Construction recently began on a state-of-the-art facility for Jewish day school Rashi School in the Hebrew SeniorLife Campus, NewBridge on the Charles, in Dedham.

With this project, the Rashi School – which is currently located in Newton and home to 300 students in grades K-8 – will secure a permanent home after moving numerous times in its 22-year history, according to a statement.

Rashi secured $23 million in tax-exempt bond financing issued by MassDevelopment and purchased from Century Bank, and has selected Suffolk Construction to complete the work. 

Slated to open in fall 2010, the new privately funded 82,000-square-foot building, designed by HMFH Architects Inc., and will be LEED-certified, meeting the standards of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.