AMIT Yud Ashdod opened a unique “space” summer camp which was developed around the training astronauts undergo. The camp accommodates 60 children, ranging in from 2nd to 8th grade. The campers are involved with a range of activities and sessions including space survival skills and nutrition, space research and workshops for astronaut development including teamwork, robotics, and fitness and exercise sessions conducted in English.
Six electronics and medical track students at AMIT’s Yud Ashdod High School studied hard throughout the academic year and now see an amazing return on their investment. Over the summer, they are working hard as counselors in this space camp held at their school and will have earned thousands of shekels by the end of the summer. The students were also part of the school’s competitive FTS robotics team.
Talia Vaknin who just finished the 10th grade studying physics and medicine shared, “everything that I studied and invested in this last academic year made me a better counselor for this camp. As a mentor of the youth robotics team at camp, I am able to guide the campers better based on my own academic success.”
Ziv Vizow will be entering 11th grade studying computers, physics and electronics. He explained that, “This year I served as a mentor to the youth robotics team and now I am a counselor at space camp; these are the two topics that interest me the most. “Being a counselor at this camp and mentoring kids of varying ages is giving me greater experience.” Teacher Alejandra Lerner who leads this initiative elaborated, “The students who work at this camp are really connecting the kids to the space industry and helping them to advance in amazing ways.”
