by The Rashi School | Apr 10, 2019 | Our Stories
Friday afternoon – the quiet hours between the last bites of lunch and the welcoming of Shabbat – finds many of our seniors enjoying a siesta. But for a Spanish-speaking Rashi student and a Cuban-born patient at Hebrew Rehabilitation Center at NewBridge on the...
by The Rashi School | Mar 22, 2019 | Our Stories
Active, imaginative play is intimately linked with early childhood learning. As a parent, how do you know if an educational environment is conducive to development and creativity? Here at The Rashi School, the Boston area’s Reform Jewish School for students in grades...
by The Rashi School | Mar 15, 2019 | Our Stories
It was a Friday afternoon as students and parents filed into Rashi’s auditorium. The atmosphere was filled with excitement and energy, but also some apprehension and maybe even a little sadness. The occasion? We were saying good-bye to our eighth-grade students who...
by The Rashi School | Mar 11, 2019 | Our Stories
“GIMME A K!” “GIMME AN E!” “GIMME A Z!” “WHAT DOES THAT SPELL?” “KEZ!” A room full of Kindergarteners stand and cheer for Keziah Furth, the school nurse at The Rashi School, a private Reform Jewish school in...
by The Rashi School | Mar 8, 2019 | Our Stories
When I was growing up, white children like me were taught that the best way to handle race relations was to be “colorblind.” I think what was meant by “colorblind” was despite that fact that we might notice physical differences (i.e. skin tone), we were taught that...
