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Choose Excellence

During middle school students have the time and opportunity to lay a solid groundwork for their future. They must wisely discern what truly interests them, where their strengths lie, what gives them a sense of achievement, and to what extent they are ready to exert themselves in order to achieve it. They must treat their studies very seriously, understanding how important they are for their future, and they must build the necessary base of knowledge and proficiency..

Therefore, the foundation and its partners call upon the middle school students to take responsibility and invest in mathematics and science studies. This is a significant period of study culminating in an important decision point when students choose their areas of specialization for high school. This is perhaps their first opportunity to choose a path in the education system. It is a choice that affects the matriculation diploma and, to a certain extent, this choice influences their future in the IDF, in higher education, and in the job market.

Choosing Excellence in Middle School Mathematics and Science Studies

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Focus on Learning

Focus on Learning All Grants >

Students need high-quality teaching that believes in them, connects with them, shows them a vision of the future and sets ambitious goals. They need teaching that stirs their interest, pushes them to invest their efforts and encourages them to make a commitment and be persistent. They need teaching that provides them with a clear learning plan expressed in concrete steps that are achievable and adapted to their progress. They need teaching that provides close support and gives them individualized, constructive and reinforcing feedback.

Challenging Learning Materials

Challenging Learning Materials All Grants >

Creating a significant impetus for middle school teaching and learning, requires challenging content. Mathematics studies require applied tasks at a high level of thinking that stimulate the use of mathematical models in different realities of reality. Sciences studies need to rely on a solid mathematical basis and sophisticated mathematical skill.

Quality Teaching

Quality Teaching All Grants >

Teachers need knowledge, ability, content and tasks that lift their students to a high level of practical, integrative and profound thinking. They must be able to identify the abilities and needs of their students, adapt the curriculum and make it accessible at increasing levels of difficulty. They must document the teaching and learning in the classroom, share with their colleagues and analyze the findings together in order to improve and enhance their teaching.

Excellence Classes

Excellence Classes All Grants >

Schools need a coherent instructional system, methods and tools that enable them to raise the bar, while providing an effective response to heterogeneity. They must open the excellence tracks and high ability groupings to as many students as possible and push them upwards.

Circles of Influence

Circles of Influence All Grants >

In order for students to choose to study and persevere in the high school excellence tracks – difficult and demanding learning tracks – they must understand and feel that they have made the right choice. In order for teachers to choose to teach in these tracks and stay on them, they too need to be convinced and feel that this is a worthy professional mission. This requires creating around the excellence in middle school public momentum and a professional community, a common language, broad consensus and social movement.

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