Welcome to The Rashi School
The Rashi School is known for its outstanding curriculum and instruction. But it’s our identity as a Jewish school that sets us apart: the value of education, exploration, and curiosity is embedded in our culture. We live our values everyday at school—and they reflect the ones you teach your child at home.
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Limud
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Kehillah
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Tzedek
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Ruach
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Your child belongs here
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We believe in teaching children to think for themselves, to question, and to probe.
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Tzedek (justice), one of Rashi's five core values, is the heart of our curriculum and an essential part of our identity
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162 Acres
162-Acre Multigenerational Campus -
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Interfaith, multicultural or LGBTQ Families
Recent News
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What’s It Like to Be a History Teacher While Living It?
The Rashi School’s Zach Albert shares how he’s talking to kids as they live through history.Read More -
Social Justice + Math
Read MoreThe lesson started with a statement: COVID – 19 has had a disproportionately negative impact on certain populations. The next class period was spent answering: How can we as mathematicians make sense of this statement using numerical evidence? What does disproportionality mean? How has COVID-19 impacted Latinx, Black, and white people? -
8 Days, 8 Ways to Celebrate Chanukah
This has been a year like no other. At Rashi we are grateful for the light our community has brought us over the almost 15 weeks we have been in our school building this year.Read More -
The Rashi School Recognizes Prominent Jewish Community Leaders with Inaugural Tzedek (Justice) Award, Honors Alumnus with Tikkun Alum Award
The following press release was sent after the Rashi School's 2020 Annual Dinner.Read More -
Pop! Identity in Grade 6
Read MoreThe Grade 6 year in Language Arts is centered around the theme of identity. Students complete various projects about their own identity, the broader concept, and are working to expand the connections they recognize they have to others. -
More Jewish day schools adjust to in-person learning in age of COVID
When Jewish independent schools started the new academic year, students had to quickly absorb new protocols in response to COVID-19. Whether it’s wearing masks or physically distancing, they’ve been quick learners...Read More -
Our Voices Matter: Voting and the Election
The act of voting couldn’t be more in line with Rashi’s values. This year, a series of lessons engaged Rashi students in discussions on civic duty, democracy, and voting, in anticipation of the election this coming Tuesday, November 3.Read More -
Rashi and NewBridge Climate Clubs Have a Meeting of the Minds
It started with an invitation from a group of Rashi middle school students to their NewBridge on the Charles neighbors.Read More -
Students Partner with JFS of Metrowest, Helping Children in Need Get ‘Back to School’ Ready
Rashi Middle School students stepped up in a big way this summer and volunteered to be Teen Leads in connection with Jewish Family Service (JFS) of Metrowest’s annual ‘Back to School Backpacking’ event.Read More -
And We’re Off! The School Year Begins
With over 260 students, 79 faculty and staff, 144 ChromeBooks, 50 speakers, 4 tents, 3 rain showers, 4 lunches, 19 cohorts, 4 drop-offs and pickups, and countless containers of hand sanitizer, the Rashi 2020-2021 school year was off to an energetic and exciting beginning.Read More -
Responding to Systemic Violence and Racism Through Art
We are part of the Boston community and the global community. In each of these circles, as educators, learners, Jews, and those seeking Justice, we grieve at the violence that Black people and POC have faced and continue to face in the United States.Read More -
Rashi Statement on Supporting the Black Community
The following message was sent to Rashi families on June 1, 2020.Read More -
Rashi Runs a 'Virtual' 5K
Training for and running a virtual 5K as a community could help keep us all active, keep us all connected and perhaps offer an opportunity for some of us to try something that we wouldn’t have had the opportunity to try if all was normal.Read More -
Rashi Graduation 2020
Rashi celebrated the graduation of our Grade 8 students, welcoming them into the Rashi alumni family. A little rain, clouds, thunderstorms, and social distancing did not stop graduation from being a day to remember for our graduates and their families.Read More -
Generation to Generation
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, our students asked a question that is core to their Rashi student experience: “Who in our kehillah (community) needs support and what can we do to have a meaningful impact?”Read More -
Reflections: The Attack of COVID-19
A reflection on coronavirus from a Rashi alumna and high school senior.Read More -
As Passover begins, a new meaning to an ancient story
Help is available for people struggling with organizing their first-ever virtual seder, said JulieSue Goldwasser of Needham, who is putting together a Zoom celebration...Read More -
From a health clinic in Haiti to the school nurse's office in Massachusetts, she's caring for community
Now, at The Rashi School, she tells the story of her experience whenever she gets the chance. When inquisitive students visit her office...Read More -
The Rashi School Online: Living Our Values
While classrooms and whiteboards may have changed to laptops and living rooms, some parts of Rashi will never change...Read More -
Teacher takes to the field for climate change research
Global warming is real and the climate is changing—and in Churchill, Manitoba, on the Hudson Bay in Canada, research scientists and citizen scientists...Read More
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Our graduates have self-awareness, the confidence to try new things, and a strong set of Jewish values that will guide them for the rest of their lives.
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