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.
2014 RCS Omega Graduation – Speeches and Ceremony
Each year, we send off bright young men and women to start their high school careers. Every graduating student writes a speech and stands in front of their Rainbow family - parents, staff, and students - and gives us a glimpse of what his or her experience has been...
Field Day at Rainbow
Our student council voted earlier in the year to do a field day at the end of the year. They're making great strides at making a difference in their community. We began with a welcome ceremony at 10:30 in the morning. Students lined up according to their color....
Test Event
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Rainbow Community School Named Changemaker School
Imagine students who are leaders. Students with high social-emotional intelligence. Students who express deep levels of empathy. That's exactly what we're fostering at Rainbow and we are now part of the Ashoka Changemaker Network. Rainbow is one of 44 schools across...
Imagine! 2014
Our Rainbow Community has done it again: we've pulled off another spectacular production of Imagine! From preschool through Omega, students performed skits, songs and lessons all wrapped up in a greater exploration of the outer self. This year's Imagine performance...
Preschool Graduation 2014
What a special day it was for our preschoolers! RCS held their graduation over at the sanctuary on the new property. Before walking over, both preschool classes held a centering for one last time: Once students finished, they made their way to the sanctuary....
Rainbow Receives NC Green School of Excellence Award
Yesterday, the NC Green Schools team from the non-profit organization Reading, Riding, Retrofit came to Rainbow to give us a plaque with our award. We are now an NC Green School of Excellence. The Reading, Riding, Retrofit: The NC Green Schools Programs organization...
Kaleidoscope, May 2014
Kaleidoscope, May 2014: All the colorful things happening at Rainbow Community School, from the Executive Director What a marvelous time to be alive. Life is bursting forth! It’s an exciting time to be a part of the Rainbow Community, as one great thing after...
Personal Interest Projects
In Omega, students are responsible for a Personal Interest Project or PIP. A PIP involves research on a topic of the student's choosing but also includes three main components: a written paper 5-7 pages in length, a PowerPoint presentation, and a Creative Portion...
Students Starting Businesses
Interested in tie-dyed hats? How about some goat milk soap? Those are just two of the many entrepreneurial ideas happening in the 6th grade Alpha classroom. In fact, they're starting their own businesses! Starting the Entrepreneurial Project The sixth grade began...
5th Grade at LEAF – Elephant Revival
Our 5th grade Honeybees have been stretching their musical muscles. They worked with the band Elephant Revival learning about singing and songwriting. Here are our songwriter/singer 5th graders at LEAF in action: They did a great job with their performance and had a...
North Carolina Green Schools
http://youtu.be/swh3zZwzFuU (click to view full-screen - you'll be able to read all the text clearly) Rainbow Community School recently was recognized for its efforts at environmental sustainability and the innovative ways in which students and staff aim to learn...
How To Escape Education’s Death Valley
This is a powerful video by Ken Robinson entitled, "How to Escape Education's Death Valley." We, as a culture need to think about the Dropout Crisis and engage students. According to Robinson, in some communities, nearly 80% of students drop out of school. If we...
Kaleidoscope April, 2014
If you read Rainbow Reminders, you know that dear, venerable Mary is leaving the Rainbow office. It is not possible to “replace” Mary! We have to hire two people to take over her work. Kate Couture will be full-time Office Manager, along with some other duties, and...
Heart of the Matter: All for One! One for All!
Think back to when your inner voice first knew that you were going to send your child to Rainbow. While I am sure you did your due diligence – researching many schools, making sure the academic program was rigorous, making sure the teachers were highly qualified, and...
At Rainbow, we put Children First
Last week, we presented Children First with a check for $846, which was 25% of the fall Harvest Hoedown profit. Did you know that every class does a service project for Children First? First grade did a pajama drive and donated 67 pairs of pajamas to kindergartners...
Read about the ‘Overprotected Kid’
From the website of The Atlantic: "A preoccupation with safety has stripped childhood of independence, risk taking, and discovery—without making it safer. A new kind of playground points to a better solution." Read the entire article, "The Overprotected Kid,"...
Preserving the Magic of Childhood
Answering the questions of magic in childhood with Lusa Organics... "Are you the one who fills our Easter baskets?" "The question surprised me, though I had been waiting for it for years. Wondering when they would ask. Are you Santa? The Easter Bunny? And all...
