In Week 10, our Year 7s set off on a four-day camp with Mr Quelch, Morah Gunders-Hunt, Mr Lavi, the听Tzevet听and OKC Hadassa Solomon, marking the end of the Semester 1 weekly Bar and Bat Mitzvah classes. The students faced challenging conditions, including cold weather, and made the absolute best of it. They started off with orienteering and a hike. At the campsite they learned ...

Last week, JNF Future WA, the young adult division of JNF Australia hosted an important event with Neil Lazarus, an internationally acclaimed expert in the field of the Middle East, Israel advocacy and effective communication training at Carmel鈥檚 Entrepreneur Space. At a time when the world has become vocally more anti-Semitic and anti-Israel, the interactive webinar was the id ...

Yerush! Mazal Tov to听Yerushalayim听House for skilfully taking out the competition and pipping听Teveria听to the post听in the much-awaited four-week annual House Cultural Competition.听Be鈥檈r Sheva听took out third place just ahead of听Zfat.听After a break听in 2020听due to COVID-19,听some听of the debating skills needed a bit of dusting off in the early rounds听but听the finals showcased听some听exce ...

In Week 11 of Term 2, Carmel High School Science teacher Mrs Anne Poustie accompanied a group of Carmel High School students to the University of Western Australia where they joined over 300 other high school students from across WA to learn about the complex world of neuroscience. 鈥淭he Brain Bee competition offers enrichment opportunities for students interested in medicine a ...

We are looking for expressions of interest for volunteers听from the business community听to be involved in our Year 9 Entrepreneurship Program. Our current priority is to ensure that each of our Year 9 teams has听a business mentor.听 The Carmel Entrepreneur Program is unique in Australia. It incorporates the听Uncharted Learning听program called 鈥楳xINC鈥 and brings the practical learnin ...

It鈥檚 Wednesday morning and purposeful doorknocks followed by, 鈥淕ood morning. Would you like a coffee?鈥 sound along the Admin block corridors. It鈥檚 Year 10 student Louis taking staff coffee orders for the VET student baristas at Caf茅 Shemesh to fill. Each week, Louis patiently records details of individual orders on his clipboard before taking cash and calculating change where n ...

Shortly after the announcement of Dr Julie Harris as our incoming Principal for 2022, we sat down with her to find out a little more about her background and what she鈥檚 most looking forward to as her tenure approaches. When did you decide on a career in teaching and was there something that triggered this decision for you? Growing up, I planned to be a medical doctor or the c ...

Although his Bar Mitzvah was delayed by two months due to COVID restrictions, Ben managed to learn a new maftir and Haftorah in time to lain with confidence and clarity. He is proud of how he has improved his school marks, understanding that everything is within his grasp, he just must work for it! Ben says there will always be negativity and nay听sayers听but,听if you want somethi ...

Sophia balances being the responsible middle child with a sense of joy and fun. While starting听high听school can be stressful, Sophia revels in the increased opportunities and freedoms, especially听art classes where her creativity shines.听 When Sophia鈥檚 Bat Mitzvah was postponed due to COVID, she took it all in her stride. When the time finally came to celebrate, she was most exc ...

For a young girl whose Bat Mitzvah plans were听COVIDed听a few short hours before it was all set to begin, Rachel showed maturity beyond her years. Her positive attitude of accepting what one cannot change and being grateful for the well wishes and the safety and health of the community was refreshing and inspirational!听 Rachel delivered her听Dvar听Torah via Zoom, emphasising the n ...