the movement is organized by junior and senior counselors who plan and hold programs for younger members. these are after-school activities and also during school holidays. usually members join in elementary school in fourth grade. the chance to become a junior counselor starts in ninth grade, with a training program during the summer before starting tenth grade. each branch is assigned a leader doing the national service year after high school, guiding the local junior and senior counselors. much of the programs are about israeli and jewish history and culture. (see values, below)