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The Rashi School Kindergarten Students Hold Fairness March
The Fairness and Equality March enabled students to participate in community organizing to promote positive change and social justice.
Kindergarten students at The Rashi School have been thoughtfully learning about aspects of visible and invisible identity, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and changemakers of the Civil Rights Movement. The Fairness and Equality March, held on February 17, is a cherished, all-school tradition but due to COVID had not been held the last two years. So it was especially meaningful for students and teachers alike to join together for this event.
Rashi faculty, staff and students lined up along the hallways—cheering, clapping and singing—as the Kindergartners held signs with messages such as, "Let people make their own choices,” “Let people rest when they are tired,” “Peace will come,” “Love yourself,” and “Let people play with you.” Social justice is an integral and vital part of The Rashi School’s curriculum, challenging children to develop real-world solutions to complex problems. Rashi Kindergartners help us all understand the timeless values Dr. King and other leaders have taught the world.
About The Rashi School
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Located on a 162-acre, multigenerational campus in Dedham, Mass., The Rashi School is the Boston area’s Reform Jewish K-8 independent school. Rashi is distinguished by exceptional academics, a strong sense of community and a deep commitment to Jewish learning and social justice. In our classrooms, children, adolescents, and adults form a community, learning with and from each other and cultivating critical minds and compassionate hearts.
Rashi’s diverse community welcomes all kinds of families including interfaith and Jewish+, two-mom/two-dad families, single parents by choice, Jews of Color, and multiethnic families. Our students represent 25 towns across Eastern Massachusetts.
