

In the meantime, you can help your daughter make a smooth transition back to home life by asking her to share her summer with you.

The post-camp blues generally fade within a day or two. Don’t worry - it doesn’t mean your daughter isn’t happy to see you! She might just need a little bit of time to get used to being away from camp… just like she needed time to get used to being away from home in June. It’s not at all unusual for campers to feel sad about leaving their “summer sisters” at the end of the season. In addition to the change of environment, your daughter may be emotional about leaving camp. (Even the senior staff and directors go through the same process of readjusting to the “real world” come August!) After seven weeks of sharing a cabin with a dozen other girls, eating meals in the loud, spirited dining hall and moving from activity to activity every hour, even girls who can’t wait to get home frequently need a few days to reacclimate to the peace and quite of home. What you might not realize is that your daughter may find it challenging to adjust to life after camp! Bryn Mawr has become a second home over the course of the summer, and she’s gotten used to the routine of camp life. You probably aren’t surprised to hear that campers sometimes have a hard time settling in to the camp routine at the beginning of the summer. Color War, the last big event of the summer, is underway, and before you know it the girls will be packing up their duffels and boarding the buses home.

At that point Arazi turned to the crowd and riled them up chanting "Color War! Color War!" The lights shut off and intense music started to play! Through the back doors, the Generals stormed the aisles making their way to the stage. In a staged argument between, senior, Albert Arazi and Rabbi Beyda, the two went back and forth over how the student don't even want a Color War. It began with a school-wide assembly where Rabbi Beyda spoke to the student body about the annual 'Study Survey.' He ended the assembly by telling the students to go back to class. Since there was major speculation that color war was to break out, the students were confused. The 2017 Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School Color War was a huge success from start to finish.
