Kindness to the Young Ones on Halloween

Many of you demonstrated kindness to your younger schoolmates during today's Halloween festivities.  I saw you telling the children how much you liked their costumes and interacting with them in a gentle, encouraging way.

At the end of the day, I especially enjoyed the way that you enthusiastically welcomed Ms. Malin's son to school and played with him on the turf.

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During class today, we began reading and talking about some of the "big ideas" of religious belief. You all came up with a range of fascinating questions, including:

Seppi and Caroline: How many different religions are there?

Amanda: People think of new beliefs every day, so it's not possible to pinpoint the exact number of religions that exist.

Ethan: I'd like to clarify Seppi and Caroline's question.  A better question is how many primary religions are there?

Sam: Is it a good thing to have lots of different religions, or would it be better to just have one religion?

Becca: Why do some people say their prayers out loud while other people say them silently?

Kimball: Why are high places so significant in many of the religions?

Jack: How do the various religions choose their priests or other holy people?

Natalie: It depends on the religion. Some religions have rules about who can be a leader. For example, some Christians think that women cannot be priests.