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Ganey Tikva - All about Excellence
Pioneering in education, culture, quality of life and the environment, sports, beauty and aesthetics…
Ganey Tikva – winner of many awards:
National Education Award
Council for Beautiful Israel Award
Youth Movement Award
People and Computers Award – for developing a program for psychological services.
Ganey Tikva is safe from violence towards children.
A great place to live. In Yedioth Aharonot's Ofer Petersburg's "20 Top Towns to Live In," Ganey Tikva ranked number 10.
For over ten years Ganey Tikva has won the 5-star prize in the Beautiful Town Competition held by the Council for a Beautiful Israel. In 2004, Ganey Tikva won the Beautiful Town Flag for the first time. In 2006 it won the Decade of Excellence Shield, and in 2010 Ganey Tikva was chosen as one of the four leading communities in the country as candidate for the Beautiful Town Flag for the second time.
Its high quality education, focus on quality of life, beauty and aesthetics, professional and efficient management and physical location have transformed Ganey Tikva into a prestigious and sought-after area, where property values are constantly rising.
- Groundbreaking education – Ganey Tikva's online learning program with a laptop for every student.
2006 saw the beginning of a program marking the first change in teaching technologies in the country. Five grade-levels study using personal computers. The MESHI program was chosen for its "Learning at any time and in any place" (ubiquitous learning) approach.
- 2010 was Preschool Year in Ganey Tikva – in 2010 its preschools were singled out for financial and pedagogical investment.
- Annual further education programs for all preschool teachers and assistants on improved climate, including lectures and workshops, in partnership with the educational psychology services.
- Friday Culture-Society is a program unique to Ganey Tikva run every Friday and devoted to various subjects, in addition to the required school curriculum.
- Magic and Hope program in Rishonim Junior High School
Based on the Center for Educational Technology's Makom Mikan website, the program facilitates exciting interactions between Jewish and Arab students.
The goal of the meetings is to get to know each other and find issues shared by teens living in the same country, in order to counter stereotypes and prejudices and to promote values such as tolerance, equality and acceptance of those who are different from us.
- Ness Technologies - Technology Leadership Development
An annual program (ninth and tenth grades) promoting technological leadership and information management. The program provides thinking and learning tools in a technological environment, developing styles of leadership and creativeness. It includes visits to successful hi-tech companies.
- The Etgar Program for Gifted Students – about 120 gifted and talented students from kindergarten to sixth grade participate in the program. The program provides one day of enrichment at schools in the community. In the program, students are exposed to a wide range of subjects: science and detective work, emotional intelligence, chemistry, geniuses and inventors, archaeology, cinema, etc.
In addition to cognitive content, the program emphasizes the relationship with the community. Fifth and sixth graders study a course on initiative in the community, in which they meet children from a special education kindergarten in the community. The program also has a student council, and some students act as mentors for the Junior Etgar program (preschool-second grade).
- Yuvalim – music at school. A Ganey Tikva program giving local students good quality musical education on a range of musical instruments. The program offers instruction on wind instruments, piano, guitar and percussion. Students give a number of "open stage" concerts for parents throughout the school year.
- Revivim Elementary School is recognized as a community ecological school, working to further environmental education.
The four criteria on the basis of which the school was recognized are: the school's detailed theoretical curriculum on environmental issues; its community-environment program; intelligent use of resources, and green leadership and involvement in furthering green processes in the school.
The school has its own educational garden that has been granted an ecological seal. It is a unique project authorized by the Ministry of Education at Ganey Tikva, in partnership with the Antiquities Authority and the Local Council, whose archaeological garden with outdoor study areas was established at considerable expense. The garden is an integral part of the educational campus.
As well as its educational aspects, the garden area also encourages students to participate in ideological, educational and social processes.
This year the school was chosen as representing pedagogical excellence in the central region. 
- Ganey Tikva – Chess Empire – Ganim School team won the Israel National Championships for elementary schools!
Ganey Tikva's Chess School takes Israel by storm. Five years after the establishment of the chess team at Ganim School, after gradually making its way to the top of Israeli chess rankings, an additional goal was reached: The Ganim School team won the Israel National Championships for elementary schools! Thanks to its championship title, the school was now able to represent Israel for the first time at the European School Chess Championships held in January in Moscow! The ambition to strive for excellence embodied in Ganey Tikva's Chess School is showing successes in education and in intellectual development, and it can be stated unequivocally that Ganey Tikva this year officially became a Chess Empire.
