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…
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.
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.
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.”
How does a schoolteacher convey a values-based education? Subjects such as math are governed by indisputable numbers, equations, and figures, whereas a lesson in values requires a different approach. We have been focusing on students and how they implement AMIT’s idea of chessed and community during their summer vacations, by volunteering in many different capacities. But where are they learning their values? One answer is by watching their teachers act as role models, in and out of the classroom.
“We’re on the way to the hospital to deliver games and breakfast, and to bring some joy.”
For nearly all of us and in one way or another, Covid devoured the last year of our lives. Incorporating chessed, or care and concern for community is a principle of education at AMIT schools that had to be adjusted to fit the environment in which we all now live.
“I loved it so I continued.”
For nearly all of us and in one way or another, Covid devoured the last year of our lives. Incorporating chessed, or care and concern for community is a principle of education at AMIT schools that had to be adjusted to fit the environment in which we all now live. The continuance of this lesson is paramount, however, mostly because those in need are the first to ‘go without.’ Over the next few weeks, we will spotlight how our students have adapted and are spending their summer break.
For nearly all of us and in one way or another, Covid devoured the last year of our lives. Incorporating chessed, or care and concern for community is a principle of education at AMIT schools that had to be adjusted to fit the environment in which we all now live. The continuance of this lesson is paramount, however, mostly because those in need are the first to ‘go without.’ Over the next few weeks, we will spotlight how our students have adapted and are spending their summer break.
“When everyone was in quarantine, we had a huge house with fields, swings, and a trampoline”
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According to the Ministry of Education, the percentage of Bagrut eligibility at AMIT Bet Ashkelon Jr. and Sr. High School continues to climb and has now reached 85%! This is a huge increase from three years ago when the rate was only 50%. In addition, 35 students received certificates of social involvement excellence.
