Aviv, a student at the Ariel school in Tirat Carmel, is an amiable 18 year old with a bright smile. In his free time, Aviv enjoys playing basketball, dancing, and, in particular, singing and playing music. Aviv is an aspiring singer-songwriter who speaks at length of his love and admiration for music and, in particular, for American music.

Aviv struggled considerably to learn English, and he was placed in a special education class in high school. Yet Aviv’s dedicated teachers in ENP’s SPACE Program worked tirelessly with him, helping him to learn English word-by-word. “I barely understood English at first and now I have a 100,” says Aviv proudly of his accomplishments with SPACE. Because of SPACE, Aviv made the difficult decision to remain in high school for an extra year to finish his matriculation, and today he has earned a full matriculation certificate. Aviv even names English as his favorite subject in school, and he says that his dream is to become skilled enough that he will one day be able to write his own songs in English. Aviv summarizes his experience in the SPACE Program with the words, “After joining SPACE, I rose and succeeded, which is very important for new immigrants.”