06/05/2026
🎉 Congratulations to the GEO Jewish Afterschool family! This week we held our End-of-Year Celebration (don't worry, GEO is still going strong for a few more weeks - and then there's camp! 😊). It was a wonderful opportunity to pause and celebrate the incredible accomplishments of our students. Families enjoyed dinner while viewing displays of woodworking projects, clay creations, and other artwork before gathering for the ceremony. 🏆 Awards recognized special effort and achievement, and a beautiful video showcased the students' having Hebrew conversations, woven together with songs and themes from our prayers. 🎶 It was a special evening celebrating our dedicated staff, supportive families, and, of course, our amazing students. ❤️
🌙 This week our students also explored the Jewish calendar and the cycle of the moon, acting out how the new moon used to be announced and creating special moon-themed projects to remind them that, like the moon, we can always grow brighter by adding more mitzvot.
💧 Another day brought a desert water challenge, searching for the right rocks to uncover hidden water, followed by some seriously fun slime-making!
🌿 Our nature explorers turned Black Locust flowers into delicious fritters, proving that learning can be tasty too.
♟️ There was also plenty of fun with word games, math games, chess, creativity, and laughter.
🎂 Celebrating birthdays together is always fun and special. Happy Birthday to our newest birthday person! Wishing you a wonderful year filled with happiness, success, and many blessings!
