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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February 2025

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  • Walk through the Grades
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  • Early Childhood Tour
  • Movers & Makers
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  • Grade School Games
  • DEIB Committee Meeting
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  • Class 7-8 Open Dress Rehearsal
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  • Class 7-8 Play Performances
  • Movers & Makers
  • Class 1-2 & Class 3-4 Parent Evening
  • Board Meeting
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  • SNOW DATE: Class 7-8 Play Performance
  • Class 7-8 Play Performances
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  • February Break – School Holidays
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  • February Break – School Holidays
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  • February Break – School Holidays
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  • February Break – School Holidays
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  • February Break – School Holidays
  • Grade School Games
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  • Movers & Makers
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  • Grade School Games
  • Grade School Games

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Campus Highlights

  • 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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  • The Things Nursery Children Say

    The Things Nursery Children Say

    by Elizabeth Roosevelt, Early Childhood Administrator and Lead Nursery Teacher The rhythm of our day in the nursery class allows teachers many opportunities to slow down. We are able to observe and bring intentionality to everything we do in the classroom, especially our interactions with the children.  Within the age span we have in the…

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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.