מסלול בינלאומי חדש בתיכון בויאר - MBHS International

For the third year in a row, Boyar International students have joined the three-week Genesis program at Brandeis University!

This summer our students took part in this intensive academic experience again. They attended classes five days a week and completed university-level readings, research, and assignments. The courses were developed together with Brandeis faculty and staff.

And there is more exciting news: one of our graduates, who took part in the Genesis program in a previous year, has now been accepted to Brandeis University!

A long academic journey begins at Boyar International!

Did you know that over the past ten years, the number of students taking IB examinations has grown by 40%?

This year, nearly 210,000 students from around 160 countries received their IB results, demonstrating the continued growth of the International Baccalaureate and its emergence as a global standard of international secondary education.

Why do students and their families continue to choose the IB?

There are many reasons. The IB Diploma has earned a consistently strong reputation among leading universities worldwide. But beyond academic recognition, the International Baccalaureate offers something equally important: a holistic, values-based approach to education.

Throughout the programme, students develop the skills that matter most in today’s rapidly changing world: research skills, critical thinking, the ability to evaluate and work with information, interdisciplinary thinking, independence, and intellectual curiosity.

These are not only the qualities that help students succeed at university, they are also among the competencies most sought after by employers.

According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025, analytical thinking is now the most valued workplace skill, while creativity, resilience, curiosity, lifelong learning, leadership, and technological literacy are becoming increasingly important (the link is below).

Similarly, the OECD Skills Outlook 2025 concludes that future success depends not only on academic knowledge but also on adaptive problem-solving, continuous learning, and the ability to apply knowledge in an evolving world (the link is below, too).

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the IB continues to grow year after year, preparing students not only for university, but for the challenges and opportunities of the future.

Every year, our school sends students to participate in international linguistics Olympiads, and we are delighted to see that the teams never stop preparing - even during the summer holidays.

We wish all participants the very best of luck and hope they enjoy the rest of their summer!

It feels like Israel has the coolest weather this summer, at least compared to the rest of Europe. Nevertheless, our students have headed to Switzerland to take part in the Switzerland Nature Exchange Program.

The program is designed to deepen
understanding of environmental protection and connect students with other passionate teenagers from around the world.

Our PDP and DP-1 (10th and 11th grade) students are currently hiking in northern Israel and enjoying some of the country’s most beautiful landscapes.

At one of the stops, a student from PDP, Michael, decided to relax in a stream. One of his classmates from DP-1, Katia, immediately noticed that the pose looked strikingly familiar...

Can you guess which famous painting is being recreated in these photos?

P.S. We sincerely apologize to the PDP students! Guys, of course, this was a joint trip for both the PDP and DP1 groups, not just DP1!

At the end of last week, our school held its third annual Tikkun Leil Shavuot: an evening of workshops, discussions, performances, and learning together.

Parents, students, alumni, and teachers came together to take part in a rich and inspiring program.

The evening opened with a performance of The Cherry Orchard, staged by our graduating students under the direction of Russian A teacher Anna Zinder. Since the students had graduated just a few days earlier, the performance felt especially moving. It captured something many of us were feeling how difficult it is for both students and teachers to say goodbye after spending meaningful years together.

The program also included:

* Yoga
* A fascinating lecture by our Art teacher Avi on crazy creatures in medieval Jewish manuscripts
* A charity doll-making workshop
* A discussion led by the school director Shachar Yanai on Nightmares, Dystopia, and Free Will
* A musical workshop, Music as Midrash: Bob Dylan’s Ladder
* An origami workshop

…and much more!

It is almost a pity that Shavuot comes only once a year. As the school year draws to a close, none of us are quite ready to say goodbye and head off for summer vacation. Fortunately, there are still many exciting events and experiences waiting for us before the year officially ends!

Have a peaceful week.

What an incredible night! Our second graduating class has officially “left the nest.” In the very heart of Jerusalem we celebrated the second graduation ceremony in the history of Boyar International School.

Our school is truly one big family, and the ceremony brought everyone together. Younger students prepared a touching video about how much they will miss the graduates, and alumni from last year’s class came back to celebrate with us as well.

For us, graduation is a joyful celebration with tears in our eyes. Today, as we look through the photos from yesterday, we are only beginning to realize what an extraordinary journey these three years have been, for both the students and the teachers.

This class lived through October 7 and several wars. Yet despite everything, they managed to preserve a sense of brotherhood, curiosity for learning, and openness of mind and heart.

We are going to miss you so much. Official photos from the photographer are still on the way, but for now we are sharing the moments we managed to capture ourselves.

Last week, our school visited the studios of Kan, Israel’s national public broadcasting organization, which operates television, radio, digital news, and podcasts.

It was an incredible tour and a real immersion into the world of television and radio broadcasting!

Under the guidance of journalist Yair Weinrab, we visited the music channel, the news studio, and the Arabic-language channel. We heard fascinating stories from the lives of TV and radio hosts and learned about the unique challenges and behind-the-scenes realities of working in news broadcasting.

And of course, our students even had the chance to try themselves in the role of TV presenters!