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.
Is Santa Claus Real?
"If you want Santa Claus to be real, then you have to be like Santa Claus." Many of you who have told the Santa Claus story to your children, have been concerned about how to handle their disappointment when they realize the myth isn't real. Although it sounds very...
2009-2010 RMCS Annual Report
The Board of Directors has just released the latest annual report. The report contains information regarding academic performance, financial performance, goals for the year ahead, and much more. Download the 2009-2010 RMCS Annual Report.
Rainbow's Inclement Weather Policy
With snow, sleet and low temperatures forecast for this Sunday and Monday we maybe looking at a delayed opening or a snow day this coming Monday. It is important that parents check the WLOS school closings/delay information on any day that weather and/or ice is...
Rainbow's Middle School Students Clean Up Their Adopted Spot
Twice a year, Rainbow's Omega class takes a field trip in their west Asheville community to their adopted spot on State Street and Amboy Road. It started two years ago when the class, a combined seventh and eighth grade, planted native elderberry bushes provided by...
Moog Foundation Video Featuring Rainbow Graduate
Rainbow Mountain parent, Steven White, recently produced a video for the Bob Moog Foundation. The Foundation's MoogLab project is in the running to win a $250k grant from Pepsi Co. "MoogLab brings electronic instruments like Theremins and synthesizers into underserved...
Green Commuter Kids
Being Green really does make a difference, and at Rainbow, kids know it! Over a dozen students at Rainbow Mountain were awarded the "Green Commuter Award." Each certificate says that this child "recognizes that we can help make the world a better place by...
Congratulations, You Have Been Nominated!
"I'm totally surprised and have never been more honored in my entire life..." Those were my words as I proudly accepted the PEACE PRIZE. The Fourth/Fifth grade "Fantastics" are studying twelve different Peace Prize Laureates from all parts of the world through the...
Awaken!
Executive Director, Renee Owen are volunteering to present the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium at Rainbow Mountain Saturday, November 6, from 10am to 5pm. FREE! Bring a pot luck dish. Students are welcome, but content is recommended for 7th grade and up. There is...
Rainbow Mountain's Parade of Costumes
Continuing one of our longest-held traditions, the entire Rainbow Mountain community gathered this morning to ward off evil spirits in a variety of creative costumes worn by students, teachers, and parents. The public is invited to campus tomorrow for the Halloween...
Kinobe Shares His Love of Music With Rainbow Mountain
Yesterday, Kinobe, came to Rainbow. He spent time with first, sixth and fourth/fifth grades. Saturday he will play with his band at Rainbow's Halloween Harvest Hoedown. Show starts at noon.
Changing the Education Paradigm
Here is a terrific lecture with animation that talks about where public education is today; how it got there, and what needs to change. Interestingly, all of the solutions are exactly what we already do at Rainbow Community School! (This is an 11 minute video. If you...
Time Stands Still
When I dropped by our second grade classroom this morning, I was invited to stay for Centering. For a moment, I hesitated to accept the teacher's invitation, then did. Slipping off my shoes and sitting down between two children, I noticed the wall clock read 2:00, not...
2010 Eighth Grade Graduation Speeches
Here are the videos from Rainbow's 2010 graduating eighth graders, all six of them. We miss them but are so excited to see them flourishing in high school.
Fire Safety Awarness
Captain Gillespie and his crew from Fire Station 10 had some sharing time with us today. They showed us what a fireman looks like in his fire fighting suit and mask. They also told us about fire safety, answered our hundreds of questions and showed us all the tools on...
Hero Day
Thursday was Hero Day, our fourth day of Spirit Week. We dressed up as Jane Goodall, John Muir, an astronaut, moms, doctors, and Mr. Rodgers. At lunch we ate with each other and shared who are heroes were. Then we played chase.
Great Expectations
How do we gauge how much to expect from our child?  For example, by the age of ten, my expectations of my oldest daughter were very adult-like, but every once in a while I would catch a glimpse of her from a distance, and I would realize how little she still...
Book Signing
A Pink Dolphin Bringing People Together Rainbow 4th-grader, Thomas McDermott Post, and Mayor Billy Keyserling of Beaufort, SC, came together Monday for a book signing and discussion. Their book, A Pink Dolphin, tells a story about community coming and working together...
Rainbow Day: Show Us Your Rainbow
Wednesday was Rainbow Day. Everyone came in every hue from top to toes. We had a pep rally on the deck where each class shared their chant and we sang a song about opposites in Spanish. It was loud. It was bright. It was Rainbow. What a great group of children!
