Kaleidoscope
From the desk of Susie Fahrer
The Rainbow Seven Domains™
Director’s Welcome
The Future of Learning
Very Inspiring! Here I am with legendary Harvard professor, David Perkins. He just laid out a beautiful, succinct formula for 21st Century Learning.
A New Era
Asheville’s oldest alternative school enters a time of renewal. We are transitioning our name to Rainbow Community School, but, to avoid confusion and ensure continuity we will continue to also use the...
Renee Owen on Panel Discussion at UNCA, hosted by Department of Education
The film Race to Nowhere documents the ramifications of America's achievement culture. Hosted by UNCA Department of Education, the film will be viewed in the Highsmith Student Center at UNCA at 7pm,...
My Hero
There she is: Ina May Gaskin with me at AB Tech, where she spoke last night. Many of us who had our children at home wouldn't have had the courage to do so without Ina May's book, Spiritual Midwifery....
April Kaleidoscope: Scopes out the many colorful things happening from the Executive Director’s point of view.
Introducing New Faculty Members! Great News! Sue Ford has agreed to be our new music teacher, beginning with the 2013-14 school year. She has also begun working with a few Rainbow grades this year --...
How creative are you?
"The actual meaning of the word 'original' doesn't mean trying to be different. It means being connected to the origen. You can't be original by trying to be original. You become original by staying true...
The New Teacher
What are we looking for in a new teacher? Since we believe in developing the whole child, then our teachers have to be accomplished in all seven domains: spiritual, mental, creative, emotional, social,...
Rainbow Mountain – Asheville’s Finnish School
Without equivocation, Rainbow Mountain Children's School is a unique learning environment. Everyone knows it the minute they step onto campus. Although Americans would find Rainbow's education very...
Do we have free will?
That is the raging argument among my teenagers right now. Ha ha ha. I guess this is why I have been obsessed with providing my children with the best possible education: So they have passionate arguments...