While entering yet another year of the pandemic, the debate of whether snow days should become remote learning days has become relevant yet again. Students want to know whether Zoom will replace what were...
In the past few months, a movement emerged among those opposed to mask and vaccine mandates that promotes wearing yellow Stars of David with words such as “unvaccinated” or “no vax” written in...
If not now, then when? At what point will we finally be able to say goodbye to our masks? If one were to have asked me this question in March 2020, I would have responded with the obvious: “once most...
Winter Break is supposed to be a calming time for students and faculty members at Ramaz. A week and a half hiatus involving airplanes and rest before we all start hunkering down for finals. Unfortunately,...
As Winter Break neared, and COVID-19 cases spiked among the students and faculty of Ramaz, rumors of Zoom school returning for the week of Winter Break began to spread. And finally, on Sunday evening,...
Why are students afraid of the nurse? Is she scary? Does she bite? What is everyone so scared about? Well, the “scary school nurse” phenomenon commenced when we returned to in-person learning last...
Often, the highlight for Ramaz Upper School first-years is the Freshman Shabbaton, where the grade has the opportunity to go on a two-day trip, have Shabbat together, and engage in countless activities...
For the first time in Ramaz history, a student was allowed access to the monthly meeting of the faculty and the administration.
Ramaz faculty met for their third faculty meeting this year on Wednesday,...
Romi Chaovat ’24
Every student, not only at Ramaz but throughout the world, has their own unique opinions and experiences when it comes to Zoom school. Some people loved it because studying in the...
The ability of the administration to enforce school rules can be much more intricate than expected. There are some school rules that are extremely clear cut: they are easily enforced, clearly understood,...
This Thanksgiving will be unlike any other Thanksgiving as a result of new challenges while adjusting to our “new normal”. Although some people have a strong desire to revert to our “pre-COVID”...
I do not believe that Ramaz students should be required to wear face masks to school this year. The major political polarization around the issue of masking children in schools is making it hard to have...
