Academic High School Semester in Israel

Fall 2012 Session: August 26, 2012 – December 28, 2012
Spring 2013 Session: January 27, 2013 – May 31, 2013
Fall 2013 Session: August 25, 2013 – December 27, 2013

Study at the agricultural oasis of the brand new campus located at the Eshel Hanassi Youth Village in the Negev. The semester long program will provide students opportunities to live and learn in Israel and to keep up with their classes at all levels, including AP and IB. Our new semester program will offer you a deep and meaningful Israel experience including "Yam LeYam" 4-day hike in the hills of the Galilee transversing the country from the Mediterranean Sea to the Sea of Galilee (Kineret), a challenging desert hike in the Negev followed by sun and fun in Israel's southern resort of Eilat, a firsthand experience of the I.D.F with the pre-military Gadna Program, and travel to Poland for an emotional voyage of discovery into the grandeur of pre-war Jewish Europe and the tragedy of the Holocaust.

Program Features Include:

• Participate in amazing educational tours and hikes throughout the country in the footsteps of our ancestors.
• Experience the grandeur of the desert in the sun and by moonlight. Visit oases and discover hidden water sources. Cycle your way through desert hills as you encounter the 3000 year old story of The Jewish People.
• Be a pioneer on the Eshel Hanassi student-run farm where you will work with Israeli peers to milk cows, feed chickens, tend sheep and grow your own crops.
• Design and broadcast your own radio program on the student–run radio station and your own films in the Eshel HaNassi cinema studios.
• Volunteer at an ecological project in a Bedouin village and investigate the challenges facing Israel's Bedouin minority.
• Experience living in a green ecologically friendly youth village where the Zionist dream of the desert blooming turns into reality in front of your eyes.
• Dive into the outdoor swimming pool and enjoy first-class indoor and outdoor sports facilities.
• Live in a brand new fully-equipped educational center and luxurious dormitory, with an excellent modern dining room, just minutes from Beersheva, the fun-loving, bustling capital of the Negev.

Don't miss this once in a lifetime chance to be one of the pioneers of this spectacular Israel adventure in the Negev!

Click here to view the itinerary for the Fall 2012 session
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