Reflections: MLK Weekend
By Dr. Matt King, Head of School While attending the North American Jewish Day School Conference in Atlanta over MLK weekend I had a powerful experience that I want to…
Author: The Rashi School
The Rashi School offers an academically challenging K-8 education in an environment infused with Jewish values. Encouraging questions and open conversations, Rashi's joyfully Jewish approach to learning helps children engage with the world and grow into the people they can become.
Electives Shake Up Rashi Middle School
By Glenda Speyer, Head of Upper School It is block 5 on Monday; it is block 4 on Friday and something is “shaking up” with the sixth, seventh and eighth…
“One” Relates to Rashi’s Five Core Values
By Bella P. and Shoshana B., Grade 7 In September, we welcomed an author-in-residence, Kathryn Otoshi, from Facing History and Ourselves. Ms. Otoshi has a vivid past that she shared…
Enhancing Teaching Through Technology
By Amy Gold, Director of Curriculum and Instruction Everywhere you look in the media today, we read that schools are working on how to integrate technology into the classroom. Recently,…
Rashi’s “ActivClassrooms”
By Dave Rosenberg, Third Grade Teacher and Assistant to the Head of School Last year, in my tenth year of teaching, I began using an ActivBoard, and now I don’t…
Helping Our Children Become Resilient
By Matt King, Head of School Being a parent seems to get more complicated and challenging each year. As a new grandfather observing the amount and complexity of equipment that…