"Ofarim" - School for Autistic Children

Ofarim School had a great new school year starting with many changes and enhancements to the school as well as activities for our children. We would like to share with you some of these exciting events.

During the summer break the school went through a renovation and addition of 5 new classrooms. The school is now named after Amir Grinboch who was the special education leader in Haifa municipality. At the beginning of the school year, Haifa Mayor and his staff came to school and in a special ceremony all the guests were excited to see all that is being done in school. The ceremony pictures are shown below in the report.

The school children had a field trip to the agricultural farm "Gan Carmit" near Haifa. In this trip, the kids learned how to make Olive oil and experienced the process themselves by picking the olives and watching the complete process. They took back home Olive oil they made themselves. Great experience. They also learned on the agriculture in the old times and worked in the fields. Ofarim school believes in the value of such activities and take the children to such farms 8 times a year. The topic continues on a daily basis in the vegetable garden we have in our school back yard. See pictures of this successful activity.

The school is now using the Music room on a regular basis for music treatment for our children. We have two gifted teachers who let the children try different instruments and experience different sounds to stimulate senses. We believe in teaching through experiences. Therefore, on days with good weather we spend the time outside like the day we spent time by the beach.

With your help and the help of the global community donations we were able to make good progress in our classrooms and in the school activity. We appreciate it very much.

Thank you all for great support

Links:

• Ofarim Project Link on GlobalGiving
• Ofarim School Website