Ramla’s Al-Amal Students Present STEM Projects at Municipal Library

Students from Al-Amal School in Ramla presented STEM projects at the city’s municipal library on November 15. Mayor Michael Vidal, city council member Mino Abu Laban, who is responsible for Arab education, and acting municipal education department head Dana Smadja attended the showcase. The pupils displayed work developed through a national program integrating STEM into teaching. The students set up stations with their projects, models and ideas. Vidal moved between the displays, spoke with the pupils and asked about their developments and how they had worked on them. He praised both their products and their ability to explain, investigate and ask questions. Vidal said the education he wanted to advance would give students “the tools to think, create and lead.” At the end of the visit, the students presented him with a model they had made of Ramla’s White Tower. Al-Amal had previously been selected as one of 20 schools receiving intensive support and an expanded package from the Education Ministry’s research and development division. Abu Laban credited the school’s work under principal Nariman Rabi and praised the pupils’ confidence in connecting knowledge, technology and creativity. He pledged to continue expanding educational opportunities for Arab education pupils and other students across Ramla.