by The Rashi School | Dec 20, 2019 | Community, Learning, Our Stories
There are many things that make Rashi special, but one in particular is the multigenerational program with its neighbor, Hebrew Senior Life, NewBridge on the Charles. With its close proximity, Rashi students have opportunities to visit the residents at NewBridge...
by The Rashi School | May 30, 2019 | Our Stories
an interview between Shirley Scott and Marianna Mapes Shirley Scott, a resident at the Gloria Adelson Field Health Care Center, had considered the Rashi students her next-door neighbors for over two years. But it wasn’t until the Gateways Ambassadors for Inclusion...
by The Rashi School | Apr 12, 2019 | Our Stories
Seventh-graders cheer as the webcam switched to their group during the virtual kick-off of the Ambassadors for Inclusion Make-a-thon. This year, the seventh-grade class took on a long-term design thinking challenge brought to Rashi by Gateways Ambassadors for...
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 1, 2019 | Alumni Class Notes, Learning
by Lynda Bussgang Rashi P’11, P’14, P’16 “Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God.”-Leviticus 19:32: In 2010, I joined the staff of Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL) when my three children were...