- The Youth Movements:
About 1,200 youngsters belong to the following youth movements: the Scouts, Bnei Akiva and the Ezra. Council Head Avishai Levine was awarded the 2009-2010 Youth Movement Award of Honor for leading the way in his support of the youth movements and for allocating funding and buildings for youth movement activities.
- The Scouts – Ganim Troop has a great tradition of joint activities for children and teens in Ganey Tikva
- Bnei Akiva – holds meetings and activities in several places, aimed at instilling Torah values and being involved in social and religious work.
- Ezra – a Torah-based movement educating to fulfill the principles of "Torah and Derech Eretz" (courtesy and respect).
- Reading together
Time for books – based on love for books, friendship and good neighborliness.
Environmental protection
Recycling grey water – an innovative program, and the first in the country, to recycle grey water in Ganim neighborhood for the irrigation of public parks and Hatikva Boulevard. Home and public gardens are essential to the sense of well being for many people around the world, and also in Israel. The awareness of the water shortage in Israel on the one hand, and the increasing awareness of environmentally-friendly solutions on the other mean that creative and independent solutions have to be looked for. The neighborhood was constructed so that each household has two drainage systems. One channels the waste water from baths and showers to be used to irrigate public parks, using special plants – water lilies – grown in a unique park for public enjoyment. The Technion Israel Institute of Technology has conducted a number of research studies on waste water from baths and showers and found it suitable for secondary use in irrigating public parks. The Water Commission's department for promoting water conservation also encourages this and other projects.
Sorting household waste into two types
The Council will soon be sorting Ganey Tikva's waste into two types: dry waste and wet waste. The transition to waste-sorting, which will begin as soon as stations and end solutions are ready, will immediately lead to a drastic reduction in the amount of waste buried in landfills, while increasing Ganey Tikva's rate of recycling.
Recycling stations – a solution to additional waste will provided at shopping centers, preventing the need to send waste to landfills. Each station will have a dumpster to collect electronic waste, textiles, CDs, and containers for used battery collection. Ganey Tikva will act as a model for environmental protection issues.
Rubber flooring in outdoor playgrounds – made of different thickness recycled rubber, in accordance with the Standards Institution of Israel, as a replacement for sand.
Sunken garbage bins throughout the community
Hidden subterranean garbage containers for household waste, replacing exposed containers and dumpsters.
Subsidized compost bins for residents
In order to improve the environment and increase awareness of recycling organic household waste, the Council offers residents the opportunity to create organic compost at a considerable discount.
Public parks
The Garden of Peace and Love – winner of the award for public-garden and landscape gardening.  The Garden of Peace and Love in memory of Yitzhak Rabin won the Avraham Karavan award for garden and landscape gardening. The beautiful park covers 2.7 green acres and includes ancient olive trees and unique elements. The colorful, secluded seating areas scattered throughout the park add their own touch of charm and beauty…
Added parkland areas throughout the community
Ganey Tikva pays special care to developing green spaces. In recent years, thousands of trees have been planted in Ganey Tikva and several parks have been developed: Hapisga Park, the Water Tower Park and the Garden of Peace and Hope.
Additional parks are in the planning stages: the Children's Park, which will be established on 2.7 green acres and include a play area; the botanical gardens, planned with different families of plants, will provide an experiential educational focus for students and adults alike. 
Traffic circles and other traffic arrangements
Twenty traffic circles have been built at central junctions in Ganey Tikva, contributing to a safe community. The result has been zero road accidents with fatalities!
Road safety wardens help students cross the roads safely.
The Kiss and Ride program run by volunteer parents near local schools also contributes to traffic safety.
Beauty and aesthetics
Art and environmental sculpture in public places – Ganey Tikva's public areas are enhanced by dozens of sculptures by some of Israel's leading artists. Education for art, culture, beauty and aesthetics contribute towards Ganey Tikva's reputation as an art-loving community. 
Hatikva Boulevard built near Ganim neighborhood in the north of Ganey Tikva has sculptures extending along its entire one-and-a-half kilometers. It begins in Nofei Savyion in western Ganey Tikva and will eventually reach as far as Kfar Maas. The boulevard has a bike path, play areas, an open-air museum, fitness equipment and sculptures on the theme of 'Hope'.
