The Rashi School, a K-8 Reform Jewish

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 Independent School, offers a Jewish and secular education in an environment infused with Jewish values and learning. Rashi’s integrated curricula aims to help students discover connections between Jewish and secular topics, between themselves and the community

Community

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, and between their community and the world at large. Rashi's Jewish approach to learning

Learning

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 aims to help children engage with the world and grow into the people

People

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 they can become.

Rashi was founded in 1986. In 2006 it had an enrollment of approximately 300 students in grades K-8.

• Location: 8000 Great Meadow Road. Located actually within the New Bridge Campus for Hebrew Senior Life; a consequent relationship with the elderly there has been formed.
• Neighborhood: Dedham
• Phone: 617.969.4444
• Hours: 8am-3pm school day, with after-school programming available until 6pm
• Ages: 5 to 14
• Cost: $19,400-$23,200
• Email: rashi@rashi.org
• Web: http://www.rashi.org

The school

School

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 prides itself on its affiliation with the Reform Movement and its strong commitment to Social Justice

Social justice

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