CHALLENGING ACADEMICS STRONG JEWISH VALUES

Rashi offers morning and afternoon bus
transportation. There are six morning routes with stops
in Boston, South Boston, Brookline, Jamaica Plain,
West Roxbury, Arlington/Cambridge, Cochituate,
Natick, Wellesley, Needham, and Newton (shown
below). There are three afternoon bus routes, with
stops in Needham, Newton, Brookline, and Boston.
Afternoon buses leave school at 3:10 pm (5 days/
week) 5:30 pm (Monday-Thursday).
“I love the bus” says one of our regular riders, “it’s like
THE
RASHI
a play date
every
morning.”SCHOOL MORNING
BUS ROUTES
7:10 AM
St. Camillus Church,
Concord Turnpike
Arlington
CHALLENGING ACADEMICS
STRONG JEWISH VALUES
CAMBRIDGE/ARLINGTON
7:00 AM
Alewife Station
Cambridge
7:30 AM
Lyons Park
near Marriott Hotel
Commonwealth Ave.
Auburndale
7:20 AM
Whole Foods
Washington St.
Newton
7:23 AM
Mass Ave. &
Commonwealth Ave.
Boston
7:20 AM
Beacon St. &
Gloucester St.
Boston
7:18 AM
Marlborough St. &
Dartmouth St.
Boston
7:10 AM
95 Berkeley Street
Boston
6:55 AM
48 W Broadway
South Boston
BOSTON
NORTH NEWTON
SOUTH NEWTON
7:12 AM
Burr Playground
Newton
7:20 AM
Public Library
Waban
BROOKLINE/WEST ROXBURY
7:10 AM
Longwood Ave &
St. Paul St
Brookline
7:25 AM
Newton Highlands Station
Newton Highlands
WESTERN SUBURBS
7:05 AM
East Plain St. &
Commonwealth Ave.
Wayland
7:15 AM
St. James Church &
Lexington Rd.
7:25 AM
Rte. 9
Bank of America
Natick
Abbey Road
Wellesley
7:13 AM
St. Paul St. &
Aspinwall Ave.,
Brookline
7:35 AM
JCC
Nahanton St.
Newton
7:40 AM
Rte. 135 &
Webster St.
Needham
FINANCIAL ACCESSIBILITY
Rashi is committed to making a Rashi education
accessible. To that end, Rashi grants approximately
$1.4 million in need-based financial aid each year to
about 30% of the student enrollment, in amounts
ranging from $1,000 to 80% of tuition. To find out
more, visit www.rashi.org/admissions/tuition.php.
DISCOVER DAY SCHOOL
The Discover Day School (DDS) program from
Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) covers up
to 25% of K-8 tuition for 2014-2015 (up to $6,000 a
7:25 AM
Center St. &
Montclair Ave
West Roxbury
7:33 AM
Bank of America
1857 Centre St.,
West Roxbury
7:30 AM
Centre St. &
Montclair Ave.,
West Roxbury
year) for one child for three consecutive years (up
to $18,000 total) at any of Greater Boston’s eleven
elementary/middle Jewish day schools. Find out if you
qualify at discoverdayschool.org.
INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE
ABOUT RASHI?
For more information or to schedule a tour, Please call
us at (781)355-7317.
We look forward to speaking with you.
THE RASHI SCHOOL | Boston Area Reform Jewish K-8 Independent School
8000 Great Meadow Road, Dedham, MA 02026 | 617-969-4444 | www.rashi.org
On the NewBridge on the Charles campus, Route 135, Exit 17 off Route 95/128.
If using a GPS device, enter 45 West Street, Dedham
The Rashi School, the Boston Area Reform Jewish
K-8 Independent School, combines outstanding
academics and joyful learning, centered on our core
values of Ruach (Spirit), Kavod (Respect), Kehillah
(Community), Tzedek (Justice), and Limud (Learning).
