Middle School News

Ramaz sixth graders have strong feelings about the war in Israel and about the recent rally in Washington, D.C., which they attended with their families or watched via livestream at school. Students in the English classes of Ms. Dodd and Ms. Hirschfield were asked to reflect on what the rally meant to them. They responded with beautiful reflections...

Seventh and eighth graders had a real treat on Monday: they were invited to attend the private concert of Israeli pop star Ishay Ribo at the Upper School! Their teachers did not want them to miss out on the excitement, especially since the seventh and eighth graders will soon be joining the Upper School themselves. They attended this once-in-a-lifetime...

Ramaz had the honor of welcoming Mayor Eric Adams to a special assembly at the Middle School last week! The school presented him with the Thanks-for-Giving Award and thanked Mayor Adams for all that the city has done to protect Jewish New Yorkers and Jewish schools, and for standing with us in support of Israel. Mayor Adams, in turn, thanked Ramaz for the Jewish people's history of helping...

The Middle School has launched a new monthly team-building program for sixth grade boys! The program’s goal is to help foster respectful and inclusive relationships during what can be a challenging time of social, emotional, and academic growth. In the first installment, which occurred this week, they tackled the fun “Marshmallow Challenge.” The boys worked in teams to build a structure with 20 pieces of spaghetti...

The Middle School was paid a lovely visit by the Upper School Chamber Choir! The choir came to perform for students, and during the show, they sang the beautiful "Lu Yehi," a song of hope written 50 years ago that became the anthem for the Yom Kippur War. It was a wonderful moment of bonding between...

Five fabulous fifth graders (Tamar R., Charlotte G., Suri Z., Elsa Z., and Roni G.) and several friends from the Lower School got together one recent afternoon and thought, "What can we do for Israel?" They made colorful bracelets and bought a variety of cookies and sold them to family, friends and passersby outside an apartment building. When they had finished...

To commemorate Kristallnacht (also known as the November Pogrom), Ms. Tzipora Ross addressed the Middle School about the events leading up to the devastation. She explained how the Nazis had imposed various laws limiting Jewish involvement in schools, businesses, and government jobs. By 1938, Jews were required to have a "J" on their passports and to adopt the middle name Israel or Sarah. She also described...