by The Rashi School | May 23, 2025 | Learning, Our Stories, Social Justice, Middle School, The Rashi Difference
Rashi’s seventh graders experienced the historic south as it pertains to the US Civil Rights Movement. During this annual trip, students visited important sites such as 16th Street Baptist Church, the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church. The group...
by ukaufman | Feb 14, 2025 | Social Justice, Middle School, Lower School
This Shabbat marked the finale of the 2025 Suzanne and Bernard Pucker Tamchui Program. For our students, this was a day of reflection and celebration; they have worked diligently to explore the topics of Food Insecurity, Teen Mental Health, and Educational Access...
by The Rashi School | Jan 31, 2025 | Learning, Social Justice, Middle School, Lower School
As a part of the 2025 Suzanne and Bernard Pucker Tamchui Program, all Rashi students jumped into Education Week! Tamchui, meaning “community collection pot” in Aramaic, is Rashi’s annual three week, all-school social justice learning initiative. During Education Week,...
by The Rashi School | Apr 25, 2024 | Community, Middle School, Social Justice, Learning, Uncategorized
For its exemplary record of leadership, service and activities that improve the school and community, The Rashi School student council has been recognized as a 2024 National Gold Council of Excellence by the National Association of Student Councils (NASC). The NASC...
by The Rashi School | Apr 5, 2024 | Community, Middle School, Social Justice
By JFS of Metrowest Last week, the JFS/Rashi Learning and Leadership Council held a Middle School session on Active Bystander Training. Active bystanders, as defined on the JFS website, “learn how to recognize, safely deescalate, and intervene in potentially...
