Each Shabbat an amazing group of Sci-Tech counselors, lead by Jared Lappin, creates a video to teach about that week’s Torah portion, including interviewing campers about their thoughts on that parsha. Please enjoy the videos below, or on our Vimeo page. Korach...
“Anyone can have an impact, no matter how long they’ve been here.” – Sammy Chklovskii Legacies at Sci-Tech: A Documentary On a global scale, a small summer camp in an even smaller town would seemingly have a minuscule impact; however, in that same small summer...
By Greg Kellner, with assistance from Bing Co-Pilot This weekend I returned to 6 Points Sci-Tech for our annual in-person Camp Council meeting. Council members flew in from both coasts, eager to be at camp, see robots, and experience Shabbat. Most of all, being able...
I went to my home synagogue (Temple Emanuel in Newton, Massachusetts) on a recent Shabbat and the subject of the sermon was one of the six Sci-Tech values… sakranut (סַקְרָנוּת)! The sermon was titled, “The curious case of… curiosity,” and was given by Rabbi Sonia...
Every day at URJ 6 Points Sci-Tech is a special day, but birthdays are an extra special day! Campers and counselors receive extra special treatment starting from the moment they wake up. It is a Sci-Tech tradition for counselors to decorate the door frame of...
Believe it or not, two of the three were the focus of hands-on exploration this summer—in two very different workshops—at URJ 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy. When I stepped into Gil’s Robotics Workshop, I was surprised to find a group of seventh graders deep in...
