703-537-3092
Affiliated with The Pozez JCC of Northern Virginia
Day Camp
Our camp has a special needs inclusion program in which children are mainstreamed.
Session Lengths: 1 Week, 4 Weeks, 8 Weeks
Camp Achva at the Pozez Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia provides fun and formative summer experiences for school-age children from grades K-10. Our vision is to create a safe space for campers and staff to learn and grow through building relationships with one another, engaging in meaningful programming, and embracing old and new camp traditions infused with Jewish culture.
Through daily scheduling, field trips, special events, and leadership opportunities, campers from our youngest unit (Yeladimim) to our oldest (Giborim) will look forward to augmented programming each year until they reach CIT-status, and ultimately join our Camp Achva staff team.
Rich Dinetz, School-Age Services and Day Camps Director. Rich, originally hailing from New Jersey, comes to us after spending two and a half years as the Youth Director at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, DC. At Adas, Rich developed and implemented programs and curricula for young adults and youth from grades K-12, including staffing an annual 2 week teen Israel trip, supervising a teen leadership program, and advising the synagogue’s USY chapter. Rich holds a Master’s Degree in Jewish Communal Service from the Baltimore Hebrew Institute of Towson University. Prior to receiving his degree, Rich worked for two years at JCC MetroWest in NJ as the Children, Youth & Family Services Coordinator, where he was the Assistant Director of the Center’s after-school program. Rich developed his passion for Judaism during his seven consecutive years working in various capacities at JCC Metrowest, and is continually inspired with how informal Jewish experiences can transform children and their Jewish identities. After serving for one-year as the Associate Director of School-Age Services and Day Camps, Rich is excited to lead the way for children, staff, and families to continue to build community while developing a strong sense of identity based on Jewish values!
Anat grew up in Marlboro, NJ attending Solomon Schechter Day School and Marlboro High School. After high school she moved to Israel where she lived on a kibbutz for seven years, serving in the Israel Defense Forces and getting her Bachelor’s degree from Tel Hai academic college in Economics and Management. She has spent most of her time working in informal education. She served in the Education unit of the IDF, was a counselor at a boarding school for kids from broken homes, and worked as a counselor in the informal education system for the children on the kibbutz. Since returning to the states, Anat worked as a Supervisor in a sleepaway camp in New Jersey. Anat loves camp because she believes it gives children an opportunity to discover new skills and things about themselves that they may not have the chance to learn in the classroom setting. She is very excited to be a part of the Camp Achva team.
