HaKfar HaYarok

HaKfar HaYarok (Hebrew: הכפר הירוק, lit. "The Green Village"‎) is a youth village in Israel, located at the south of Ramat HaSharon.
History
The village was founded by Gershon Zak in 1950 (later it was renamed after the third Prime Minister of Israel, Levi Eshkol) and originally was an agricultural village for immigrants. In 1986 Zak, together with HaKfar HaYarok, won the prestigious Israel Prize for lifetime achievement to education.
A third of the students at Kfar Hayarok are boarding school students from deprived socioeconomic backgrounds. Other students commute from communities in the center of the country, attracted by special study courses such as an educational track taught in English, veterinary studies and an arts program.
Today, the village has close to 1,200 students, from ages 12 to 20 (both residential students and external students). Many teachers on the staff make their permanent home on the campus of the village. Each year...