The Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia

The Elementary & Youth Department provides programming for school-aged children, including quality before and after-school care and summer camp.

The Elementary & Youth Department is partially underwritten by the following funds:
Shelley & John Bond Fund
Margaret Murray Fund
Sandy & Mel Rosenblatt Fund

Director of School Age Programs and Informal Jewish Education/Camp Achva Director
Debra Beland, (703) 537-3091 • This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

BASE Administrative Director/JCCNV Camps Assistant Director
Nori White, (703) 537-3041 • This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

BASE & Camp Registrar
Karen Stern, (703) 537-3029 • This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

At this time, registration is not available online.  Please view classes by clicking here, then download a registration form and return to the front desk at the JCCNV.

Drop-Off or Mail Registration Forms: 8900 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax, VA 22003
Fax Registration Forms: (703) 323-1993

• free swim twice a week in the JCCNV’s indoor heated pool
• quiet homework room with staff assistance
• daily organized art, cooking, and science projects
• fun in our game room, which includes two foosball tables sports activities
• special Off-BASE program for 7th and 8th graders.

Interested in lessons or classes for your child after school? At BASE we take care of getting students to and from each activity. Options include:

• piano, violin, viola, and guitar instruction
• dance and sports classes
• private and group swimming lessons
• enrichment classes
• tutoring
  

When public school has holidays...come to BASE!

Are your children looking for fun activities when they have a day off school? Sign up for BASE Vacation Days. Enjoy special art projects, cooking classes, games, and performances. Click here to download BASE Vacation Days Brochure.

Camp Achva
For grades K-10
Celebrating 39 Years of Summer Fun for Campers & Staff

Registration is still in progress and is on a first come, first-served basis.
Camp Hours: Monday thru Friday, 9am—3pm. Before and after care available.
Camp Achva includes the camps Tzofim, Chalutzim, Olim, Omanoot, Tiyulim, Eretz, and Al Galgalim. At Camp Achva, campers can expect quality experiences in a caring Jewish environment. Activities vary from camp to camp, yet our 2008 theme, “Israel at 60,” will flow through all of the camps!

Click here to download the 2008 JCCNV Camps brochure.
Click here to download the camp registration form.

About Camp Achva
In December 1968, Machaneh Achva (Camp Brotherhood) was born.  The brainchild of two energetic and resourceful mothers, Adele Greenspon and Shirley Waxman, the camp was created as a special place where Jewish families across Northern Virginia could come together to sing and dance and celebrate and grow!

The camp was envisioned as a day camp modeled on Zionist youth camps, with emphasis on Jewish culture and history, Hebrew taught through songs and dances and LOTS of ruach (spirit).  The little camp had no pool or building, but it had people, it had love and the founders had a passion for the camp that was contagious.

Many wonderful things were created at Camp Achva--songs and dances and crafts--but most importantly--friendships and Jewish connections.  It's no coincidence that today, the JCC of Northern Virginia sits on the land once inhabited by the camp.

As we prepare to celebrate our 40th summer of Camp Achva in 2009, we think of its history and how it helped change the landscape of the Jewish community in Northern Virginia.

For more information on the Camp Achva Alumni Society, contact Eric Koehler at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (703) 323-0880.  Visit Camp Achva's reunion website at www.campachva.org.

For grades 1-Teen
Registration is still in progress and is on a first come, first-served basis.
Camp Hours: Monday thru Friday, 9am—3pm. Before and after care available.
The programs at Camp Shavuon are designed for the dedicated camper who wants to spend quality time learning, enhancing skills, and improving knowledge.

Click here to download the 2008 JCCNV Camps brochure.
Click here to download the camp registration form.