HSI — Israel High School: Cost, Coverage & How to Fund It
HSI — Israel High School (Tichon Ramah Eretz Yisrael) gives Jewish high school students the opportunity to complete a full year of accredited high school in Israel. Based in Ra'anana, HSI students attend classes at an Israeli high school, live with Israeli host families, and earn both Israeli and American high school credits.
Program Highlights
- ✓HSI is one of the most immersive Israel experiences available for Jewish teenagers — a full academic year where students attend a real Israeli public high school alongside Israeli peers, not an American-style overseas program.
- ✓Students live with carefully screened Israeli host families, sharing daily meals, Shabbat, and family life — an experience that creates lasting Israel connections and genuine fluency in Israeli culture that no dormitory can replicate.
- ✓Academic credits earned at HSI transfer directly to the student's US home school, coordinated by HSI staff, so students return with a full year of credit and no gap in their academic transcript.
- ✓Daily immersion in Hebrew across every subject and social interaction produces a level of language proficiency that even years of supplementary school study cannot achieve — most students return functionally conversational or fluent.
- ✓HSI alumni consistently cite the program as the pivotal year in their Jewish identity, with extraordinarily high rates going on to Israel gap years, MASA programs, Israeli university, and lifelong Israel connection.
- ✓Israel Prepaid Gold Plan provides $43,795–$94,604 in guaranteed coverage — enough to fully fund HSI's $30,000–$42,000 program cost with funds remaining for future Israel experiences.
What's Included
- ✓Accredited academic tuition and all program fees for the full academic year at an Israeli high school
- ✓Host family placement — a carefully matched Israeli family providing room and board in a genuine Israeli home
- ✓Daily meals and Shabbat and holiday meals with the host family throughout the program year
- ✓Intensive Hebrew language instruction from day one through dedicated ulpan and daily classroom immersion
- ✓Organized Israel travel programming including archaeological sites, national parks, and cultural seminars
- ✓Comprehensive medical insurance coverage and 24/7 program staff support throughout the year
$250 one-time account opening fee applies
What Parents Say About HSI — Israel High School
“When our daughter came home from HSI, I genuinely didn't recognize her confidence. She'd spent a year eating dinner with an Israeli family every night, attending a Hebrew-language school, navigating daily Israeli life as a teenager. She came back fluent in Hebrew and with an Israel connection that wasn't a trip memory — it was a real life she'd lived. We started the Israel Prepaid Gold Plan when she was in fourth grade, and by her sophomore year of high school the cost was completely covered. That decision made this year possible for our family.”
“My son was nervous about living with a host family he'd never met in a country where he barely spoke the language. By November, he was texting his host siblings in Hebrew and defending Israeli slang to his American friends over FaceTime. The transformation was real — not just in his Hebrew or his Jewish identity, but in his independence and his sense of himself as a young man. We enrolled in Israel Prepaid Gold Plan when he was seven, so the financial side was handled years before he ever boarded the plane. I wish every Jewish family knew this was possible.”
Stories are illustrative of typical parent experiences.
How Israel Prepaid Covers HSI — Israel High School
The Gold Plan is recommended for HSI — Israel High School. The earlier you enroll, the lower your monthly payment and the higher your coverage.
| Enrollment Age | Monthly Payment | Guaranteed Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| Age 0 | $234/mo | $94,604 |
| Age 3 | $276/mo | $85,179 |
| Age 5 | $314/mo | $79,004 |
| Age 8 | $398/mo | $69,907 |
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