Weekly Updates – Jerusalem September 24, 2017
Dear Parents and Students, It was a short week but still packed full of highlights: This week, in honor of the New Year, we helped the students with some self-reflection. At this time of the year, during the holidays, we asked the students to reflect upon their time here in Israel and their experience so […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem September 15, 2017
Dear Parents and Students, On Monday night we went to a store called “Kad Vechomer” for our monthly art workshop. The students chose from a variety of clay dishes to paint and take home. Everyone had to chance to show off their artistic talents. William Oken said, “This was the most fun thing I’ve done […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv September 15, 2017
Dear Parents We have just finished our third week, and things are going pretty great around here. There’s so much I want to share with you! So let’s start: It seems that the students are starting to get used to the program’s routine. While they’re enjoying new experiences and making new connections, we can see […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv September 8, 2017
Dear Parents. The second week was great! We began our regular schedule and it seems that the students are beginning to get used to the idea of being an Aardvarkian ;-). The week was packed with volunteering, internships, ulpan lessons and add-ons. Here are some highlights from the past week: On Sunday we began the […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem September 8, 2017
Dear Parents & Students, We have finished our second week of the program, and it was AMAZING!!! Sunday began with internships in the morning followed by a session with our Academic Director, Daniel Rose, about academic lessons and the different classes we have to offer at Aardvark. The students then had some free time in […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem September 3, 2017
Dear Parents and Students, Our first week in Jerusalem was a busy, eventful and exciting one. Here are some highlights:The week started out on Monday with the arrival of the students and they began to settle into their new apartments. They have been enjoying getting to know each other and acclimating to their new environment. […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv September 2, 2017
Dear parents, It has been an amazing week. We have had a great time meeting your kids and I’m excited to share the highlights of the week. Here we go: As you know, the students arrived throughout the day on Monday and immediately began to meet each other and the staff. For lunch we went […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem August 28, 2017
Dear Parents, We are having an exciting and interesting first day here at Aardvark Jerusalem! The students arrived safe and sound. Our building is abuzz with students getting to know each other. They have had time to unpack and rest, and we treated them to falafel and shawarma for lunch. Tonight, after our opening dinner, […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv August 28, 2017
Shalom Parents, We had a busy and interesting first day here at Aardvark Tel Aviv!I just wanted to let you know that everyone has arrived safe and sound. Except two students who will be landing in an hour and another student that will arrive on Thursday after being delayed by the storm in Texas. Our […]
The Last Weekly Update
Shalom Parents, I hope you are all excited to see your children again. We, the Tel Aviv staff, have had a bittersweet 3 days… It is so exciting to see the change and progress every single one of the students made during the semester! But right now the office is so quiet… it feels unnatural! […]