Yeshivat AMIT Amichai held a surprise Bar Mitzvah at the end of December for Eitan B. who was in quarantine with his family. One student initiated the project, starting a special WhatsApp group where the boys made all of the arrangements. Each student was responsible for a different element of the celebration – organizing…
The AMIT Network reaches every one of its students even in the days of corona, with the help of an advanced computer system, artificial intelligence and algorithms that allow each principal to provide an immediate answer to the needs of his or her students.
Continuing the AMIT tradition of caring for those in the community, the 12th grade students at Yeshivat AMIT B’Levav Shalem in Yerucham are helping out during these dire times. This past Rosh Hashana marked the second coronavirus lockdown in Israel. Nearly all 60 12th graders answered the call to provide aid and comfort by volunteering; in this case, they packaged about 500 food baskets for the Yerucham elderly in need.
Women’s health is neglected. A gap in medical care and research exists, with gender stereotypes affecting how women are received, diagnosed and treated by doctors.
Now that the lockdown is over and Israelis can move about outside of their homes, but schools are not yet open for in-person learning, the administration of AMIT Wasserman Torah, Arts and Sciences Junior and Senior High School for Girls in Maaleh Adumim decided to get creative in their outreach to their home-bound students. They rented an ice cream cart and walked around the city’s neighborhoods, handing out ice cream treats to students, teachers and teachers’ children. They also distributed Parashat HaShavua worksheets for students to discuss around their families’ Shabbat tables, and kits for a mother-daughter activity centered on the upcoming yartzheit of Rachel Emanu (Rachel the Matriarch).
Ordinarily, kids don’t look that thrilled when school restarts in the fall. But this year, as Aviv, Amit, Esther, and Yoel describe, it felt great to get back!
How do we make the education system relevant to the 21st century, especially during the days of corona? At the AMIT Educational Network, which developed a new and innovative pedagogical language, education has focused on independent learning in digital environments for the past several years.
This article about AMIT was recently published in the Israeli newspaper Mekor Rishon.
Among all the difficulties that the coronavirus has brought, there is one area where it forces us to make a change that maybe for the better. The virus is forcing the education system—and others—to connect to the 21st century and adapt to the contemporary world. All at once, teachers and students were separated from the desks and chairs, the blackboards and chalk, and were required to produce alternatives.
It’s hard to believe that summer is virtually over. AMIT principals have been working hard to equip schools with separators, create pod schedules and do anything and everything imaginable to keep our students and teachers safe. But, as we all know, that’s not enough to foster the learning and personal growth we want for all of our students. We hope that you enjoy this “real time” glimpse of the administration at Mekif AMIT Wasserman Beersheva talking about the challenges they expect to face in the coming year.
This article was published on Sunday, August 23 in The Marker, Israel’s leading financial newspaper that is part of Ha’aretz. The article features three municipalities and the AMIT Network as leading innovative and groundbreaking initiatives in Israel during the coronavirus pandemic.
