Leah Joshua

Elke Selinger

Meet the Rashi Mads!

Hello everyone! This is Leah Joshua and Elke Selinger welcoming back the Rashi Times. We are so excited to be the new editors of our House paper and we can’t wait for you to join the Rashi family as we begin 2024. 

We hope the Rashi Times articles can be full of Rashi highlights, upcoming House events and competitions, and the achievements of our fellow Rashians. Our articles will follow Rashi’s journey to victory, as well as tutor sessions and House Assemblies. 

We interviewed Willow Gelin and Elise Kitchener, our 2024 Rashi House Captains, to learn more about them and their interests.

Here is more about them, what they love, and some of their best advice:

Best wellbeing/study tip to other Rashians

Elise: Whenever you feel like you are really stuck with school work, jump in the ocean or do something you love. It’s really freeing and you can start with a fresh mind. 
Willow: Starting is the hardest part but once you are in it, don’t forget to take breaks

Favourite colour

Elise: Sage Green
Willow: Dusty Blue

What is your spirit animal

Elise: Dolphin – I love swimming and diving like a dolphin. If I could choose to live in the sea or on land, I’d choose the sea.
Willow: Owl – because I am very wise and I can turn my head 360 degrees “woo woo”.

Favourite food

Elise: I’d also have to say either pasta or pad thai.
Willow: Definitely pasta!

Something people wouldn’t guess about you

Elise: I hate reading, but I love listening to books.
Willow: I’m graduating this year at 16.

Biggest piece of advice to other Rashians

Elise: In the younger years, don’t put too much effort into school or you’ll burnout. Relax, don’t worry about it, because it really doesn’t matter. 
Willow: Make the most of every moment no matter how big or small because in the end they all matter and contribute to who you are as a person.

Favourite Rashi memory

Elise: House Music! Last year, we were right at the front of the stage. Being older makes you appreciate it more, because you realise you’re not going to have many more of these left, so you really learn to make the most of it. 
Willow: House Music! We didn’t get to do it for a few years because of Covid, so our first House Music (the year we broke the stage) was in Year 9. I’m a dancer and I sing, so it was a really fun experience and I’m really grateful to now be able to pass that on and create that in Rashi.

Favourite school department

Elise: Probably the Science Department
Willow: English – Mr Camp is my best friend

Special skill

Elise: I can imitate a water droplet sound with my mouth.
Willow: I can quote Taylor Swift at any given moment.

Favourite school subject

Elise: Biology
Willow: English Extension 1

Favourite book

Elise: Hands down, “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” by Holly Jackson.
Willow: On the more intellectual side, I love “If We Were Villains” by M.L. Rio, and on the nostalgic side, Percy Jackson’s “Titan’s Curse”.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next issue!