by Laura Purdom | Feb 26, 2021 | News
Tamara Rosenthal We are pleased to announce that we have hired Tamara Rosenthal as our new nursery school lead teacher. Tamara is a trained Waldorf early childhood teacher. She was the early childhood assistant at Ashwood last year and rejoined the EC faculty in...
by Laura Purdom | Feb 26, 2021 | News
What do you do for all-school games when it’s too icy to ski or sled? Otter sliding, of course!
by Laura Purdom | Feb 26, 2021 | News
On February 10, the faculty held a meeting to announce teaching assignments and class configuration for the 2021-2022 school year. Class teacher assignments for next year are as follows: Class 1-2, Elizabeth Doshi; Class 3-5, Robert Kaczor; Class 6-8, Laura Purdom. To...
by Laura Purdom | Feb 12, 2021 | News
For all-school games today, the grade school students went for a morning ski. Nothing new about that, but this time there was twist. For a Valentine’s treat, they hitched up the kindergarteners’ sleds and gave them a ride in the wintery woods!
by Laura Purdom | Feb 8, 2021 | News
Class 4-8 has taken up the ukulele in music class this term. The little instrument lends itself to a certain amount of clowning around, as you can see from these photos. Linnea and TuckerFayeOliverAmiCeriClementineFrances
by Laura Purdom | Feb 5, 2021 | News
Students in the upper grades have been painting dot mandalas—ancient, sacred symbols of the universe. We began by designing and painting a mandala on paper. Smooth river and beach stones were washed and designs were sketched with compass and straightedge. Using a...
by Laura Purdom | Feb 5, 2021 | News
On January 27, we had a wonderful start to our series of monthly virtual open houses. With the theme of “Where Do They Go from Here? How do Ashwood students fare in high school and beyond,” participants Jesse Snider ’11 [sarah: can we look up his...
by Laura Purdom | Dec 1, 2020 | News
Like many other Waldorf schools, Ashwood observes a number of annual festivals. Some of these events are celebrated with the participation of families and/or the wider community. Others are in-school festivals that may or may not include the participation of parents....
by Laura Purdom | Dec 1, 2020 | News
by Elizabeth Doshi, Class 1, 2, 3 teacher Each student in grades 1, 2 and 3 now has a whimsical and functional mug to drink water from at school. The class hand built the ceramic mugs over many days and with great care and creativity. They recently received their mugs...
by Laura Purdom | Nov 18, 2020 | News
Let the sunshine and flowers in these Grade 1-3 watercolor paintings brighten your November day!
