The Leo Baeck Education Center assumed control of the Junior High School in 1998 at the request of the Haifa Municipality. Today, it boasts a diverse student body of almost 800 students, ages 10-14, comprising of Ethiopian, new immigrants from the FSU, native Israeli and a growing number of Druze children, who travel from their villages every day just to attend the school. Sensitive and responsive to these needs, academic, social, and cultural support programming have been introduced into all classes at the school.
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Although more than 60% of the children live on or below the poverty line, with 50% from single parent families, the Junior High School is built on the foundations of excellence in education, community responsibility, and meeting one another's needs. The school offers 24 after school enrichment activities, ranging from the Amnesty International Schools for Human Rights Project, the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award for Leadership and Personal Development, to the Young Enterprise Arab-Jewish Business by Learning Program. With integration and tolerance at its core, the school offers a program for gifted, mainstream, and PDD students.
