Category: Our Voice

Essentials of Waldorf Education

Join us on聽Monday, November 6, from 7:00 – 8:30 pm聽for an evening presentation and learn about how Waldorf’s unique and inspiring curriculum engages students and meets them at each stage of their development. There is a profound design behind Waldorf Education. Learn how the brilliance of Steiner鈥檚 Waldorf curriculum meets our children鈥檚 needs and spirit Continue reading.

First graders meet their teacher

Last Tuesday, 15 six- and seven-year-olds began their first day of first grade, and began their grade school experience with teacher Ms. Culhane. Colleen Culhane, this year鈥檚 first grade teacher, will be the primary teacher for this class for the next eight years. She will be with them as they lose their baby teeth, through Continue reading.

Our preschool and kindergarten is bustling with energy!

Teachers and students are filling our Early Childhood building with a strong sense of purpose and so much happiness. The children delight in the sandbox, the swings, the shady forest areas and the many trails through the woods. With such a full program, we have been taking turns on different playgrounds, providing many opportunities for Continue reading.

With gratitude and joy, we are ready for a new year

Our school is busy and filled with excitement, welcoming new members to our faculty and staff, and working together to create enriching curriculum and beautiful classrooms and grounds. We are just about ready for the students to return! While students and families are savoring the last bits of their summer vacation, our school has been Continue reading.

Beginning the year with a sparkle

Magical transformations are happening inside the Early Childhood and Grade School Buildings! We have been busy getting ready for the school year. Many thanks to the parents, teachers, alumni, and students who have come together to breathe new life and beauty into our school. Out of the imagination of dreamers… …abundant sweat equity from doers, Continue reading.

Wild Edibles Plant Walk

Join Elliot Cluba of Herbs and Arrows on聽Sunday, May 28 from 1:00-2:30 pm to learn how to identify, sustainably forage, and consume wild plants, while exploring their ecology and relationship to the landscape. Spring is here, and it’s a perfect time to take a closer look at the plants growing all around us! The walk Continue reading.

Kids, Teens, and Screens

Learn practical tools to help teach聽your children how and when聽to use devices responsibly. Led by Ken Hughes, an IT Specialist and Laura Slesar, a KidPower teacher. Wednesday, March 29 | 7:00-9:00 pm This practical workshop will cover: 鈥 How to set up parental controls on your聽devices to keep your kids safe 鈥 How to set Continue reading.

Winter Tree ID

Open your senses to the delicate differences from one tree species to the next during the winter. Led by Elliot Cluba of Herbs and Arrows. Explore the subtleties of winter tree identification based on buds, bark, shape, and growth patterns–during the time of year when the leaves no longer give us the easy answer. Led Continue reading.

Loving Limits in a Digital Age with Kim John Payne

We are thrilled to welcome #1 bestselling author and parenting counselor Kim John Payne, M.Ed., for a public lecture on 鈥淟oving Limits in a Digital Age: The simplicity parenting approach for real family connections in a virtually connected world.” In this two-day conference, Payne will explain why he describes himself as 鈥渘ot anti-screen, but passionately Continue reading.

A Day of Learning and Service

For the tenth year in a row, LCWS students and faculty have devoted their Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to community service鈥攑aying respect to the man who once said that 鈥淟ife鈥檚 most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?鈥 The day began with seventh through twelfth grade students watching a performance Continue reading.