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Students in the Aerospace Track Get an Innovative Learning Environment
The Aerospace study track at Zimmetbaum Sci-Tech School in Arad was officially opened two weeks ago with a festive ceremony attended by donor Dr. Charlotte Frank, municipal representatives, Zvi Peleg, Israel Sci-Tech Schools Network Director General, and the track students. The ceremony included the inauguration of a new learning center containing a planetarium, a stellar observatory and a study and research lab.
The study track already has some 40 students in grades 10-12, who passed challenging entrance exams,
including some select students who returned bearing prizes and titles from the Space Olympiad Studies involve field trips to the nearby Nevatim Air Force base, learning aerodynamics from pilots, and the study of electronics, algorithms and programming. This is the second aerospace study track in Israel
and the first in the south of the country.
The new learning center has a highly advanced telescope, an innovative planetarium and sophisticated computer lab, thanks to the generous donation of $100,000 from the American Frank family. At night the views from the new stellar observatory on the roof of the school building promise to be spectacular.
Tali Pluskov, Mayor of Arad: "The opening of the aerospace study track at the high school is yet another step in the development of the city and its positioning as a center of educational excellence in Israel.
These students, who have been very carefully selected, are the future generation of Israeli science. It is they who will lead academic research at research institutes and may even have the privilege of becoming Israel's next astronauts. We can already see the fruits in the outstanding international achievements they reached at the Space Olympiad in Moscow. I would like to thank Dr. Charlotte Frank, whose donation has made it possible for Arad students to have the most advanced conditions in which to learn and develop. May there be many more in the world with her vision and actions."
Zvi Peleg, Israel Sci-Tech Schools Network Director General noted; "From the early age of 16 we are encouraging our youngsters to reach space. The Israel Sci-Tech Schools Network is at the forefront of science and technology education and will continue to provide its students with the best tools and skills to enable them to fully realize their potential. The aerospace track is an example of a successful investment, as we welcome the return of the first ever Israeli delegation, from Sci-Tech School in Arad, to take part in the International Space Olympiad in Russia. These students have brought honor to the country and to the Israel Sci-Tech Schools Network through their innovation, initiative and creativity."