The school was established in 1952 as a partnership between the
Haifa municipal council and the
Ministry of Immigrant Absorption. Kfar Galim runs a middle school, a high school, an engineering
college and a farm. It also has dormitory facilities. Kfar Galim accepts students in 7th to 12th grade. It offers majors in biology and environmental sciences, communication and society (radio and television) and physical education. It also runs an electronic and computer engineering technology program in collaboration with the
Israel Air Force (13th and 14th grades). Graduates of this program are awarded a Practical Engineering degree and can do their military service in the air force. The boarding school has an enrollment of 170 students from all over the country. Many are
new immigrants or children of Russian and Ethiopian immigrants. Admission is also open to Israeli teenagers. ==Archaeology==