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BTJ’S 2021 ROBOTICS TEAM FORGES THE POWER TO INNOVATE

By Sarit Newman | March 14 2021 | 0 Comments.

As 12th grader Noam Avutbul deftly maneuvers his team’s shiny new robot across the playing field, his 13 team members breathlessly follow the robot’s every move. In the coming weeks, these Boys Town Jerusalem High School students will enter the robot in the prestigious Israel FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) competition to spar against contestants from […]

A FATHER’S TERROR

By Sarit Newman | February 8 2021 | 0 Comments.

Jake suffers from serious learning disabilities. When the pandemic first closed the schools, Jake was given a laptop, but he needed more personal connection. That’s when he was assigned to the special-ed classes.

COVID TAKES IT TOLL

By Sarit Newman | February 1 2021 | 1 Comment.

Time is not in our favor, stresses BTJ Junior High Principal Rabbi Yehudah Rosencrantz. “The longer school is closed, the more boys we risk losing. Primarily those in single-parent homes, now more poverty-stricken than ever, are taking odd jobs day and night. Many have stopped even trying to connect to their “remote” lessons. Other students, deprived of friends and activities, are addicted to digital devices. Even normative families are crumbing, with their children tempted by drugs and alcohol. Worse, scores of boys and their families are ill, and many are hungry. There’s no money for food.”

A CORONA BOOST FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION

By Sarit Newman | January 5 2021 | 0 Comments.

For the better part of the 2020-21 school year, Boys Town Jerusalem’s campus has been closed by the pandemic, as students at all levels learn from home via “remote” lessons. With one exception: BTJ’s Special Education students are the only pupils continuing to come to school, giving a remarkable boost to the lives of these […]

NEW CHALLENGES, NEW HOPE FOR CRUCIAL MATRICULATION EXAMS

By Sarit Newman | December 22 2020 | 0 Comments.

Today, one year after scoring a striking scholastic achievement, Boys Town Jerusalem is rallying to a new challenge: helping students harmed by the coronavirus school closure to catch up on their studies, regain their stamina and hope, and pass the critically-important bagrut matriculation exams ahead. Last year, BTJ students set a milestone with a record-breaking […]