As President of AMIT, I make an effort to understand the broader trends impacting Israeli society and their specific effect on children. Over the past year and a half, we saw firsthand the economic and educational dislocation caused by COVID-19. We coordinated support with Israel’s Welfare Ministry and even responded with our own emergency campaign,…
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According to data that was recently published by the Ministry of Education, the 2020 graduating class of AMIT Ulpanit for Girls in Or Akiva hit a 100% bagrut success rate. This is a significant achievement for a high school that doesn’t have entrance exams and accepts a wide variety of students. Having accomplished this feat for the third year in a row is even more impressive, considering the 2020 school year was particularly challenging due in no small part to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Yan Movshowitz, a student at the AMIT Wasserman Junior and Senior High School, Beer Sheva, is the first place winner in the Ministry of Education’s Physics Olympics competition for 10th graders, Religious Division.
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At the AMIT Elaine Silver Vocational School in Beer Sheva, the school year opened with a special chessed project for Rosh Hashana. Students at the school’s junior college spent many hours preparing 500 boxes of basic food products to help needy families with holiday preparations
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With the beginning of the school year being so close to the High Holidays, Shirley Agiv of AMIT Sutker Renanim needed a creative way to guide her students. The goal was to encourage them to think about always helping those around them – including those in their very own classroom.
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What are the chances that a student and teacher at the Fuchs Mizrachi School in Cleveland, Ohio, would meet again, years later, as student and teacher?
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Ulpanat AMIT Alei Zahav is the winner of the 2020/2021 AMIT Network Education Prize this year.
The nominating committee explained that the school was chosen because it fully implements AMIT’s values of Torat Chaim, academic excellence, and commitment to the State of Israel and the Jewish people. Furthermore, it is undergoing an in-depth cultural change that touches upon academics, social, emotional and values-based issues.
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In preparation for the Jewish High Holidays, 10th and 12th grade students attending AMIT Wasserman Junior and Senior High School, Beer Sheva, volunteered to organize food packages for 500 families spanning the city.
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As the Sukkot holiday draws near, AMIT Network’s “AMIT Builds Sukkot” project is once again underway. Using social media, AMIT students invite those in their communities in need of assistance putting up a sukkah to contact them. Teams of student volunteers are then dispatched to build sukkot for those that have requested help. Their goal is to ensure that throughout the city everyone experiences a joyous Sukkot holiday.
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A major part of an AMIT education is the values that our schools instill, and serving one’s country is one of our core values. It is in the best interest of both the young person–who has a significant service role and gains marketable skills that will help when entering the employment market–as well as the…
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