Silicon Valley ORT is able to send 2 delegates based on our membership. Doug Smith and Nicole Mason will be our Chapter Delegates to the Convention. Convention will give participants opportunities to meet other ORTists from around the country, hear ORT students speak of their experiences, and hear first-hand accounts about ORT programs worldwide from ORT Directors. Even though Nicole and Doug are our Delegates, anyone is welcome to attend Convention as a guest. Celebrating its 80th anniversary, ORT France, with seven schools and centers in Paris, Strasbourg, Lyon, Toulouse and Marseilles, is the largest network of schools and colleges in Western Europe.
Students work three days a week and attend classes the other two days.
The school in Paris has launched computer classes specifically geared to the needs of companies wanting to retrain and upgrade new employees. Spain ORT-installed multimedia workstations at the Estella Toledano School in Madrid and the Colegio Sefardi in Barcelona link students to ORTnet, and Jewish schools and databases worldwide. The curriculum includes science, math, information technology, Judaic studies and Hebrew. Adult courses are offered in computer literacy, word processing, spreadsheets and computer-aided design.