Upper School News

On Veterans Day, we pause to express our hakarat hatov – our deep gratitude – to those who have served in the United States Armed Forces, truly embodying the spirit of “Hineni.” Students heard from current grandparent Samuel Bavli ’62, a captain and physician in...

Freshmen met basketball superstar Tamir Goodman, who energized them with vital lessons that apply both on and off the court. Throughout his career, Tamir regularly made sacrifices in order to maintain his Judaism, such as...

What an honor and privilege to hear firsthand testimony from a Holocaust survivor. This Kristallnacht, students teamed up with award-winning Holocaust documentarian Dana Arschin to interview Ruth Cohen, who was 14 years old when the Nazis deported her and her family to Auschwitz. Before...

The senior Honors English class took a trip to the Irish Arts Center to see Samuel Beckett’s dystopian, existential tragicomedy, Endgame, which falls under the category of "theater of the absurd." The students are reading that play, and his...

Students had an inspiring "Women in STEM" day at the Google Headquarters! On this trip through CIJE, they took a tour of the building and heard insights from Jewish professionals in the industry. The...

Seniors had the privilege of hearing a talk by Dr. Mario Livio, an astrophysicist and author of eight books, who was visiting Ramaz for a special partnership program with CERN. He gave a lesson on the Golden Ratio and how it...

Check out the two new episodes of our Upper School podcast, the RamPod, recorded by our very own students in Ramaz’s new newsroom and podcast studio! In the first episode, co-hosts...

Joseph K. ’26 was inspired by Ramaz’s Hurricane Relief Mission in Asheville, North Carolina last year and wanted to explore ways to help in our own community. So, he helped organize for Ramaz to partner all year with the Fuller Foundation, the founders of Habitat for Humanity. For...