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Llamas raise their heads over the barnyard fence, children paddle across the pond in bright yellow boats, and a troop of young children and adults follow pygmy goats through the grass. It's a beautiful summer day at Riverfield Country Day School in Tulsa. Toddlers squeal down the slide into a deliciously muddy puddle, others splash paint onto paper with fly swatters. One class, sketch boards in hand, spreads out near the bridge to draw. Other children board the bus for swimming les-sons, and still others are off in the woods scooping clay from the creek. These activities invite our enthusiasm, but it is the interactions among and between children and adults that speak to the quality of life and learning in this place. And the heart and soul of what happens is pictured on our cover in the caring, positive, beaming commitment of Marty Clark - the woman who must never sleep! How else could she do everything she does?Riverfield was founded in 1984 by Marty and her husband, Tom, assistant head of Riverfield, working with a group of parents and teachers - all committed to providing an enriching environment where children could learn at their own pace in an all ...