by Webmaster | Dec 1, 2013 | News
The church property is in the background
Bill Sanders / wsanders@citizen-times.com
We’re getting the word out about our wish to expand Rainbow’s campus with the Capital Campaign. If you haven’t heard, we’re having a HUGE fundraiser on Saturday, December 7th called Rainbow Rising!
Our director, Renee Owen, had an interview with Asheville Citizen Times about Rainbow’s goal to acquire the property next to the school.
Some of the highlights included:
- About half of Rainbow’s Haywood Road frontage will be converted from a parking lot to a park for residents and visitors to use as a resting spot and place to interact with students through student-installed interactive informational displays.
- The expansion will dramatically increase the school’s role as a neighborhood resource, with space for new classes and events to join existing meditation classes, a mother-daughter group, parenting classes and the weekly services of the Church of the Garden.
Indeed, so many exciting things are happening, and the future of Rainbow is bright. The school definitely wants to have a bigger role in the Asheville community and one way to do that is with this expansion.
This opportunity is such an illustration of synchronicity.
Last year at this time, plans were in the works to build on the existing campus and staff and students were already bursting at the seams. Faculty circle is held in various classrooms, other classrooms serve as multipurpose rooms – such as the art room serving as an after-school space and the Spanish classroom doubling as a math classroom.
When Rainbow learned that the adjacent Church of God congregation had plans to move, and the fact that it is next door to the Rainbow campus, the Community knew it had to act. It’s one of those opportunities that was just too good to pass up.
Read more about the Asheville Citizen Times article in Sunday’s paper.
by Webmaster | Nov 29, 2013 | News
Our Third Grade Otters are making a difference!
They held a food drive so that families in the area would have food during the Thanksgiving holiday.
What a food drive it was!
The entire school participated and brought in so much food, here’s what West, our 3rd grade teacher reported:
The pantry at children first went from being almost from almost entirely empty to so full that we had to stop unloading boxes!
Indeed! Rainbow Community School and the 3rd graders delivered enough food to feed over 200 children.
Thank you to the Rainbow Community for helping us with this project. We were moved when we found out that 1 in 2 children in public school in the city of Asheville do not have enough to eat. Rainbow Community School is definitely committed to helping make a difference right here in our Asheville community.
by Webmaster | Nov 20, 2013 | News
We Are Making Progress!
We are heading towards our goal of acquiring the church property. We still need help, though.
Take a Tour
We want our community informed. Staff, students, families, and the greater Asheville community deserve to know exactly what Rainbow Community School aims to do: expand the school to increase the good work we do.
We invite you to take a tour. Many in our community have. If you haven’t, our Director, Renee, has been leading tours these past few weeks. There were tours yesterday and today. If you have missed this opportunity, we invite you to call the school to see why we want to expand our school, what our vision is, and how we plan to get there.
Mark Your Calendars!
What: Rainbow Rising! ~ A West Asheville Community Celebration
When: Saturday, December 7th
Time: 3:30-6:30pm
Place: Rainbow Community School – Over at the church property
Details: This is a family event. Adult activities and a fundraiser will be at the church property. This fundraiser will go toward our down payment to acquire this new property. Activities for children as well as childcare will be on the current RCS campus.
You need to RSVP for the free childcare by December 4th. Drop-ins will be $25/child.
RSVP: info@rainbowlearning.org
828-258-9264
Come one, come all! We will have our fundraiser over at the church property to help us meet our goal.
Childcare will be at the current RCS campus.
Capital Campaign Update
We are making headway toward our goal!
As of yesterday, we have over $115,000 in donations, pledges and verbal pledges.
But we can’t let our guard down, yet. We still have a ways to go.
We still need to reach our down payment goal of $200,000.
After this, we will still need to make changes to the property to adapt it for the needs of our Rainbow Community. Those costs and repairs are $400,000.
This means we are counting on you to help us reach our goals.
(Note: The Capital Campaign is different from our Annual Campaign. The Capital Campaign is to help us acquire the Church – think The Three C’s. The Annual Campaign helps teachers have supply monies for their classrooms, helps the school fund scholarships, gifts and much more.)
by Webmaster | Oct 30, 2013 | News
What happens when you put an amazing community, fun activities, a gorgeous Saturday afternoon and a fall theme together?
You get an awesomerockin’ Hoe Down!
What a huge success! We had cakewalks, facepainting, inflatables, music and so much FUN!
The proceeds will benefit our school.
Capital Campaign Update:
We also wanted to update you on our progress for the Capital Campaign: we stand at $65,000. We have until December 20th to reach our goal of $200,000 to buy the adjacent church property.
by Webmaster | Oct 8, 2013 | News
Today was a special day at Rainbow Community School.
We had a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for our new playground!
The Chamber of Commerce came to the school to help us host the event and we gathered as a community to celebrate our new playground.
It’s been a long while in the making: all last year, our students found places to play everywhere except the current playground!
Our hero, Max, is really the one who helped make our vision a reality and a special thank you to him for being the go-to person for all things “playground.”
Enjoy an awesome picture slideshow of our ceremony today!
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