Preparing 10th – 12th grade students for life after Hamifal

10^th Grade Students – Identity – Sense of Belonging and Involvement

1. Discussing issues and questions regarding the components of each student’s identity and sense of belonging; belonging to the State of Israel, to the Israeli society, to the Children’s Village and other circles.
2. Discussing the identity question of each student. “How do I define myself?” A discussion on different types of identities and their meanings. “What is a Jewish-Israeli identity for me?”
3. Encouraging the students to do a shared communal service.
4. Connecting their Jewish heritage and their life in Israel while dealing with dilemmas and conflicts that arise from their Jewish-Israeli identity.

• 11^th Grade Students – Life skills and preparation for IDF tryouts
  1. Providing the tools and skills so the students can deal with the challenges the best way possible.
  2. Developing a personal identity and mental strength by dealing with dilemmas that accompany their social and emotional lives and learn about their place, ability and inner limits.
• 12^th Grade Students – Social responsibility and looking forward
  1. The students will deepen their familiarity and relationship with their surrounding community. Getting to know the “other” and different populations within the society.
  2. Encouraging the students to give back to society in a meaningful way.
  3. Providing the tools and skills so the students can deal with the challenges the best way possible.
  4. Each student will shape his/her dreams, ambitions and mission for the future.
  5. Goodbye – an organized process in which the graduates will learn how to physically and emotionally say goodbye to the Village and begin their new life.

Written by Liat Sher and Caduri Bechor – Graduates’ Coordinators, Hamifal Educational Children’s Homes