Now in our 28th year — our 5th in our spectacular
new building on a 162-acre wooded campus — the
school attracts students from Boston, Brookline,
Newton, Needham, Natick, Wellesley and a dozen
other communities. Our 332 students benefit from
a warm, academically challenging, and values-rich
environment.
KNOWING EACH CHILD
Any parent with more than one child knows that
each one is an individual with his or her own talents,
passions, motivations, and interests. At Rashi, we take
the time to know and understand each child and to
ensure that all students are fully engaged in learning,
passionate about their work, and challenged to their
potential. We maintain a student/teacher ratio of
between 8:1 to 11:1 in our lower school classrooms.
A GREAT TEACHER,
EVERY YEAR
Every child at Rashi feels that he or she has the
‘best teacher ever.’ Rashi faculty view teaching as a
calling, and they work to continuously improve their
craft through classroom observations, professional
development and peer feedback. Everyone in our
community is an enthusiastic learner.
CUTTING-EDGE TEACHING
The world is becoming more interconnected,
demanding more collaboration, more innovation,
and more teamwork than ever. A Rashi education
is forward-thinking, keeping pace with innovations
in research and practice about how children learn,
and emphasizing the skills students will need to be
successful in the world they are inheriting.
RASHI STUDENTS LEARN TO:
Innovate and create. Students are encouraged to
demonstrate knowledge in various ways, from
writing to performing to creating a video or building
a website.
Think critically. Students analyze text from Torah to
Shakespeare, and learn to support their thinking and
consider alternate points of view.
Collaborate and problem–solve. Our Social Thinking
curriculum teaches how to work in groups, providing
guidance on listening to others, identifying one’s own
strengths and weaknesses, and problem-solving.
Take risks and learn from failure. Students are
encouraged to embrace challenges and to develop
resilience and strength of character.
Communicate clearly and powerfully. Through
persuasive writing, debate, oral presentations,
performing on the stage, and acting as classroom
ambassadors, students develop self-confidence and
essential communications skills.
RASHI OPENS DOORS
Our graduates thrive in the most challenging secondary
schools, whether independent or public. Wherever they
go from here, they arrive as accomplished, motivated,
confident, self-aware learners eager to take on leadership
roles both in school and in their communities.
TYPE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRENTLY
ATTENDED BY RASHI GRADUATES
TECHNOLOGY EXPANDS
STUDENTS’ MINDS
Anchored in established theory on how children learn
best, Rashi’s online learning environment uses the
power of social and digital media to connect students,
teachers, and families. Utilizing Moodle and Google
Apps for Education, we offer a mix of digital media
resources and collaborative tools for teachers to post
articles, videos, and interactive assignments. Students
acquire, organize, evaluate, and present information
using state-of-the-art digital tools in secure, on-line
class forums for discussion and collaboration.
Every discipline and every grade at Rashi benefits
from the use of instructional technology. These same
tools make possible the range of independent study
for which Rashi is famous:
• Promethean ActivBoards in every classroom
• MacBooks and iPads in the classroom
• STEM programming featuring robotics,
engineering design and computer programming in
every grade.
STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES
Rashi’s new LEED-certified building includes a
regulation-size gym, music and art studios, science lab,
a stunning auditorium, a light-filled dining room, and a
beautiful library with state-of-the-art electronic tools
accessible to students. The 162-acre wooded campus
encompasses two playgrounds, sports fields, nature
trails, and a stretch of the Charles River.
