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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November 2024

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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  • Assembly featuring Class 1-2
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  • Children's Assembly
  • Class 5-6 & Class 7-8 Block Party
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  • Parent/Guardian-Teacher Conferences – No Extended Day Program – No Movers & Makers
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  • Parent/Guardian-Teacher Conferences – No School
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  • Walk through the Grades
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  • Movers & Makers
  • Board Meeting
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  • Assembly: Class 5-6 Presents
  • Lantern Walk
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  • Class 1-2 & 3-4 Parent Evening
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  • Grades 3-8 Field Trip: Dances with Ivory
  • Movers & Makers
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  • Grade School Games
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  • Thanksgiving Break – School Holidays
28
  • Thanksgiving Break – School Holidays
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  • Thanksgiving Break – School Holidays
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Campus Highlights

  • 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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  • One-potato, two potato at Erickson Fields Preserve

    One-potato, two potato at Erickson Fields Preserve

    Class 3-4 visits Erickson Fields Preserve to help harvest the potato and carrot crops. And then there were carrots!

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  • 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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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.