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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March 2025

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
  • Open House & Pancake Breakfast
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3
  • Class 7-8 Tour of Blaine House & State House
4
  • Walk through the Grades
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6
  • Early Childhood Tour
  • Movers & Makers
7
  • Grade School Games
  • Class 1-2 Field Trip
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11
  • Class 1-2 & Class 3-4 Parent Evening
12
  • Meet & Greet with Sharon Polchies
13
  • ACF Meeting
  • Parent/Guardian-Teacher Conferences – No Extended Day – No Movers & Makers
14
  • Parent/Guardian-Teacher Conferences – No School
15
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20
  • Class 5-6 Play Performance
  • Movers & Makers
  • Board Meeting
21
  • Class 5-6 Play Performance
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25
  • Grades 5-8 Field Trip: "Matinicus" at Penobscot Theatre
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27
  • Movers & Makers
  • Public Lecture with Frances Vig: The Heart of Education
28
  • Faculty Work Day – No School
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Campus Highlights

  • Open House 2025

    Open House 2025

    The chilly and gray weather did not keep the crowds from our Open House event on Saturday, March 1. Current families and visitors all enjoyed a host of fun activities, including circus skills, dancing, singing, and a mini concert by alumni sister Linnea and Clementine Turesson.

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  • Cross-country skiing at Ashwood

    Cross-country skiing at Ashwood

    Whenever the weather allows, Movement teacher Rose Swan suits up with the students and takes the them out on the trails. The weather has been very cooperative lately!

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  • The Chemistry of Food

    The Chemistry of Food

    Students in Class 7-8 have embarked on an Organic Chemistry block and are discovering how sweet science can be. This week we looked at sugars—how they are used in the home and in our bodies. We built a sucrose molecule with M&Ms. We made peanut brittle, exploring what happens to sucrose when it’s heated, and…

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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.