“Leadership Scores” is a social project designed to instill values and develop leadership abilities among youth through basketball tournaments and classroom leadership educational activities.
On the final day of the program run by the “Sports Educational Initiative” organization, which took place this week, students from AMIT Wasserman Jr. and Sr. High School in Beer Sheva won first place in the Southern District.
The program, which is for eighth-grade students, combines sports, values education, strengthens social skills, and improves motivation.
Eighth-grade teacher Etti Hajabi describes this as an amazing program that empowers every student in the class despite their various challenges and struggles. “It is clear that there is an improvement in the students’ behavior, in their social skills, and in their attitudes to rules and norms. All this is thanks to Itamar, the program director, and Idan, the coach who accompanied us for a whole year even during the Covid period.”
Student Daniel Yagzau shared: “I really enjoyed the program. I increased my abilities and fitness, and it helped me both learn better and win the competition.”
Tzuriel Robbins, principal of AMIT Wasserman Beer Sheva, said: “The uniqueness of sports is their ability to help students discover strengths they did not know existed. That is why it is such a successful program, precisely because it is much more than just sports.”
