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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January 2025

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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  • Winter Break – School Holidays
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  • Winter Break – School Holidays
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  • Winter Break – School Holidays
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  • First Day of Winter Term – School Resumes
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  • Walk through the Grades
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  • Early Childhood Tour
  • Movers & Makers
  • Board Meeting
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  • Introduction to the Grade School – Early Childhood Parent Evening
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  • Movers & Makers
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  • Assembly honoring MLK
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  • Early Childhood Tour
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  • Movers & Makers
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  • Class 1-2 Play Performances
  • Class 1-2 Play Performance
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  • Class 5-6 Parent Meeting
  • Middle School Science Night
  • Class 7-8 Parent Meeting
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  • Movers & Makers
31
  • Class 3-4 Animal Projects Open House
  • Class 3-4 Animal Projects Open House

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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.