Camp Massad (Montreal) - Age Groups

Age Groups

The age groups at Camp Massad are named after various parts of the tree in the Hebrew language. In each, there is a Banim (boys) and Banot (girls) section. The camp is divided into the following age groups:

Emek:

  • Shoresh (שורש): only present when there is a significant amount of campers younger than Geza Alef. Otherwise, Shoresh is merged with Geza Alef.
  • Geza Alef (גזע א): for campers having finished Grade 3 (going into the 4th grade).
  • Geza Bet (גזע ב): for campers having finished Grade 4 (going into the 5th grade).
  • Anaf Alef (ענף א): for campers having finished Grade 5 (going into the 6th grade).
  • Anaf Bet (ענף ב): for campers having finished Grade 6 (going into the 7th grade).

Galil:

  • Tzameret Alef (צמרת א): for campers having finished Grade 7 (going into the 8th grade).
  • Tzameret Bet (צמרת ב): for campers having finished Grade 8 (going into the 9th grade).
  • Tzameret Gimmel (צמרת ג): for campers having finished Grade 9 (going into the 10th grade).

Malam:

  • Malam (מלם): Machon Le'Madrichim, or Counselors in Training (CITs). Training year following Tzameret Gimmel, before becoming a staff member or Tzevet. For campers having finished Grade 10 (going into 11th grade).

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