Investigating…Exploring…Experimenting…Creating The most exciting week of the year is here and the students are about to take their personal interests to levels they have never been before. 
The Gildor Project Week is the highlight of the IASA’s academic year. This week may find some of the following: Music students experimenting with new approaches to composing or arranging; a group of art students investigating alternative media as a new tool for self-expression; and numbers of science students delving into the practical world of their field through original experiments and projects.
A Week of Individual Excellence
The students choose the subject of their research projects in advance. They can choose from any department of the school. They often choose subjects other than their major field of study at the Academy. In order to enhance the experience, the project week takes place between semesters and there are no regularly scheduled classes or activities during project week
(with the exception of Community Service).
The day starts off with a lecture in the auditorium presented by eminent experts in fields not covered by regular studies at the Academy.
The rest of the day is mainly devoted to individual research, experiments by the students, and a variety of lectures presented by the Academy teachers. The evenings are for social activities and “theme nights.”
The creative and self-motivated learning atmosphere creates not only the most exciting week of the year, but also the most intensive period of independent learning.
Israel Center for Excellence through Education
