(RICHMOND, Va.) -- The Rainbow Station at Boulders school, which offers extended day nursery school and preschool programming as well as educational programs for children ages infant to 14 years old, is hosting a block party next Saturday that is free and open to the public.
The "Rock the Boulders!" event is open to children up to age 14, who must be accompanied by an adult. The block party will start at 10:00 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m. and will include the following activities:
Games including Balloon Toss, Rubber Duckies and a Hula Hoop Contest
Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest (for ages 6 and up)
Sack Races
Bike Parade where children can decorate their bikes and participate in the parade
Face Painting
Bowling
Craft table with organized activities
Bounce House
Refreshments
Booths run by the Chesterfield Fire Department and the Virginia Department of Health to provide information and answer questions that parents may have
Raffle to raise money for the Make a Wish Foundation. The prize is a week of free tuition for current families and those who register within 30 days of the event.
Open house for the on-site infirmary "The Get Well Place" along with a "Teddy Bear Clinic" where children can bring their favorite teddy bear or doll to the infirmary to get "treatment" of a band aid.
Tours of "The Village," the school based on freedom and choice where children attend curriculum-driven activities in the Apothecary, Arcade, Art Gallery, Café Rainbow, Club 5, Gymnasium, Theater, Toy Shoppe and the Village Green.
The Rainbow Station at Boulders school is located on a two-and-half acre campus at 7421 Boulder Springs Road in Richmond. The school provides year round educational programs including summer camps and before- and after-school programs with buses that transport the children to and from a total of 13 elementary and middle schools located throughout the Richmond and Chesterfield area. The hours of school operation are 6:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
A strong draw for parents is Rainbow Station's infirmary located in an architecturally separate building on the campus attended by a full-time pediatric nurse so that parents have emergency back-up care when their child is mildly ill. "The Get Well Place" has a dedicated HVAC system designed to prevent any cross contamination, and is additionally equipped with a room with reverse ventilation to further prevent the spread of respiratory illness within the infirmary. The infirmary is open to all children in the community regardless of whether or not they are enrolled in Rainbow Station.
Rainbow Station has received many accolades over its 20 year history. The Greater Richmond Better Business Bureau recognized Rainbow Station's marketplace integrity by awarding the Torch Award in 2006 - 2007, and, in a later competition, the International Better Business Bureau named it a top five finalist in 2008 for marketplace excellence. More recently, Rainbow Station was honored by being named to the Center for Companies That Care 2009 Honor Roll and by receiving the Richmond Human Resources Management Association (RHRMA)'s Employer All Star Award for Workplace Excellence for the second consecutive year.
About Rainbow Station
Rainbow Station is headquartered in Richmond with four schools in the Richmond area with additional locations throughout Virginia, North Carolina and Texas for an overall total of nine campuses. Rainbow Station serves children ages 0-14 with extended day programming. Additional programs include before and after school care and summer camps. The multi-acre campuses include the highly unique feature of providing "The Get Well Place," an infirmary attended full-time by a pediatric nurse. The infirmary is located in a separate building and is equipped with a reverse ventilation system for children with infectious conditions such as Chicken Pox or the flu. Academically, each campus offers a specially constructed "Village," a recreation program based on freedom and choice for the school aged child where they attend curriculum-driven activities in the Apothecary, Arcade, Art Gallery, Café Rainbow, Club 5, Gymnasium, Theater, Toy Shoppe and the Village Green. Additional information on the campus is available on its website, www.rainbowstation.org or by calling the school directly at 804-272-0641.
-Amy Bannon
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Rainbow Station Will Be the First Preschool to Incorporate Covey's 7 Habits of Happy Children
"We only get one chance to prepare our students for the future. What are we going to do with that one chance?" Dr. Stephen R. Covey, world-famous author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®
This April, I was thrilled to be a part of a Greater Richmond Chamber Inner City Visit to Raleigh, North Carolina. While there, the business leaders on the trip were blown away by one of our stops at a local elementary school. It was the highlight of our visit and everyone came back to Richmond ready to try to duplicate what we had seen. Because of this experience, I knew we had to not only prepare our children academically for their future educational endeavors, we needed to give our children the opportunity to develop essential life skills and characteristics needed for success in the 21st century. As a result, we are actively seeking to enhance our Rainbow Station curriculum based on this serendipitous visit. Our administrative team received leadership training in July with the idea that all of our faculty and staff will receive this same training starting in August and continuing throughout the fall semester. This training based on Stephen Covey's work, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Sean Covey's work, The 7 Habits of Happy Children will enable our teachers to begin to develop leadership skills in our preschool and Village programs by integrating these skills into our core curriculum and everyday language. This is not “one more thing” teachers will have to do. This training will become a part of our culture, gaining momentum and producing improved results year after year, benefiting our preschool, our Village and our children by
Developing self esteem
Developing self confidence
Decreasing discipline referrals.
Developing character and leadership through existing core curriculum.
Improving academic achievement.
Providing leadership training and professional growth for our faculty and staff.
This April, I was thrilled to be a part of a Greater Richmond Chamber Inner City Visit to Raleigh, North Carolina. While there, the business leaders on the trip were blown away by one of our stops at a local elementary school. It was the highlight of our visit and everyone came back to Richmond ready to try to duplicate what we had seen. Because of this experience, I knew we had to not only prepare our children academically for their future educational endeavors, we needed to give our children the opportunity to develop essential life skills and characteristics needed for success in the 21st century. As a result, we are actively seeking to enhance our Rainbow Station curriculum based on this serendipitous visit. Our administrative team received leadership training in July with the idea that all of our faculty and staff will receive this same training starting in August and continuing throughout the fall semester. This training based on Stephen Covey's work, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Sean Covey's work, The 7 Habits of Happy Children will enable our teachers to begin to develop leadership skills in our preschool and Village programs by integrating these skills into our core curriculum and everyday language. This is not “one more thing” teachers will have to do. This training will become a part of our culture, gaining momentum and producing improved results year after year, benefiting our preschool, our Village and our children by
Developing self esteem
Developing self confidence
Decreasing discipline referrals.
Developing character and leadership through existing core curriculum.
Improving academic achievement.
Providing leadership training and professional growth for our faculty and staff.
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