Alumni Update: Caroline Ginsberg ’00
by Valerie Shepard ’98 Caroline and Lennon Alumni Caroline Ginsberg ’00 and husband Colin Reid welcomed their son, Lennon Matinicus Reid, in January 2021! Caroline lives in Portland and works as the membership director for Maine Farmland Trust. Last...Kristina Mainella to Lead Mixed-age Kindergarten
Kristina Mainella Ashwood recently announced the hiring of Kristina Mainella to lead its mixed-age kindergarten next year. Kristina brings a wealth of experience to the job, including raising two boys, both of whom attended Ashwood, and serving on our board of...Alumni Update: Alex Wilder ’08
By Alex Wilder Alex Wilder ’08 After Ashwood, I did a year at Camden-Rockport Middle School before attending high school at Camden Hills. I loved my time at CHRHS, where I participated in the choral program, the musicals, and the nordic ski team. I did my...
A Little Fun in Language Arts
Students in the Writing Club revisited our study of character traits by tagging each other with positive character traits. Left to right: Clementine, Frances, Oliver, Vivian, and Ceri. Giggles abounded and many kind compliments were given!
Students Participate in Library Poetry Contest in Celebration of National Poetry Month
Several Ashwood upper grades students recently submitted original poems to the Rockland Public Library’s “Anything Goes” Poetry Contest in celebration of National Poetry Month 2021. We’re proud to announce that, of the three finalists selected...
They Float!
As part of their Waterways/Ways of Water block, Class 1-3 made tiny canoes out of beeswax. Today, they sent them off for their first voyage on the stream. They really float! Science in action.Alumni Update: Emma Berryman-Moore ’10
Photo: Taken on Arthur’s Seat (near Holyrood Park), Edinburgh, Scotland I graduated from Ashwood in 2010, which feels impossibly long ago! I attended Camden Hills Regional High School and graduated in 2014, before moving on to the University of New Hampshire, where I...
Off on a Tangent
The snow is gone, and the plow stakes are no longer needed. It was the perfect opportunity for Class 4-8 to do a little campus clean up while trying out their recent lessons on tangents by building a model of Leonardo d Vinci’s fastenerless bridge.
Ocean Waves by Class 1-3
Can’t you just hear the great waves crashing and sighing? And do these paintings remind you of something? See below. The Great Wave of KanagawaUpcoming Events
May
11
Tue
8:45 am
Parent & Child Playgroup
Parent & Child Playgroup
May 11 @ 8:45 am – 10:45 am
https://www.ashwoodwaldorf.org/parent-child-playgroup/
May
18
Tue
8:45 am
Parent & Child Playgroup
Parent & Child Playgroup
May 18 @ 8:45 am – 10:45 am
https://www.ashwoodwaldorf.org/parent-child-playgroup/
May
19
Wed
7:00 pm
Father’s Fire
Father’s Fire
May 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Ashwood dads! Join Robert Kaczor this Wednesday, March 24, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. for the first First Quarter Father’s Fire! Ashwood fathers, new and old, are invited to gather monthly on the Wednesday closest[...]
May
25
Tue
8:45 am
Parent & Child Playgroup
Parent & Child Playgroup
May 25 @ 8:45 am – 10:45 am
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May
26
Wed
all-day
Grade School Play Performances –...
Grade School Play Performances –...
May 26 – May 28 all-day
A plague of rats has the medieval town of Hamelin, Germany, in its grips. Who can save the town? The Pied Piper? Maybe! This is an all-grade-school play, with students from grade 1-8 participating on[...]