Early Childhood

Warm and nurturing programs for the youngest children. Nursery, Preschool, Kindergarten, parent-child playgroup, and extended day offerings.

Elementary School

Holistic education of the “head, heart and hands,” grounding and nurturing a sense of wonder while broadening perspective on the world.

Middle School

Sharpening students’ intellect, their eye for beauty and accuracy, and their capacity to accomplish meaningful activities.

Our community, our classroom

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October 2024

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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  • ACF Meeting
  • Routine vision screening for grade school students
  • Movers & Makers
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  • Assembly: Class 7-8 presents
  • DEIB meeting
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  • 3-4 @ Erickson Fields
  • Movers & Makers
  • Strategic Planning Community Meeting
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  • Assembly featuring Class 3-4
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  • Indigenous Peoples' Day – no school
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  • Grades 3-8 School Presentation: Stories Maps Tell with Maine Maritime Museum
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  • Movers & Makers
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  • Clothing Swap Drop off
  • Grades 5-8 Field Trip: Romeo & Juliet
  • ACF Clothing Swap
  • ACF Clothing Swap
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  • Walk through the Grades
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  • 3-4 @ Erickson Fields
  • Movers & Makers
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  • Movers & Makers

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Campus Highlights

  • Michaelmas Pageant 2024

    Michaelmas Pageant 2024

    Will the the melancholy Moz and his merry friend Melody escape the mangy maws of the sea monster? Will courage prevail? Yes! (If only Moz can get his homework done.) A cast of enthusiastic 5th through 8th graders mounted a festive pageant for the Michaelmas season before an appreciative audience of 60-some grand friends and…

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  • Bubbleology

    Bubbleology

    Class 7-8 has been exploring the Platonic Solids. This week, they built these five unique polyhedra using paper straws and pipe cleaners. Then—why not—we dipped them in soapy water and… magic!

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  • Dying with Indigo

    Dying with Indigo

    Students in Class 1-2 worked joyfully with Ms. Swan to dye yarn using indigo from Ms. Swan’s home garden. As their busy hands worked, the burst forth in song. Scroll down for photos as well.

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Ashwood is accredited by the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA); the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC); and the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN). Ashwood is also approved through the Maine Department of Education. The Early Childhood program is licensed as a daycare by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.