On March 10th our students continued exploring the idea of peace and principle 6: Work for a peaceful world.  There was lots of focus on personal peace. The 6th-8th grade class found peace with their hands and a quilling project. Then they tried a little meditation until there was a loud crash in the adjoining classroom and a voice said “Is there blood?” (Everyone is fine.)

The 3rd-5th grade class got a lesson in the connection between babies, the Grand Coulee Dam, and UU principles… (I’ll grossly paraphrase…) “And what’s the use of all this? Why… what’s the use of a new-born babe?” To which, after slight discussion, Zuri sang out “They grow up to be US!” (Indeed they do.) Babies are mighty fascinating so some of the students went to help in the nursery at the end of class.

The K-2nd grade class started with a discussion of making promises and breaking promises and how those things can make you feel. After a quick read of Rumpelstiltskin everyone painted pictures representing feeling good and feeling bad. View the results in the Jupiter classroom.

The Pre-K class talked about fish and how we can keep our environment clean and safe for them. Now there’s some beautiful fish art on the walls!

In the Nursery there was lots of playtime and then a few extra helpers. Thanks kids!