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Nan Peterson is the Director of Service Learning at The Blake School and a Shinnyo Senior Fellow. Her path to peace is to model and encourage service locally and globally.
This summer she has organized a trip for her students to Kenya with a service and science focus. Eleven Blake Upper School students and four adults will be staying at the Light of Hope Children’s Center in Naivasha.
Shinnyo-en Foundation supports The Blake School and Nan Peterson, Director of Service Learning at the Blake School in Minnesota and a Shinnyo-en Foundation Senior Fellow.
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Read more...A sixth grade class from The Blake Middle School (Nick Rathmann’s class) visited Bridging, an agency that serves people moving out of homelessness into housing. Last fall the class went on a tour at Bridging and noted the... Read more...
Frequently in many different ways, students cross intergenerational boundaries and one example of this is with senior citizens. Some sixth grade students made paper flower arrangements and created hand painted flower pots and filled them with live pansies. These... Read more...
On February 1st the United Nations launched the first World Interfaith Harmony Week which will annually be observed during the first week of February.
Recognizing that the moral imperatives of all religions, convictions and beliefs call for peace, tolerance and mutual understanding, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the week offers an opportunity to... Read more...
By Nann Peterson
Hopkins, Minnesota
January 10-14th, 2011
First Grade Peace and Friendship Project in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Faculty at The Blake’s Lower School believes students learn through personal involvement and active engagement with people, places, things and ideas. Through hands-on... Read more...
January 19th, 2011
Cake, balloons, music and fun- members of Blake’s Upper School Community Service Board didn’t miss a thing when they hosted a birthday party for their senior citizen friends as part of the Friendly Visiting Program.
Through Little Brothers: Friends of the... Read more...
Her Holiness connected deeply with so many participants at The Women’s Conference in Los Angeles on October 25th. The content and presentation of her remarks were professional, personal, and powerful.
How lovely Her Holiness looked! Her hair was beautiful; her suit simple and elegant; her scarf matched the set background. Her gentle beauty and soft voice drew us all into... Read more...
The junior class at Wayzata Community Church in Wayzata, Minnesota has worked with Simpson Housing Shelter as part of the Six Billion Paths to Peace and service study and action. The class Path to Peace was to learn about local homelessness and meet the needs of people experiencing homelessness. Simpson Housing is a Minneapolis shelter that provides shelter, support, and advocacy for people... Read more...
Once a month Blake School teachers offer after school tutoring and meals to a neighborhood close to Upper School. The faculty Path to Peace is to build meaningful connections with our neighbors.
“I don’t like green beans”
“Here are a few, just try them”
“May I have some more, and some of those mashed potatoes also?”
Ms. Nan Peterson is the Director of Service Learning for The Blake School located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is also the first and only Senior Fellow of the Shinnyo-en Foundation. Read more...
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