Public 43%
Independent
57%
INDEPENDENT SECULAR SCHOOLS
Milton Academy (10)
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School (5)
Beaver Country Day School (5)
Commonwealth School (3)
Chapel Hill - Chauncy Hall School (2)
Boston University Academy (1)
Cambridge School of Weston (1)
Concord Academy (1)
Noble and Greenough (1)
Northfield Mt. Hermon (1)
Philips Academy Andover (1)
Roxbury Latin School (1)
The Carroll School (1)
Winsor School (1)
Worcester Academy (1)
INDEPENDENT JEWISH SCHOOLS
Gann Academy (39)
Maimonides School (1)
A COMMITMENT TO THE ARTS
The Rashi community is deeply committed to a broad
curriculum that includes art, music, and theatre. At
Rashi, artistic opportunities abound. Fifth graders
compose and perform an original opera. Middle
School students study with Shakespeare & Co. as
artists-in-residence. Fourth graders make stop-motion
animated videos. It is through artistic endeavors that
children learn about different sides of themselves and
discover their passions.
RASHI GRADUATES CURRENTLY
IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Our eighth graders who apply to independent schools
fare very well in the admissions process. Admissions
officers tell us that Rashi students arrive well-prepared,
present themselves well, know themselves as learners,
are intellectually curious, and welcome additions to
their community. Of the Rashi students who applied
to independent secondary school for the 2014-2015
school year:
• 90% were admitted to their first choice school
• 74% were admitted everywhere they applied
RASHI ALUMNI
DO GREAT THINGS
Newton South High School (20)
Newton North High School (13)
Needham High School (12)
Minuteman Career
and Technical HS (3)
Wayland High School (2)
Weston High School (2)
Brookline High School (1)
Foxboro High School (1)
Lincoln-Sudbury High School (1)
Natick High School (1)
to provide federal pre-trial inmates with an educational
program designed to provide both an educational and
emotional outlet. We believe that if you treat inmates with
respect and give them the potential to succeed, they will.
I am who I am today because
of the values I learned at Rashi.
Rashi taught me that I had a
responsibility to make the world
a better place. It was Rashi’s values that led me to create the
Focus Forward Project™, a non-profit organization designed
Rashi’s focus on social justice inspired me to center my life
around helping others and fighting against injustice. I am so
thankful to the entire Rashi community for instilling these
values in me.
– Alexandra Katz, Rashi ’03, Gann Academy ’07, Barnard ’11
RASHI OPENS DOORS
Our graduates thrive in the most challenging secondary
schools, whether independent or public. Wherever they
go from here, they arrive as accomplished, motivated,
confident, self-aware learners eager to take on leadership
roles both in school and in their communities.
TYPE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRENTLY
ATTENDED BY RASHI GRADUATES
TECHNOLOGY EXPANDS
STUDENTS’ MINDS
Anchored in established theory on how children learn
best, Rashi’s online learning environment uses the
power of social and digital media to connect students,
teachers, and families. Utilizing Moodle and Google
Apps for Education, we offer a mix of digital media
resources and collaborative tools for teachers to post
articles, videos, and interactive assignments. Students
acquire, organize, evaluate, and present information
using state-of-the-art digital tools in secure, on-line
class forums for discussion and collaboration.
Every discipline and every grade at Rashi benefits
from the use of instructional technology. These same
tools make possible the range of independent study
for which Rashi is famous:
• Promethean ActivBoards in every classroom
• MacBooks and iPads in the classroom
• STEM programming featuring robotics,
engineering design and computer programming in
every grade.
STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES
Rashi’s new LEED-certified building includes a
regulation-size gym, music and art studios, science lab,
a stunning auditorium, a light-filled dining room, and a
beautiful library with state-of-the-art electronic tools
accessible to students. The 162-acre wooded campus
encompasses two playgrounds, sports fields, nature
trails, and a stretch of the Charles River.
