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May is an exciting time in the Physical Education Department, and one of the most anticipated events is Lag B’Omer, a day our students look forward to all year! In the weeks leading up to the celebration, students got ready by learning and practicing the wide variety of...

The Upper School has gone on another installment of its periodic סיור ספרים ("book tours"), known as the Tugendhaft Bookstore Tour after its founder, former US teacher Dr. Aaron Tugendhaft '95. US librarian Dr. Daniel Stein Kokin accompanied students to the McNally Jackson branch in Rockefeller Plaza after...

Second grade students have been continuing their exploration of nonfiction books, focusing on New York City landmarks like the Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, and Empire State Building. Through reading a variety of books and articles, they have learned how to identify key details, understand main ideas, and analyze text features such as captions, glossaries, and bold words. One of...

What better way to learn about orchestra instruments than by attending a concert by the New York Philharmonic? Ramaz sixth graders took a trip to Lincoln Center for 2025's installment of "Young People’s Concerts for Schools," this year titled, "The Future Is Innovation." In class, the students have been studying the different instruments and families of instruments in a classical orchestra. The...

In the latest iteration of the ongoing series of library-sponsored cultural outings, over twenty Upper School students and staff—and even a few prospective Rams—enjoyed a "Great" evening at the Broadway Theatre watching the hit Great Gatsby musical. Now in its centennial year, F. Scott Fitzgerald's savaging of those other "twenties," i.e. the "Roaring" ones, continues to engage readers of all ages and is a staple of the Upper School English curriculum. So...

Juniors took a trip to Yeshiva University for the annual Seforim Sale. Before browsing the thousands of books, they heard inspiring words from incoming Ramaz Head of School Dr. Noam Wasserman. Dr. Wasserman spoke to the students about the importance of investing in their personal Jewish libraries. He encouraged them to identify a subject about which they are passionate to learn, and to find books that...

Countless hours of preparation at the Upper School paid off for the Ramaz Mock Trial Team when they competed at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse downtown. This year’s (fictional) case, Manns v. Townes, couldn’t be timelier: it involves allegations that Sandy Townes, a high school student, used AI to produce...

For Holocaust Remembrance Day, a group of eighth graders went to the Italian Consulate, where they read the names of those killed in the Holocaust. On the trip, they met a great-cousin of one of the students, who is a 101-year-old survivor. They read alongside a priest from the United Nations, who...

A new week, a new opera! This time, attendees of the Upper School's HaSifriya Matziga (“The Library Presents”) series walked down to the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center to help make history. The occasion: the world premiere of State of the Jews, which tells the story of Theodor Herzl’s activism against the backdrop of...