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[quote=Anonymous]Gosh, I have to disagree and say that I think Oneness-Family School is a very good school and truly a rare gem among the DC/MD options. Our daughter began in the pre-K program at Oneness Family School and is now in third grade there and thriving. The school is a progressive, international Montessori school that teaches and honors all the major religious traditions of the world. They have a strong social and emotional learning component and very good academics plus art, yoga and foreign languages. The founder was indeed a student of Sri Chinmoy and wanted to help nurture peace in the world by creating a school that provided peace education as part of the curriculum. Chinmoy was popular for a while, particularly in the 1980s, and died four years ago. I personally quizzed the founder early on about Chinmoy because I knew of the history. I have to say that as someone with years of experience at the school, the best of an Eastern religious perspective is present there: support for the inner life and understanding of how our inner lives affect our lives in the world. The school has been happily housed for more than 20 years on the grounds of St John's Episcopal Church. As an Episcopalian who also values meditation, I think the school offers children the special gift of an interfaith and global understanding that is a really important educational foundation for today's pluralistic world.[/quote]

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