by The Rashi School | Feb 29, 2024 | Learning, Lower School
Grade 5 science is moving full STEAM ahead! The students are working hard on their STEAM fair projects, conducting experiments, doing research needed to support their hypotheses, and developing their presentations. Focusing on U.N. Sustainable Development Goal 2, Zero...
by The Rashi School | Feb 16, 2024 | Our Stories, Lower School, Middle School, Social Justice, Learning, Community
The 30th year of the Suzanne and Bernard Pucker Tamchui Project came to a close today after weeks of incredible learning, organizing, and doing. Tamchui (meaning “community collection pot” in Aramaic) is Rashi’s annual three-week, all-school social justice initiative...
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 | Learning, Alumni Class Notes, Lower School
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...