Students take Center Stage during LED Talks
The LED Talks (Language Engineering and Design) are part of an innovative, integrated unit that our Grade 6 team has tackled this year for the first time. The students’ LED…
2019 Generations Day
More than 300 grandparents and special friends gathered at Rashi on Friday, October 25 to share an afternoon highlighted by a luncheon, meaningful classroom visits with students, and joyful Kabbalat Shabbat services.…
New Rituals for Children During the High Holy Days
By Rabbi Jodi Seewald Smith Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the perfect times to establish family traditions. At The Rashi School, we challenge our kindergarten through eighth grade students to…
Class of 2019 Graduation Ceremony
Congratulations to the Class of 2019! Graduates from The Rashi School are equipped with the tools to succeed academically in any setting. They possess core skills, deep self-awareness, the confidence…
Rashi’s 8th Graders Publish Their Reflections on Holocaust
by Zachary Albert, Middle School Social Studies Teacher at The Rashi School As time passes we move further and further from the events of the Shoah, and soon its last…
Teaching Climate Change in Middle School: Leading Expert Shares Insights at Rashi
As the fifth-period bell rang, middle school students settled into their seats while teachers and staff enveloped the back of the crowded room. Everyone waited attentively for the speaker, David…
This NewBridge Resident is Thankful for her Neighbors at Rashi
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…
Real-World Math Lessons for Middle Schoolers
Middle school math teacher, Mo Gibbs, teamed up with Rashi’s Controller, Paula Markman, to bring real-life scenarios to their studies of percentages and compound interest. Students were given families, incomes,…
