by The Rashi School | Feb 14, 2024 | Head of School, Community
By Head of School Adam W. Fischer Our friends at the JCC recently hosted author David Brooks to speak about his recent book, How to Know a Person. During divisive social times, Brooks’ focus has shifted to bringing people together and building community. Asking...
by The Rashi School | Feb 2, 2024 | Lower School, Middle School, Social Justice, Learning, Community
The 2024/5784 Suzanne and Bernard Pucker Tamchui Program kicked off this week, and we couldn’t be more excited! Tamchui, meaning “community collection pot” in Aramaic, is a three week, all-school academic initiative that focuses on teaching...
by The Rashi School | Jan 29, 2024 | Lower School, Learning
Grade 2 has an iconic curricular unit called the “Wax Museum” that is designed to give students first-hand insights into key leaders in history. The Wax Museum ties into their biographical reading and writing unit, with each student assigned a figure to study and...
by The Rashi School | Jan 11, 2024 | Our Stories, Community, Alumni Class Notes
What have you been up to since graduating Rashi? I went on to graduate from The Rivers School for high school, and earned my Bachelors in Human Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University. Uniquely for a “millennial”, I have actually spent my entire career...
by The Rashi School | Jan 11, 2024 | Lower School, Learning, Alumni Class Notes
In your 12 years of working here, what are some things that are new at Rashi and what are some things that are the same? I have been teaching at Rashi for 12 years; ten years in Grade 2 and currently in year two teaching Grade 4. It was my daughter Amelia that...
