AMIT Highlights & Successes

HIGHLIGHTS & SUCCESSES

Graduate of AMIT Bar-Ilan, Yoav Rosenblatt, Receives Outstanding Presidential Medal

On the 73rd Independence Day of the State of Israel, Sgt. Yoav Rosenblatt received the “Outstanding Presidential Medal” from Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. Sgt. Rosenblatt is a paramedic in the 71st Battalion of the 188th Brigade. His father is Israel’s ambassador to Angola in Africa. He studied at the AMIT Bar-Ilan School and then at the pre-military preparatory school “Kol-Ami” near Jerusalem, and his second year in Ein Prat.

Yoav really wanted to be a paramedic and took on extra shifts to continuously show initiative. Commander, Captain Elior Ashkenazi, says: “Yoav is a serious soldier, engaged in every task, professional in his fi eld. He provides a quality response during training and throughout, serves as a wealth of knowledge for the battalion, and helps develop and increase the battalion’s medical knowledge. He is without a doubt outstanding.”

Tomer Shofer, principal of the AMIT Bar-Ilan Gush Dan school, said: “Yoav came to us in the middle of his school years from a mission abroad, and in a short time he was able to integrate… there is no doubt that his ability to integrate and excel in a short time is admirable in the army. We are very proud and happy.” “I came to AMIT Bar-Ilan High School in the tenth grade, after a long period abroad,” says Rosenblatt. “This is the opportunity for me to thank the teachers, the management and my good classmates.”

The Student Who Became the School Principal and Won the National Religious Education Prize

Once again, an AMIT school has been recognized for excellence. Yona Kanino, the principal of AMIT Kol Yaakov in Yerucham, was awarded the National Religious Education Prize this week. This is a double win for AMIT as Yona is a graduate of Kol Yaakov and is herself a product of its success.

“My personal and professional development, alongside raising my kids and family in Yerucham, are intertwined with the story of the growth and development of Kol Yaakov, which has been a second home to me and to them for almost four decades,” she said.

When Yona began as principal, the school had only 140 students. “I am happy and proud to lead the only National Religious elementary school in Yerucham, which now numbers close to 750 students,” she said. Despite its growth, AMIT Kol Yaakov continues to feel like a warm and loving home.

HIGHLIGHTS & SUCCESSES

Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz Takes First Place in Math Competition; AMIT Be’er Tuvia Wins SpaceLab Competition

The team from Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz in Petach Tikva, led by their teacher Tzvika Leibovitch, won first place in this year’s Tangram 7th grade math competition, run by the Davidson Institute of Science Education of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

“The students had to deal with math challenges that required thinking creatively and out of the box, worked together as a group, and of course, enjoyed the special atmosphere,” said Rabbi Ofer Eran, the principal. “We are proud of our students who won first place from among all the other schools that participated in the competition.”

AMIT Be’er Tuvia, a recent addition to the AMIT network, won another SpaceLab competition run by the Ramon Foundation in conjunction with the Air Force’s satellite unit. Outstanding students in 7th and 8th grade across Israel had to decipher and analyze satellite pictures. The prize? A meeting with representatives from Israel’s Air Force satellite unit. “Winning this national competition for outstanding students brings great joy and gratification to the entire school,” said Principal Avigdor Weizman.

AMIT Be’er Tuvia Student Chosen as Israel’s Representative for UN Climate Conference

Tomer Gertel, a student from AMIT Be’er Tuvia, has been chosen as Israel’s representative at the UN International Climate Conference. Tomer, a sophomore, will participate in the conference in three months’ time in Milan, Italy. Approximately 9,000 candidates from all over the world applied to take part, and only 400 youth were chosen to attend.

The September pre-conference is being held in advance of the UN’s 26th annual International Climate Conference. The young participants are tasked with developing ideas and strategies for improving, coping, and preventing the climate crisis, and will present them to the world governments taking part in the main conference.

Gertel has been active in the school’s educational garden and environmental quality groups. Last year, he even taught classes on these subjects to the ninth and twelfth grades. “We are not prophets of destruction but prophets of hope. We are the generation that will bring freedom, our right to life. We are the generation that will be remembered in the history books,” Gertel said.

HIGHLIGHTS & SUCCESSES

First Place in the “Leadership Scores” Competition: AMIT Wasserman Jr. And Sr. High School, Be’er Sheva

Students from AMIT Wasserman Jr. and Sr. High School in Beer Sheva won fi rst place in the Southern District in the “Leadership Scores” competition. “Leadership Scores” is designed to instill values and develop leadership abilities among youth through basketball tournaments and classroom leadership educational activities.

The program, which is for eighth-grade students, combines sports, values education, strengthens social skills, and improves motivation. “I really enjoyed the program,” shared student Daniel Yagzau. “I increased my abilities and fi tness, and it helped me both learn better and win the competition.”

“The uniqueness of sports is their ability to help students discover strengths they did not know existed,” said Tzuriel Robbins, principal of AMIT Wasserman Be’er Sheva.

16 Braids for Cancer Patients

Students at Sutker AMIT Renanim Science and Technology High School for Girls in Ra’anana, recently held a hair donation event for cancer patients. It took a long time for the students to grow their hair long enough to donate to this important cause.

Two professional hairdressers volunteered for the donation event, at the end of which some 16 braids were donated and transferred to Ezer Mizion, an organization that helps cancer patients.

Eliana Cohen, one of the students who donated her hair, shared: “I decided to donate because I think whoever gets my hair will appreciate it much more than I do. I’m sure it will make her day compared to her diffi cult struggle with the disease.”

This is the second year that Sutker AMIT Renanim has held a hair donation event. “I consider it a great privilege for our students to be part of a volunteer project that encourages involvement and caring, as these are values rooted within the school,” said Ofra Peer, principal of the school. “A huge thank you to Ofra Ben Shahar, our school’s Bat Sherut. This is her second year leading such a big event for us.”

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