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.
RCS Winter Program
Please join us in our auditorium for Rainbow's Winter Program! More details coming soon; check with your child's teacher for more information.
Thanksgiving Break
RCS will be closed November 24-28 for Thanksgiving break. Happy Turkey Day!
RCS Book Fair
Come to the RCS book fair! It starts Friday November 14, 2014. Parents can take a look during parent conferences! It will run through Wednesday November 19, 2014.
No Classes Nov. 13-14 – Parent Conferences
RCS will have parent conferences Nov. 13-14, 2014. Contact your child's teacher if you have any questions about conference times.
Grandparents’ Day – Oct. 6, 2014
All bright-eyed and eager to see their grandchildren, Rainbow Community's grandparents filled the new auditorium on Monday morning. They snacked on delicious muffins and coffee while they waited for the presentation to begin. As the RCS Director Renee Owen began, the...
Slow Food/ Slow Education
I love this article by Shelley Wright. She sounds like she is describing Rainbow Community School. http://plpnetwork.com/2014/08/26/time-fight-slow-education/
The Intersection of Art and Science
Yesterday, a journalist asked me, "Why are the arts important?" As a school that is educating students to be inventors and innovators, so they are "...prepared to be leaders in building a compassionate and environmentally sustainable world." I love the first point in...
New RCS Kiln
RCS Gets a New Kiln! With Gratitude….. Our new kiln has arrived! We would like to give a big shout out to two RCS parents who have been instrumental in helping to grow our ceramics program. Doug Smith, an amazing potter and father to Clay in Omega, who has been firing...
Summit Information
Our Summit is coming up on September 29. We hope that the RCS community really benefits from all the information that we want to share. As part of that meeting, we are inviting parents to be a part of small focus groups, where parents can provide their own...
Kaleidoscope – September 2014
Here we are – together – at Rainbow Community School, 2014. I would love to hear about your experience and impressions so far this year. What has intrigued your child? What have you learned? What has the staff learned? I think the most important thing I have learned...
Soulspeak Coming to RCS Auditorium
Soulspeak at Rainbow We are beyond excited! SATURDAY September 27th @ 7pm, Soulspeak Asheville will be helping us dedicate our new community center auditorium space with a youth poetry slam! WE ARE ALL POETS will feature 12 youth ages 12-21 from the WNC community...
Alumnus Allijah Motika – Creative Multi-Instrumentalist
Alumni News! We are so proud of all of our alumni. We have news from Allijah Motika who just graduated from Catawba College in May. He studied music, with a concentration in Popular Music and achieved summa cum laude. He received many honors while there, including...
Heart of the Matter: Educating the Innovation Generation, Part IV
How Can a School Promote a Culture of Innovation? As I enter the “Omega” (7th and 8th grade) classroom at Rainbow Community School, a large Buckminster Fuller-designed dymaxion world map is on the floor, the basis for a game where students are moving around chips that...
RCS Staff Does Professional Development at Sanctuary
Professional, Spiritual and Personal Development One of the most special things about Rainbow is how students and staff alike have opportunities to grow. Each person grows personally, professionally and spiritually. Before school starts in August each year, all staff...
School Closed: Teacher Work Day
RCS will be closed on Monday, November 3, 2014. This is a Teacher Work Day.
Halloween Harvest Hoedown
Please join us for the most awesome fall event ever! Come to our Halloween Harvest Hoedown. It's family-friendly with lots of fun things to do! It's on Saturday, October 25, 2014.
School Closed: Teacher Training
RCS will be closed on Monday, October 20, 2014. Teachers will be attending professional development trainings so they can stay on top of their game!
School Closed: Fall Break
RCS will be closed October 16-17 for Fall Break. We hope everyone has a restful few days!
