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.
Thank You, Malaprop's
We would like to say Thank You, Malaprop's for donating so many quality books for our kid's raffle table at our annual Halloween Hoe Down last Saturday. It was quite a success. Malaprop's is voted over and over as the best bookstore in WNC by Mountain Express readers....
Got Elk?
I just spent two days with teachers in the Great Smoky Mountains on an Elk Trek. It was stunning! I can't wait to take a group of Rainbow students to some of the same spots! We saw the head bull with his "harem." We saw males sparring, heard bulls bugling, and watched...
Rainbow Mountain Summit
The Summit is a gathering of Rainbow Mountain parents and children and Asheville community members to co-create the future of Rainbow Mountain. The Summit is Phase I of a journey to define our center and to design future directions for RMCS. This is a unique...
Halloween Harvest Hoe Down
Join us this Saturday, 29 October on the school grounds from 12 to 3:30 for our annual Halloween Harvest Hoe Down. There will be live music, a magic show, bouncy houses, cake walk, a haunted house, activities, a kid's raffle food and more. Tickets for food and...
Our Storyteller
Oral storytelling is a rich tradition in the human race, and an important aspect of the curriculum at Rainbow Mountain. Reading stories from books is valuable, but when a someone tells a story orally something magical happens. They storyteller has no book between her...
3rd Grade Presents Biomes and Shelters of the World
Exploration; it holds excitement and adventure even when done from a third grade classroom. The 3rd grade Eagles recently set off for a global trek. First they studied their maps, longitude and latitude, landforms and continents. Then they packed their sunglasses and...
Social Intelligence
Research within schools has shown that the time spent on social curriculum – on team building activities, class meetings, character studies, and the like, which promote social skills—is not time taken away from academics. By training children how to get along with one...
Who Else Wants to Parent Better?
Are you ready to feel more joy, peace, and confidence in parenting? Do you want to find new solutions to old problems? Do you want to learn how parenting can be easier? You're invited to join Michele Bryan, Positive Discipline Facilitator and parenting consultant, for...
Peace Town; a Peaceful Place
Rainbow's second grade Cheetahs, as part of their thematic unit on community, have been busy designing what they envision as a peaceful town to live in. After learning about communities they discussed and decided what a peaceful town would look like. Then they...
School-wide Student Council Meets
Today Rainbow Mountain held it's first Student Council meeting of the year. Two students from each class, preschool through sixth grade, and three students from Omega, seventh and eighth grade, will meet monthly to discuss and generate ideas on school and community...
The Moss Garden in the West Asheville Garden Stroll
(Asheville, NC) - On September 10, 2011, the Moss Garden at Rainbow Mountain Children’s School will be a part of the 2011 West Asheville Garden Stroll. The Moss Garden was co-designed by the Third Grade this spring in collaboration with Annie Martin of Mountain Moss...
Andy Goldsworthy Inspires Preschool
(This post was blatantly taken directly from the preschool newsletter) Your children have been very enthusiastic about our study of Andy Goldsworthy. We started our exploration of environmental art by examining the textures, shapes and patterns evident in the natural...
Asheville's Artist for a Global Village
Rainbow Mountain is proud to be a sponsor for Sunday night’s Asheville’s Artist for a Global Village at the Orange Peel Come join “Everything Counts” and Asheville Artists as we rock and funk out, and raise money to send Rainbow’s own Andi Morrell and her...
Thank You Organic Mechanic
Our preschoolers love the tricycles. They ride them everyday; morning, noon, and after school. They have an oval loop they ride, chalk arrows pointing which way to go. Watching them will make you dizzy. I often have to walk by very quickly before the train of...
2011 8th Grade Graduation Speeches
This June we had five graduating eighth graders. Each graduate is required to give a speech at graduation. Each graduate decides their theme, writes drafts and revisions and practices until 6:30 that night, when dressed in an outfit that may not have been of their...
Rainbow Mountain Historic Building Feature in Asheville Citizen Times
Hey Asheville Citizens Time just published an article about our historic building. Interesting stuff.
Roughhousing – a developmental necessity
Remember tumbling around on the floor with your dad or having a pillow fight with your cousins? Fun, right? Well, it's also developmentally essential, especially for boys. To read all the fascinating reasons why you WANT your son to roughhouse, click on the following...
Mossin' Around at Rainbow
(Asheville, NC) - In May, a moss garden will be installed at Rainbow Mountain Children’s School in West Asheville. The garden is donated by Dulcita Love who met Annie Martin of Mountain Moss Enterprises at a Women in Business networking event hosted by VERVE magazine...
