Israel Arts and Science Academy Awards and Achievements 2008/9

Participation in International Chamber Music Festival Jerusalem, Fall 2008 Roni Epstein, Evyatar Dori, Michal Lopaz – 12 th grade Matan Gover, Micah Finkelstein – Class of 08’ Rafi Landesbaum – Class of 04’ Inbal Jamshid – Class of 05’

Outstanding Musician IDF, Spring 2009 Daniel Borovitzsky – 12 th grade Bar Siloni – 12 th grade

International Philosophy Olympiad Ministry of Education, May 2009, Helsinki Yonatan Shabi – 11 th grade

Shira Yogev – 12 th grade Shlomit Azar – 12 th grade Singapore International Science Challenge (SISC) May, 2009

“Young Scientists” Contest Sponsored by the Jerusalem Museum of Science and Intel President’s Residence, March 2009 Omri Lesser – 12 th grade – Won 3 rd place -Omri will represent Israel in the EU Intel Competition in Paris, Summer 2009 Aviv Dotan – 12 th grade – Honorable Mention Noam Mazor – 12 th grade – Honorable Mention Finalists at the President’s Residence: Esther Goldlist, Michael Simon, Gal Sadeh – 12 th grade

Water-Related Final Papers Competition Sponsored by Tel Aviv University and the Swedish Monarchy May 2009 Omri Lesser – 12 th grade – Special Commendation

Competition Weizmann Science Institute, June 2009 Michael Simon – 12 th grade – Won 2 nd Place - will participate in the SciTech Summer Camp at the Technion - will participate in the World ORT “Science Journey” Competition, Fall 2009 Omri Lesser – 12 th grade – Honorable Mention Gal Ra’ayoni – 12 th grade – Honorable Mention

National Competition for Historical Final Papers Zalman Shazar Center, Fall 2009 Peleg Samuels – 12 th grade Good Luck, Peleg!

“Chemiada” National Chemistry Competition Technion, Spring 2009 Aviad Montague – 11 th grade - Aviad reached the National Level of the competition, one of just 23 out of 6,000 participants to do so.

Participation in the MIT Int’l Summer Camp Summer 2009 Basel Shavita – 11 th grade After a lengthy acceptance process, Basel was chosen as one of two Arab students to represent Israel at the summer camp at MIT.

Model UN Conference February 2009 Among the 350 diplomats present, 10 IASA students were awarded Honorable Mention. Ariella Lehman, Nadav Magnesi – 11 th grade – 2 nd Place in Committee Matan Hakim – 12 th grade – Outstanding Diplomat in Committee Peleg Samuels – 12 th grade – Outstanding Committee Chairman

Matan Hakim – 12 th grade – 3 rd Place in the Long Jump Dan Segev – 12 th grade – 3 rd place in the Shot Put IASA Relay Race Team – 3 rd Place National Athletics Championships IASA Team Awarded 6 th place overall, a record for the Academy