by The Rashi School | Feb 2, 2024 | Learning, Lower School, Middle School, Social Justice, 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 | Dec 15, 2023 | Learning, Middle School, Social Justice, Our Stories
Yesterday, 42 Rashi Middle School students who are part of the Jewish Family Service of Metrowest (JFS)/Rashi Leadership Council visited the JFS Resource Room in Framingham. The Resource Room provides all sorts of necessities to refugee and immigrant families, such as...
by The Rashi School | May 10, 2023 | Social Justice, Middle School, Our Stories, Learning
Rashi’s Grade 7 class embarked last week on its first-ever civil rights trip through the American South. This four-day trip, which was years in the making, took students through Atlanta, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma to witness historic sites of the U.S....
by The Rashi School | Feb 16, 2023 | Our Stories, Social Justice, Learning, Community
Tamchui 2022-23 came to a heartfelt and celebratory close this week with a school-wide assembly. The entire Rashi student body reflected on their new knowledge about women’s health, the war in Ukraine, and healthcare access overall. They learned from and taught their...
by The Rashi School | Feb 9, 2023 | Learning, Community, Our Stories, Social Justice
Week 3 of Rashi’s Tamchui (Aramaic for “community collection pot”) project began with great enthusiasm and a deep understanding of the previous two weeks: education week and meet the reps week. Lower School students have been taught by their Middle School peers about...