Welcome to the Rainbow Community School Blog!
RCS News and Updates
We are so excited to share with you everything that makes Rainbow such a unique blend of holistic education, academic excellence, social responsibility, and integrated community. Here you can find our reflections on the seven domains, our opinions on mindfulness in schools, our upcoming events, and how we’re revolutionizing education from the inside out. Explore the posts below to get a sense of what being part of the Rainbow community is all about.
FLIPBOOK: Science and Design Fair 2016
I love, love, love the design projects that you chose! You all “went big” - nobody played it safe and picked something easy. And here you go, making change in the world. This is why teenagers rule. - Niki Gilbert The students' innovative ideas to create change within...
Kaleidoscope – March 2016
Kaleidoscope: The many colorful things happening at Rainbow, from the Executive Director Hello beautiful Rainbow Community. I am so happy spring is here! It was a mild winter in terms of weather, but emotionally speaking, I found it hard to keep the ol’ disposition...
VIDEO: “Love is More” performed by the Omega Singing Group
In their first trimester electives, Omega students had the choice to take either Home Economics, Theater of the Oppressed, Advanced Art Techniques, Creative Writing Workshop, or Choral Explorations. These four brave 7th and 8th graders chose to deepen their...
VIDEO: “Let the Love Shine Through” Performed by Eighth Grade Students and Billy Goodrum
For the Annual Winter Program this past December the eighth grade worked with Billy Goodrum, acclaimed composer and musician, to create a totally unique originally composed song. In songwriting workshops students composed the melody and rhythm as well as wrote their...
Does this sound like you?
What type of parent are you? Read this checklist to see if you help your child build resilience. My favorite is "Make the adage that there are at least two sides to every story a mantra in your home." Nurturing Resilience: Reminding Ourselves What Kids Need
Is your child an introvert?
Rainbow Community School has always been a safe haven for introverted children. In a world where social aggressiveness has be glorified, especially in the competitive public education model, Rainbow has always had a way of understanding and honoring the power of the...
VIDEO: “Love is Action” with Seventh Grade Students and Billy Goodrum
Billy Goodrum, acclaimed composer and musician, as well as long-time Rainbow parent, worked with the seventh grade to create an originally written and composed song for last year's Winter Program. In intensive song writing workshops, Billy first worked with the...
VIDEO: “I Am Full of Love Tonight” Performed by the RCS Staff
Teachers and staff gathered together to sing the final song of our Winter Program. After a night of love made visible by the the children's heart-centered creativity and authentic expression, this cumulating song genuinely expressed our response to what we had seen...
Empowered Teachers = Empowered Students
Why does Rainbow have such dedicated, mindful, creative, and loving teachers? Because we follow every single one of the recommendations in this article. Teachers are still treated like blue-collar workers by politicians. At Rainbow they are highly respected...
VIDEO: “Love as Metamorphosis” Lyrics and Music by 6th Grade Students and Justin Pilla
"And just when you think you've got things figured out things change again..." The sixth graders share this powerful wisdom about the transformational power of love through their original song "Love as Metamorphosis". The melody and rhythm of the song parallel the...
VIDEO: “Animal Love” Performed by the 5th Grade Lamas
Our Winter Program featured many beautiful originally composed songs, but "Animal Love" was the only one written by a particularly student. 5th grader Lilly Fox was inspired to write "Animal Love" when she learned that the Winter Program's theme would be Love this...
EVENT: Hobey Ford performing “World Tales” at Rainbow Community School
This Saturday, the incredible Hobey Ford will be performing "World Tales" at the Rainbow Community Center Auditorium. Pre-sale tickets are $5 for children and $10 for adults ($7 & $12 the day of the show) Show starts at 4pm and is open to the public. Tickets can...
VIDEO: “Let Us Work Together For Love” Performed by the Fourth Grade Tigers
Inspired by Musical Director Sue Ford's vision of writing all original songs on the theme of Love for December's Winter Program, Susie Robidoux, 4th grade's fearless Lead Teacher, developed an entirely new unit on Love. She got her students started by asking...
VIDEO: “The Transformation Song” Performed by the Third Grade Penguins
The Third Grade Penguins sing to us of the transformative power of love in this touching music video. In December's Annual Winter Program Sue Ford, Rainbow's Music Director, helped each grade write original songs on the theme of love. The audience was touched by the...
VIDEO: “I Love My Life” Performed by the Second Grade River Otters
The 2nd grade River Otters wrote this original song in collaboration with their teachers for Rainbow's Annual Winter Program last month. As one 2nd grader put it best, "We wrote about how we know we're loved." Rainbow children grow up knowing their loved from the...
VIDEO: “Our Dear World” Performed by the First Grade Wolves
This year our Annual Winter Program featured all original songs composed by our students in collaboration with their teachers. Our Music Director, Sue Ford, took on this robust task with zealous passion and creativity. With "Love" as their muse, these First Grade...
EVENT: RCS Open House February 17th, 2016
Rainbow Community School is having an open house event on Wednesday, February the 17th from 4pm to 6pm. This is a drop in event and both parents and kids are welcome to attend. This is a great opportunity to meet the teachers, learn more about specific grades,...
Spiritual and Religious Education
Religious children are meaner than their secular counterparts, study finds by Harriet Sherwood for The Guardian If this study is accurate, and religious children are less compassionate, what about spiritual children? If we put people into four categories: 1. religious...