by Webmaster | Sep 21, 2013 | News
Today is the official International Day of Peace.
Our children celebrated on Thursday with a little play and poetry about what peace means to them, led by our 4th grade class.
We met at the outdoor stage and the whole community gathered to hear about peace.
Our 4th grade students leading our Peace Assembly
The International Day of Peace is sanctioned by the United Nations who began to formulate this day as early as 1982. The UN General Assembly uses this day to encourage a day of cease-fire all over the world and asks all nations and all peoples to adopt or strengthen ideas of peace.
In 2001, with the help of James Gilley, a British citizen who petitioned world leaders to adopt and observe a day of peace, the UN ratified the 21st of September as the official International Day of Peace.
“On this International Day of Peace, let us pledge to teach our children the value of tolerance and mutual respect. Let us invest in the schools and teachers that will build a fair and inclusive world that embraces diversity. Let us fight for peace and defend it with all our might.”
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
At Rainbow Community School, we strive to uphold the virtues of tolerance and mutual respect.
Traditionally, the UN as well as many world leaders observe a minute of silence at 12 noon in all time zones.
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has a Message for Peace on this day. (Click on the link to see his message.)
Ideas for Celebrating Peace Day
If you would like to participate in celebrating this day of peace with your child, there are many things you can do.
- Light a candle with the help of an adult
- Get a peace lily
- Read about peacemakers
- Adopt peace
- Organize a peace march
- Write a poem about peace
- Make a peace crane
- Print out some peace quotes and post them in your room/home
- Make a peace chain
by Cynthia Calhoun | Dec 28, 2018
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by sandra | Jan 26, 2012 | News
The Children’s Global Peace Project has been at Rainbow Mountain this week training teachers and students with a peace curriculum. The program focuses on learning about and teaching cultural diversity and learning tools to help find our peaceful center. The ultimate goal of the program is to gain understanding of three peace skills: assessing peace within, being peaceful toward others, and living together peacefully. Today, they worked with several classes guiding them through a peaceful mediation process to help students strengthen their peaceful communication skills. Many thanks to the Global Peace Project for all the great work they are doing in the world!
by Renee Owen | May 31, 2012 | News
Here they were 4 years ago, graduating from Rainbow Mountain!
News Flash: There are 7 high school seniors graduating who previously attended Rainbow Mountain: 6 of them attended RMCS through 8th grade and one through 7th grade. Five of them were at Asheville High School High or SILSA (the all-honors alternative school at Asheville High), and two are out of state. Of the Asheville Seniors:
Paris Sigler: National Merit and top 10 seniors. Paris was accepted to every college she applied to, and decided to attend American in DC. Paris was accepted into American University’s Honor program and received a Frederick Douglass scholarship. Frederick Douglass scholars are selected on the basis of high academic achievement, leadership potential, demonstrated community service, and impressive cocurricular involvement.
Shannon Waldman: Discrete Math Honors, Current Affairs Honors, National Honors Society, top ten seniors of SILSA….and the SILSA Principal’s Award. The Principal’s Award is THE award, given to the student who most embodies the traits that define intellectual inquiry. Shannon is going to attend Warren Wilson College, where she won their service scholarship!
Devin Hanaway: National Honors Society, top ten seniors of Asheville High. We are waiting to hear what Devin’s college plans are.
Melissa Hahn is Valedictorian of ASheville High and National Honors Society. Melissa has been accepted into the music program at U of M, which is very competitive.
Kaya Greenfield graduated early and is already attending Appalachian State.
There are two more seniors who are out of state:
Dylan Glasgow is in Florida. All we know so far is that he will be attending Appalachian State.
Cathy Clarke is graduating from Mercersberg Academy in Pennsylvania. Here are her senior awards:
Cum Laude society, President’s Education Award, Class Orator at Commencement [mom’s note: Next person to use the podium that day was Madeline Albright!], English Composition award, European History award, Yale Aurellian Award, Theater award, 3rd Place-Declamation (annual speaking contest), 3-D Merit Award (Mid-Atlantic Prep League Art exhibition). Plus, she was the first junior editor of Mercersberg’s national award-winning literary magazine! Cathy will be attending Macalester College in Minnesota.
We are so very proud of our alumni, and know that our current 8th graduates will fill their footsteps!
by Cynthia Calhoun | Mar 11, 2016
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