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…
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Building Change-makers In and Out of the Classroom: Rashi Science Teacher Deb Berlin
When did you start at Rashi? Fall 2011, I started at After School, I worked there for one year, then I was (Grade 4 teacher) Joey Regen’s Assistant Teacher for…
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…
Harlem Renaissance Resonates in Grade 7
Combining hands-on learning, individual exploration, and a celebration of Black History Month, Grade 7 students did a deep exploration on a figure from the Harlem Renaissance, including Langston Hughes, W.E…
Amanda Gorman: Tzedakah Hero
Our Social Justice team introduced our Grade 2 students to Amanda Gorman this past week as a ‘Tzedakah Hero,’ a person in their own way working to piece back together…
What Does Fitness and Health Look Like This Year?
Happy laughs, sprinting feet, cold breezes. For Jen Shaw, Fitness and Health teacher, this year looks a little different. Her office has shifted from inside and the gym to the…
Patterns All Around Us
Patterns are all around us! Our Kindergarteners have been working on developing patterning skills in the world around them, in clothes, numbers, colors, sounds, shapes and more. Recognizing patterns are…
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…