The open-air museum of mosaics on Hatikva Boulevard – has a collection of magnificent works on the theme of hope, created by the best mosaic artists in Israel. Near the open-air museum are sixteen stone scrolls with the Hatikva national anthem translated into sixteen different languages.
The Founders Square – Ganey Tikva has built its first Founders Square, with a decorative wall containing tablets listing the names of all the Council Heads and Council members over the years, since the establishment of Ganey Tikva.
Decorated junction boxes – Ganey Tikva was one of the first places in Israel to adopt the practice of decorating the grey electrical and telephone communications junction boxes, painting them in colorful geometrical motifs. The objective is to enhance grey utilitarian industrial objects to make the environment brighter, more colorful and inviting.
Services for residents
Habama Theater-Gallery Center and the Leader Sports Center are at the hub of the new range of sports and culture opportunities initiated and run in Ganey Tikva. These institutions, operated as municipal associations, work to develop and offer residents a wide range of activities and courses suitable for everyone in Ganey Tikva, children and teens, men and women, religious and secular.
- Habama Center – a culture, arts, events and conference center – enchantment begins here…
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The Center offers a variety of activities in the fields of theater, dance, jazz, film, children's theater and lecture series on different topics such as art, history, philosophy, the Bible, genetics, law, etc.
Shows, musical events and special performances are also held at the center.
High-quality professional instruction for children, teens and adults is offered at the Center in the following fields: a theater workshop for children and teens, a dance school and a ballroom dancing school.
The center has 7,800 members and its wide audience enjoys the finest cultural and artistic events on offer in the country, all within easy access.
- The Leader Sports Center – specializes in professional sports training and strives for excellence in a
 wide range of sports, while focusing on making the first steps towards establishing 'sports academies' for different fields. Today, about 3,500 people use the sports center to practice various sports. Breakthroughs in professional sporting standards depend on the center's excellent facilities: an 8,200 m2 building, one of the most luxurious and advanced in Israel.
Ganey Tikva's strategic concept is based on excellence and high-quality service. The Council is managed as a customer-focused economic entity with maximum transparency and impeccable management, and views residents as its important resource.
- The Center for the Elderly and home support community – a range of services and a friendly response for senior citizens
A new and unique service for the third age in Ganey Tikva – a home-support community for Ganey Tikva's elderly. This service enables seniors to continue living in their own homes, while ensuring their privacy and independence. Emphasis is placed on social and cultural activities which include: classes, trips, shows, lectures, parties on holidays – run by the social organizer – as well as advice and assistance in approaching community services, personal contact, and a friendly ear.
This new service, run by the municipal Social Services Department, provides senior citizens with attention, care, appreciation and better services.
- 'Beshvil Hatikva' (Path of Hope) – A volunteer initiative based on helping others and on mutual support in Ganey Tikva. Everyone is invited to join our volunteers and enjoy the right to give.
To join the initiative: beshvilhatikva@gmail.com
- "We can do it…" – public suggestions and requests for development in environmental issues.
- The second exhibition of local artists' works – over 120 works of art in the fields of painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, Judaica and jewelry displayed at Habama Center, by 40 young and adult artists, both secular and religious, who are all local residents.
- The Night Owls program – education in Ganey Tikav takes place by night, too…
The Night Owls program is an educational project in which parents volunteer to patrol Ganey Tikva's parks and less well-lit areas at night, in order to meet and speak to teens, as far as possible reducing anti-social behavior such as vandalism, drinking and nargila smoking. Night Owls is an educational project and not part of the Civil Guard or the police.
- The municipal inspection unit
Since May 2010, Ganey Tikva Local Council runs a municipal inspection unit.
The municipal inspection unit enforces order and sanitation bylaws, thus constituting an effective arm of the Council to ensure a pleasant and safe living environment, for the benefit of all Ganey Tikva residents and visitors.
The Council sees the founding of this unit as an additional step forward in protecting and developing Ganey Tikva's environment.
Anyone now found engaged in creating different kinds of hazard or harming public order and the quality of life and the environment in Ganey Tikva will be treated with all due seriousness.
Ganey Tikva – anyone in the know, knows…
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