Summer Student Spotlight AMIT Eitan High School for Boys, Ma’ale Adumim

Recently, a very special siyum of a masechet of Gemara was held in Ma’ale Adumim. The siyum was held at the “Makom BaLev” Orthodox Union Youth Center by students from AMIT Eitan High School for Boys in Ma’aleh Adumim. The students, alumni of the center and recent high school graduates, were the founders of the shiur. This is the second year of the shiur led by Rav Ayal Mamon, counselor at the youth center, and he explained: “This isn’t just another shiur that you come to pass the time.

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Sixteen AMIT schools are on the Ministry of Education

The Ministry of Education’s list of outstanding schools was published August 19, 2021, and sixteen AMIT schools “made the grade.” The ratings are based on the schools’ academic and values-based achievements. Academic accomplishments examined include bagrut eligibility rates, percentage of excellence on bagrut exams, percentage of eligibility for high level bagrut certificates, and degree of improvement compared to achievements in the previous year. The social values on which schools were rated include enlistment rates in the IDF or national service, dropout prevention, and inclusion of special education students. 

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Summer Student Spotlight: AMIT Fred Kahane Technological High School in Ashkelon

AMIT’s Technological High Schools are “the last stop” for many students. The kids attending have not managed to create a path to success for themselves anywhere else, and they arrive after bouncing around from school to school. Along those lines, you might think they would be the last students who would assume leadership positions, taking on more responsibility than necessary. At AMIT Fred Kahane Technological High School in Ashkelon, you can see this is precisely what starts happening.

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Summer Student Spotlight: AMIT Florin Taman Tzfat

Neoray Kaholy, a rising 9th grader at AMIT Florin Taman High School for Boys in Tzfat, has been a counselor with Krembo Wings for the past two years. When asked who inspired him at AMIT, he replied: “Rav Eldad, who is my homeroom teacher, really inspires me. I grew up with the idea that serving God was all about learning, learning, learning. Rav Eldad, with all his energy, taught me that you can also serve God through doing, and always being happy. To be happy from nothing and everything.”

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