Public 43%
Independent
57%
INDEPENDENT SECULAR SCHOOLS
Milton Academy (10)
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School (5)
Beaver Country Day School (5)
Commonwealth School (3)
Chapel Hill - Chauncy Hall School (2)
Boston University Academy (1)
Cambridge School of Weston (1)
Concord Academy (1)
Noble and Greenough (1)
Northfield Mt. Hermon (1)
Philips Academy Andover (1)
Roxbury Latin School (1)
The Carroll School (1)
Winsor School (1)
Worcester Academy (1)
INDEPENDENT JEWISH SCHOOLS
Gann Academy (39)
Maimonides School (1)
A COMMITMENT TO THE ARTS
The Rashi community is deeply committed to a broad
curriculum that includes art, music, and theatre. At
Rashi, artistic opportunities abound. Fifth graders
compose and perform an original opera. Middle
School students study with Shakespeare & Co. as
artists-in-residence. Fourth graders make stop-motion
animated videos. It is through artistic endeavors that
children learn about different sides of themselves and
discover their passions.
RASHI GRADUATES CURRENTLY
IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Our eighth graders who apply to independent schools
fare very well in the admissions process. Admissions
officers tell us that Rashi students arrive well-prepared,
present themselves well, know themselves as learners,
are intellectually curious, and welcome additions to
their community. Of the Rashi students who applied
to independent secondary school for the 2014-2015
school year:
• 90% were admitted to their first choice school
• 74% were admitted everywhere they applied
RASHI ALUMNI
DO GREAT THINGS
Newton South High School (20)
Newton North High School (13)
Needham High School (12)
Minuteman Career
and Technical HS (3)
Wayland High School (2)
Weston High School (2)
Brookline High School (1)
Foxboro High School (1)
Lincoln-Sudbury High School (1)
Natick High School (1)
to provide federal pre-trial inmates with an educational
program designed to provide both an educational and
emotional outlet. We believe that if you treat inmates with
respect and give them the potential to succeed, they will.
I am who I am today because
of the values I learned at Rashi.
Rashi taught me that I had a
responsibility to make the world
a better place. It was Rashi’s values that led me to create the
Focus Forward Project™, a non-profit organization designed
Rashi’s focus on social justice inspired me to center my life
around helping others and fighting against injustice. I am so
thankful to the entire Rashi community for instilling these
values in me.
– Alexandra Katz, Rashi ’03, Gann Academy ’07, Barnard ’11
Rashi offers morning and afternoon bus
transportation. There are six morning routes with stops
in Boston, South Boston, Brookline, Jamaica Plain,
West Roxbury, Arlington/Cambridge, Cochituate,
Natick, Wellesley, Needham, and Newton (shown
below). There are three afternoon bus routes, with
stops in Needham, Newton, Brookline, and Boston.
Afternoon buses leave school at 3:10 pm (5 days/
week) 5:30 pm (Monday-Thursday).
“I love the bus” says one of our regular riders, “it’s like
THE
RASHI
a play date
every
morning.”SCHOOL MORNING
BUS ROUTES
7:10 AM
St. Camillus Church,
Concord Turnpike
Arlington
CHALLENGING ACADEMICS
STRONG JEWISH VALUES
CAMBRIDGE/ARLINGTON
7:00 AM
Alewife Station
Cambridge
7:30 AM
Lyons Park
near Marriott Hotel
Commonwealth Ave.
Auburndale
7:20 AM
Whole Foods
Washington St.
Newton
7:23 AM
Mass Ave. &
Commonwealth Ave.
Boston
7:20 AM
Beacon St. &
Gloucester St.
Boston
7:18 AM
Marlborough St. &
Dartmouth St.
Boston
7:10 AM
95 Berkeley Street
Boston
6:55 AM
48 W Broadway
South Boston
BOSTON
NORTH NEWTON
SOUTH NEWTON
7:12 AM
Burr Playground
Newton
7:20 AM
Public Library
Waban
BROOKLINE/WEST ROXBURY
7:10 AM
Longwood Ave &
St. Paul St
Brookline
7:25 AM
Newton Highlands Station
Newton Highlands
WESTERN SUBURBS
7:05 AM
East Plain St. &
Commonwealth Ave.
Wayland
7:15 AM
St. James Church &
Lexington Rd.
