Students at the AMIT Evelyn Schreiber Junior and Senior. High School for Girls in Tzvat welcomed AMIT President Audrey Axelrod Trachtman and other dignitaries recently for a tour of the school’s cutting-edge new campus, which is being completed at present.
Trachtman, Tzfat Mayor Shuki Ohana, the municipality’s education head, Moti Cohen, and AMIT Director General Dr. Amnon Eldar took part in the visit, in which student council members led the tour of innovative new learning spaces and described the ways of learning they enable. The guests also heard from some of the teachers about the revolutionary educational methods they use to help each girl fully understand the material being taught and succeed in her own way.
The school, which was awarded a national education prize in 2015, has undergone radical changes in recent years, leading to a 94% bagrut pass rate and about half of the students taking 5-point bagrut exams in English and half taking 4- or 5-point exams in math. This is particularly impressive as the student body is quite diverse and the school does not have an admissions policy or exam. It is open to all girls who want to attend.
This year, the school opened a new space for innovative learning, where students can take part in group or individual learning.
Trachtman told the students that they and their school are leading an educational revolution, and that the teachers’ and principal’s investment in its female students is evident in throughout the school.
AMIT prides itself on giving its students, many of whom come from disadvantaged backgrounds, the most cutting-edge educational techniques, modalities and learning spaces in order to give them an advantage as they pursue careers in the 21st century.
Ohana congratulated the students and faculty on the new campus, adding, “The municipality will continue to invest resources in education and to see the ulpanit [religious girls’ school] through its process of growth and development.”
