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Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI) is a pluralistic, academic, study abroad program that strengthens our students' Jewish identities, inspiring them to explore their connection to Israel through formal and experiential educational opportunities.
With over 30,000 alumni, AMHSI is the original study-abroad high school program, using Israel as the living classroom. AMHSI has a proven lifelong positive effect on our students.
HIGHLIGHTS
• By transforming Israel into a living classroom and offering a robust, integrated curriculum, we aim to develop and foster within our teens a passion for lifelong learning and leadership, giving them the tools and the confidence to impact their communities worldwide.
•AMHSI has a unique way of fostering students' personal growth while proving them with the opportunities to grow and create a life-long bond with Israel, while deepening their relationship with classmates and staff.
• Alexander Muss High School in Israel is a fully accredited academic institution, certified by the Middle States Associate (MSA), and is a place of exploration and discovery that empowers the next generation of Jewish leadership's discovery of their identity, peoplehood, and continuity..
Over 50 Years of Experience
Since 1972, we have been pioneering the academic and experiential study of Israel and Jewish history. Students are inspired to live outside their books, encounter new ideas and challenge themselves in infinite ways. Our unique pedagogical approach fuses formal classroom study and experience-based learning, enhancing students’ intellectual understanding of history and emotional connection to identity. AMHSI provides students with the context and framework to form their own sense of Jewish peoplehood in preparation for college and life beyond.
Jewish National Fund-USA
Over 100 years ago, many only knew Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF-USA) for planting trees. Today, Jewish National Fund-USA is still planting lush green forests, but the organization's mission has grown to become so much more. JNF-USA is a full partner with the land and people of Israel, investing in their future, engaging in a vision that is big, bold, and complex.
Customize Your Program
AMHSI has worked with Jewish Day Schools in the United States and around the world, to provide the ideal Israel program designed specifically for each educational institution. Offering programs anywhere from 10-days to a full semester, living on campus or traveling the country, summer or school year, we have the tools and experience to meet your program’s needs!
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Campus Based Programs: Students will live and learn on one of our campuses, in either Hod HaSharon or Be’er Sheva, traveling throughout Israel while always returning to their home away from home, in Israel. These programs can take place any time of year and can include, in addition to our core Israel studies program, any other academic classes that we offer. Available for 8th to 12th grade students
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Travel Programs: We can plan a program of any length where students will travel throughout the county with Israel as their classroom, staying at various hotels and hostels. Available for 8th to 12th grade students
Features of our Day School Program:
• Trip programming designed with your experienced AMHSI educator
• Curriculum development for your Israel trip, designed for your home school curriculum
• Over 50 years of Israel educational know-how
• 1 Educator designated for every 20 students, working with your group throughout the program
• 1 Madrichim designated for every 20 students, working with your group throughout the program
• Insurance: Medical and Life Insurance, including Covid-19 coverage
• Travel and transportation in private coach buses throughout Israel
• and more!
Our Israel Studies Educators
More Than Just a Teacher
Israel Studies Instructors work for AMHSI year-round, as full-time teachers and masters of their craft. Our educators have extensive training in our experiential methodology of teaching, leading and facilitating discussions where students learn to find their own voices and articulate their unique insights and relationship with the land and people of Israel.
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Our General Studies Educators
Never Missing a Beat
Our educators are supervised by our Dean of Academic Affairs and by one of our three department chairs in English, Science and Math. General Studies teachers have a proven track record of being able to have students re-enter their local schools. following their studies at AMHSI, fully prepared to resume their learning, and teach all levels of classes, including Advanced Placement (AP).
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Our Madrichim (Counselors)
Making Memories to Last
Our Madrichim are all native-born Israelis and fluent English-speakers, helping provide students an insight into Israeli society, while living with the students in their own private rooms in the student dorms. Madrichim provide around-the-clock supervision for the students, helping plan informal and engaging activities during students’ recreational time and accompanying the students on all tiyulim, along with AMHSI educators.
Featured Tiyulim (Field Trips)
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Tel Gezer
Our first tiyul is a trip to an archaeological site located between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Explore the importance of archeology and its role in understanding history.
• Learn about the Canaanite civilization, and its relationship to the earliest Biblical texts.
Mt. Gilboa, Jezreel Valley, Mt. Tabor
Retrace the footsteps of the Judges of Israel along with Saul, the first king of Israel. From the summit of Mt. Gilboa you will take in the view of the Jezreel Valley and Mt. Tabor.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Gain appreciation for the Tribal settlements of Israel and a setting for the stories of Deborah and Gideon.
• Hike down the mountain to retrace King Saul’s final battle against the Philistines, in which he lost his life.
• View the beautiful springs and pools of Sahne.
• Experience a spectacular view of Jerusalem from Mt. Scopus
Judean Mountains
Learn how the early Israelites settled the land and made it their own. You’ll explore the Sataf springs in the Judean Mountains, where you will hear about the ancient water system, terrace farming, and the challenges of nation forming.
HIGHLIGHTS
• A dramatic overview of Jerusalem.
• Tour the City of David to see the archaeological remains of Jerusalem’s water system, the kings’ palace, and a walk through the water system and Hezekiah’s Tunnel.
• Spend time at the Kotel, the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site.