Tonight was Nishimachi's annual winter concert, and most songs had a "peace" theme. Peace and mutual understanding are key elements of the "Nishimachi values" they promote at the school, which was founded in 1949 by a US-educated Japanese woman, Tane Matsukata, to promote international understanding. That's one reason all students study English and Japanese.
The school song is called "Let Peace Begin with Me," and most students seem to take it to heart - or Lucinda does, anyway.
Lucinda wore a lovely red dress that we bought last summer in Denver. She was very composed at center stage during the song "Hanukkah Shalom." And the school borrowed our little menorah for that song, which was fun for our 2nd grader, too.
The school's only Christmas tree is decorated with origami cranes, also a symbol of peace in Japan.
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We have had much drawing and writing that will be sent on to Lu; I am to tell all of you that Elise loves the origami cranes.
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