Teen Programs

🧭 Community Adventures (8th–10th grades):

Community Adventures is a series of local field trips centered around this year’s theme of Comparative Religion. We visit local religious communities to explore how they pray, celebrate, and take care of each other, and we place Jewish identity within, not apart from, the wider religious landscape of Chicago. We meet one Sunday morning a month for eight months, and where we can, we connect each visit to the calendar.

Tuition: $800 (scholarships available)

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🎓 Confirmation (10th grade):

• Monthly meetings with the Rabbi on Saturday mornings at KAMII
• L’Taken trip to Washington, D.C., January 8–11, 2027 — now open to 11th & 12th graders as well as Confirmation students
• Lead a culminating Confirmation service in the spring
• Be memorialized on the KAMII photo wall for all eternity
• Volunteer at KAMII community holiday celebrations

Tuition: (scholarships available)

• Confirmation only: $600
• DC trip only (not enrolled in Confirmation): $1,200
• Confirmation + DC trip: $1,800

Confirmation is only available for members. Contact Rabbi Kirzane with questions.

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🌱Madrichim in Training (8th-12th grades)

Work in our Shoresh Shabbat School on Shoresh Fridays. Meet with an experienced high school teacher monthly on Saturday mornings to learn leadership skills, classroom management, and other life lessons through a Jewish lens.

This program is a prerequisite to join the paid Madrichim program in future years. 

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🌟Madrichim (9th-12th graders who meet eligibility requirements):

Work in our Shoresh Shabbat School.

• Earn community service hours or be paid.

• Stand out on college applications.

• Be a stronger candidate for summer work.

• Cultivate relationships in the community for babysitting jobs.

• Make a positive impact upon students and our learning community.

Eligibility: 9th-12th graders who have completed Madrichim in Training, one year in the Madrichim program, or similar at the discretion of the Director.

Register below for Community Adventures, Confirmation, and Madrichim in Training. Eligible Madrichim will receive an application via email.