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On December 20, the IDEAL community celebrated its annual Peace & Light Ceremony at Edmond J. Safra Hall. This year’s Peace Ambassadors shepherded the program, welcoming readers and performers throughout the event. Students from each grade and advisory read their communal peace pledges and handed copies to Ms. Wolfe. Every Lower School student participated in a musical number or three, and Upper School music students performed “Glory” by H.E.R. and “I Need More Love” by Robert Randolph and the Family Band. Photos from the event are in this Facebook album. Thanks to IDEAL parent Manny Colon for additional photography.
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![students look at a quilted artwork of Shirley Chisholm]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1736711746/ideal/prwyplkyiwbueehyckaz/Brooklyn_Museum_square.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1736711746/ideal/prwyplkyiwbueehyckaz/Brooklyn_Museum_square.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1736711746/ideal/prwyplkyiwbueehyckaz/Brooklyn_Museum_square.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1736711746/ideal/prwyplkyiwbueehyckaz/Brooklyn_Museum_square.jpg","width":1000}])
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