Bright Stars Summer Academy

The Bright Stars summer program continues a tradition that started in the 1960s, and serves as an opportunity for the children to discover their interests and for the experts to identify the talented students. Each summer the academy includes up to 40 clubs in 40 different fields offering the children opportunities to discover their creative strengths, talents, and interests, and  learn the different alternatives that they have when planning their future professional lives.

Hundreds of children between the age of 6 and 16 from the Bethlehem District participate in the summer school. The summer academy offers the  children a number of recreational and educational activities that are designed to strengthen the ties that these children have to their culture. The clubs and activities are led by a team of Palestinian teachers and a number of international volunteers.  At the end of the summer academy each year, the children and teachers are given opportunities to help organize the "Final Day" festival, where the children perform and exhibit the different works that they produced making them realize their potentials and improve their confidence and self worth.

Summer Academy Photos

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