Background
WIZO Nachlat Yehuda is one of Israel’s oldest youth villages, located in the center of the country. Recently celebrating 100 years, it is a green oasis in the city of Rishon LeZion in the Nachlat Yehuda neighborhood.
The village stretches over a wide green area of about 100 dunams and contains many diverse facilities: an excellent dining hall, swimming pool, gym, professional dance studio, music room and recording studio, outdoor sports facilities, day lounges, and more.
The school has 450 students, from grade 7 to 12, including 174 boarding (dormitory) students. Among the boarding school students are 80 international students from the Na’ale program who made aliyah on their own.
Areas of Excellence
- Specialization – Unique firefighting track
- Leadership and Social Justice – Volunteering (National Civic Service) and leadership programs
- Social Excellence – A high percentage of volunteers for national service and pre-military academies among youth villages
- Diverse study tracks – firefighting and rescue studies, information and data, biology, theater, urban agriculture, environmental sciences
- Innovative and advanced pedagogy in the imagination lab
- 96% graduation rate
- 50% of graduates go on to national service and preparatory programs and continue to higher education.
- Transportation – The youth village provides round-trip transportation for boarding students and city residents.
- Living space – Allows students to realize their potential and express their personalities as part of a contributing society.
- The village emphasizes enabling educators and students to realize their potential and express their personalities as part of a contributing society.
- Luxurious and excellent learning environment, nurturing and inclusive.
To visit WIZO Nachalat Yehuda’s Hebrew site, go to: nachlat.org.il
