

Each year, high school students pack their bags and pile into coach buses to make their way up to Camp Ramah Berkshires for a school-wide retreat. From Tuesday through Friday, they spend their days playing sports, swimming, and bonding with one another.

Please enjoy a collection of photos from the retreat taken by PPN club advisor, Mr. Thorgersen.

Seniors spend time together and cheer on their classmates at each sporting event. (S. Thorgersen)

Sophomore Alina Meir and Shira, one of Schechter’s Bnot Sherut girls, ride a kayak together. (S. Thorgersen)

Students enjoy spending time together in the lake. (S. Thorgersen)

Freshmen compete in a toilet paper mummy-wrapping contest. (S. Thorgersen)

Junior Sara R. works to wrap one student in toilet paper. (S Thorgersen)

Freshmen participate in an egg-cracking competition where they hope a raw egg will not break on their heads. (S. Thorgersen)

Seniors watch as an egg spatters on Jonah R.’s head during the egg challenge. (S. Thorgersen)

Student Body President Micah B. poses with Coach Josh Jurysta. (S. Thorgersen)

Freshmen compete in a Minute to Win It game of speed eating the candy Fruit by the Foot. (S. Thorgersen)

Sophomores also compete in candy-eating challenges together. (S. Thorgersen)

A freshman works to unfreeze a cold T-shirt in a competition. (S. Thorgersen)

Sophomores cheer for students in their grade who compete in various Minute to Win It competitions. (S. Thorgersen)

Senior girls make a human pyramid on the stage while waiting for school photos. (S. Thorgersen)

Shir Levenson is an editor for Paw Print Now and has been published on the site since December 2022. Shir is currently a senior at Schechter School of Long Island and can be reached at the following email address: slevenson26@schechterli.org