AMIT Students Return from Jewish Heritage Trip to Poland
Students from two AMIT schools who returned recently from their heritage trip to Poland held special ceremonies to reflect on their experience and process what they witnessed and learned.
Students from two AMIT schools who returned recently from their heritage trip to Poland held special ceremonies to reflect on their experience and process what they witnessed and learned.
AMIT students around the country recently marked the 5th annual day of recognition for wounded IDF soldiers and victims of terror attacks. Two schools held especially meaningful ceremonies, hearing from some of the soldiers about their experiences defending the country.
Students at the AMIT Evelyn Schreiber Junior and Senior. High School for Girls in Tzvat welcomed AMIT President Audrey Axelrod Trachtman and other dignitaries recently for a tour of the school’s cutting-edge new campus.
A beautiful new children’s book, “Martin & Anne, The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank” (Creston Books), written by award-winning children’s author Nancy Churnin and illustrated by Yevgenia Nayberg, weaves together the parallels between the American civil rights icon and the teenage girl whose autobiography may be the most well-known book on the Holocaust.
AMIT Dvir Junior and Senior High School in Beit Shemesh offers its students innovative programs to help them move smoothly and confidently as they grow into the next stage of their lives. Through these programs – a boot camp training program for upper classmen and a bar mitzvah program for middle schoolers – AMIT Dvir is helping take their students from boys to men.
Eight AMIT educators are among the Education Ministry’s religious education administration list of this year’s “teachers of the century.” All of the teachers and principals selected for this distinction were recognized for their groundbreaking values-based leadership and educational innovation.
AMIT students from the southern and central regions in Israel recently attended leadership conferences at two AMIT schools: AMIT Ramle Technological High School in Ashdod and the AMIT Kfar Blatt Youth Village in Petach Tikvah.
AMIT students in Modi’in recently hosted students from Midreshet AMIT and another local school for a fascinating discussion with retired Major General (retired) Eliezer Shkedy, formerly the commander of Israel’s air force and CEO of El Al airlines.
Eleventh-grade students at AMIT Bellows Ulpanat Noga High School helped organize a seminar on women’s empowerment at their school, which included workshops and lectures about identity, developing personal strengths and leadership skills, self-defense, and taking initiative.
When it comes to AMIT Wasserman Junior and Senior High School in Beer Sheva, which has been recognized for its academic achievements, add athletics championships to the list of accolades. During the last two years, students from the school won nine championships in different sports categories, and a least a dozen more students are recognized as outstanding athletes.