7:25 AM
Rte. 9
Bank of America
Natick
Abbey Road
Wellesley
7:13 AM
St. Paul St. &
Aspinwall Ave.,
Brookline
7:35 AM
JCC
Nahanton St.
Newton
7:40 AM
Rte. 135 &
Webster St.
Needham
FINANCIAL ACCESSIBILITY
Rashi is committed to making a Rashi education
accessible. To that end, Rashi grants approximately
$1.4 million in need-based financial aid each year to
about 30% of the student enrollment, in amounts
ranging from $1,000 to 80% of tuition. To find out
more, visit www.rashi.org/admissions/tuition.php.
DISCOVER DAY SCHOOL
The Discover Day School (DDS) program from
Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) covers up
to 25% of K-8 tuition for 2014-2015 (up to $6,000 a
7:25 AM
Center St. &
Montclair Ave
West Roxbury
7:33 AM
Bank of America
1857 Centre St.,
West Roxbury
7:30 AM
Centre St. &
Montclair Ave.,
West Roxbury
year) for one child for three consecutive years (up
to $18,000 total) at any of Greater Boston’s eleven
elementary/middle Jewish day schools. Find out if you
qualify at discoverdayschool.org.
INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE
ABOUT RASHI?
For more information or to schedule a tour, Please call
us at (781)355-7317.
We look forward to speaking with you.
THE RASHI SCHOOL | Boston Area Reform Jewish K-8 Independent School
8000 Great Meadow Road, Dedham, MA 02026 | 617-969-4444 | www.rashi.org
On the NewBridge on the Charles campus, Route 135, Exit 17 off Route 95/128.
If using a GPS device, enter 45 West Street, Dedham
The Rashi School, the Boston Area Reform Jewish
K-8 Independent School, combines outstanding
academics and joyful learning, centered on our core
values of Ruach (Spirit), Kavod (Respect), Kehillah
(Community), Tzedek (Justice), and Limud (Learning).
Now in our 28th year — our 5th in our spectacular
new building on a 162-acre wooded campus — the
school attracts students from Boston, Brookline,
Newton, Needham, Natick, Wellesley and a dozen
other communities. Our 332 students benefit from
a warm, academically challenging, and values-rich
environment.
KNOWING EACH CHILD
Any parent with more than one child knows that
each one is an individual with his or her own talents,
passions, motivations, and interests. At Rashi, we take
the time to know and understand each child and to
ensure that all students are fully engaged in learning,
passionate about their work, and challenged to their
potential. We maintain a student/teacher ratio of
between 8:1 to 11:1 in our lower school classrooms.
A GREAT TEACHER,
EVERY YEAR
Every child at Rashi feels that he or she has the
‘best teacher ever.’ Rashi faculty view teaching as a
calling, and they work to continuously improve their
craft through classroom observations, professional
development and peer feedback. Everyone in our
community is an enthusiastic learner.
CUTTING-EDGE TEACHING
The world is becoming more interconnected,
demanding more collaboration, more innovation,
and more teamwork than ever. A Rashi education
is forward-thinking, keeping pace with innovations
in research and practice about how children learn,
and emphasizing the skills students will need to be
successful in the world they are inheriting.
RASHI STUDENTS LEARN TO:
Innovate and create. Students are encouraged to
demonstrate knowledge in various ways, from
writing to performing to creating a video or building
a website.
Think critically. Students analyze text from Torah to
Shakespeare, and learn to support their thinking and
consider alternate points of view.
Collaborate and problem–solve. Our Social Thinking
curriculum teaches how to work in groups, providing
guidance on listening to others, identifying one’s own
strengths and weaknesses, and problem-solving.
Take risks and learn from failure. Students are
encouraged to embrace challenges and to develop
resilience and strength of character.
Communicate clearly and powerfully. Through
persuasive writing, debate, oral presentations,
performing on the stage, and acting as classroom
ambassadors, students develop self-confidence and
essential communications skills.