by Sarah Ewing | Nov 29, 2022 | News
by Sarah Ewing | Nov 29, 2022 | News
To complement their studies of the Italian Renaissance, Class 7-8 is getting a feel for what it was like for Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Their assignment: to draw a detail of “God Creating Adam” on a piece of paper taped to the...
by Sarah Ewing | Oct 18, 2022 | News
by Sarah Ewing | Oct 12, 2022 | News
Class 3-4 visited Erickson Fields Preserve for their Agricultural Arts class with Ms. Swan. They harvested 400 pounds of potatoes and pulled in all of the rest of the green and occasional red peppers.
by Sarah Ewing | Sep 15, 2022 | News
Class 7-8 made bubble wands out of wire or wood in the shape of three of the Platonic solids: cube, tetrahedron, and octahedron. We found that each of the shapes, when dipped in bubble solution, formed a tiny double version of itself.
by Rachael Kozielec | Jun 10, 2022 | News
Over the course of the spring, class 3, 4, 5, measured lengths and angles, cut boards, fastened, and weather-proofed two early childhood-sized picnic tables. Each student had a chance to learn and practice each skill and could measure, cut, hammer and drive screws...
by Rachael Kozielec | Jun 9, 2022 | News
Our early childhood classes’ resilience was tested again on the days of the bridge crossing festival. The faculty had planned for it to be outside in the back of the building. Weather reports were ominous enough a day or two before the event to allow...
by Rachael Kozielec | May 26, 2022 | News
On Friday, May 20th, the fifth graders promenaded from the grade school building to their awaiting “chariot,” past cheering and banner-holding schoolmates as they headed off for the 27th annual Maine Waldorf Schools Pentathlon at the Maine Coast Waldorf School in...
by Sarah Ewing | May 20, 2022 | News
Puppet Play in Early ChildhoodA spare decor made with colorful cloths and a few props from nature (a branch, a rock, a pine cone) is pleasing to the eye. The gentle moving of simple puppets or marionettes (with very few features) in the pleasing colorful world allows...
