Sharing A Love for Math: Mathematics Chair Brad Meeder
When did you start at Rashi? August 2019 What is your background? I graduated from the University of Georgia where I studied math and Spanish. I went on to serve…
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Bringing Text to Life and Life to Text: Jewish Studies Teacher Helen Ressler
When did you start at Rashi? I started at Rashi this past fall, but I student-taught here two years ago, 7th and 8th grade with Sharon Clevenger. Tell me about…
Multigenerational Learning: Creating Community Together
Last week, the Stanford Social Innovation Review published an article called “Meeting the Multigenerational Moment” which raises a challenge that The Rashi School community creatively tackles every day: “As the…
Advisory, Your Middle School Home
Every day, small groups of Grade 6, 7, and 8 students meet with their advisory. It’s a non-academic time set aside to check-in, develop relationships, address any necessary information, ask…
Rashi and NewBridge Climate Clubs Have a Meeting of the Minds
It started with an invitation from a group of Rashi middle school students to their NewBridge on the Charles neighbors Hi. We are the Rashi Middle School Climate Change Committee.…
Students Partner with JFS of Metrowest, Helping Children in Need Get ‘Back to School’ Ready
A Great Success! Rashi Middle School students stepped up in a big way this summer and volunteered to be Teen Leads in connection with Jewish Family Service (JFS) of Metrowest’s…
Rashi Runs a ‘Virtual’ 5K
How many times over the past few months have you paused to reflect on your current reality and marveled at just how much had changed in such a short amount…
Generation to Generation
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, our students asked a question that is core to their Rashi student experience: “Who in our kehillah (community) needs support and what can we do…