The Rampage

Letter From the Editors

Letter From the Editors

To Our Dear Readers, Being part of The Rampage for the past four years has been incredible. For three years, we wrote for the paper, and this year, we were so excited to be your editors! We have loved...

Former VP of Ramaz Finally Elected President of Something (Israel)

Former VP of Ramaz Finally Elected President of Something (Israel)

Aviva Schilowitz ’24 July 19, 2021

Is it easier to become the President of Israel than President of the Ramaz Upper School? Maybe.  On June 2, Isaac “Bougie” Herzog ‘78, former Vice President of the Ramaz Upper School student...

Meet Your New GO

Meet Your New GO

July 19, 2021

Yona Weinstock, President As the GO president, I want to make next year an amazing year. This year was extremely limited, and as President, I hope to give every grade several opportunities to make up...

Ramaz’s Lowest Grade: The Energy Rating

Ramaz’s Lowest Grade: The Energy Rating

The New York City Benchmarking Law requires buildings over 50,000 square feet to display their energy and water production rates by its entrance. Though the purpose of this law is to reduce the number...

Celebration of the Arts

Celebration of the Arts

Rebecca Kalimi ’23 July 19, 2021

With New York’s Covid guidelines getting more lenient and allowing life to take in an extra ounce of normalcy, Ramaz students have been hoping for the end-of-year Celebration of the Arts to partially...

Goodbye to the Rotating Schedule

Goodbye to the Rotating Schedule

Nicole Hirschkorn ’22 July 19, 2021

The rotating schedule, a Ramaz staple, was used until last March when the pandemic first hit. The schedule, which consisted of rotating A, B, C, E, and F days, Winter Rosh Chodesh Fridays, M days, and...

Student Summer Plans

Student Summer Plans

Rachel Freilich ’22 July 19, 2021

After last summer, when most summer plans were cancelled due to the pandemic, this year Ramaz students are finding ways to create their own, unique summer. Even though some plans were cancelled, more programs...

3-Feet Social Distancing

3-Feet Social Distancing

Eric Kalimi ‘22 July 19, 2021

To comply with New York State Education Department (NYSED) guidelines at the beginning of the school year, the administration separated desks six feet apart. Because of how far apart the desks are, only...

Ramaz’s Academic, Competitive, Politics and Law Based Teams

Ramaz’s Academic, Competitive, Politics and Law Based Teams

Emily Vayner ‘23 July 19, 2021

Ramaz offers a plethora of academic, competitive, politics and law based clubs and teams, including Debate, Mock Trial, Model Congress, Model UN, and Moot Court. Each club is different from the other,...

Au revoir Madame Bellaiche

Au revoir Madame Bellaiche

Andrew Spielfogel ’23 July 19, 2021

Madame Bellaiche is Ramaz’s French teacher, and we are saying goodbye to her this year. Madame is moving back to France with her family, and she is very sad to leave the Ramaz community. Madame has been...

Competitive Sports are Back!

Competitive Sports are Back!

Though Ramaz has been able to provide after-school athletics since the start of second semester, there have not been any games or leagues with other schools– until now.  Tennis, baseball, and track...

Virtual Slides and Videos like this video about the Hillel at Maryland University were shown at the virtual college meetings.

Junior College Night

On the nights of April 24th and 26th, college representatives from numerous universities visited Ramaz– virtually, of course. Normally, these representatives would all flock to 78th street for in-person...

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