School & Community 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.

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 with confidence. It was great to have such a purposeful project and…

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 us plenty of time to implement plan B. The Cloud Castle was arranged the evening…

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 Freeport.The fifth graders represented their school with grace and honor. Each of the fifth graders demostrated…

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 the children to totally immerse themselves in the story,…

Who knows what ripples may go out into the world when you assign a book for an Ashwood class to read? Ms Purdom assigned a powerful book for grades 6-7 to read this year called A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. Ever curious about what our children get to learn at Ashwood, I peak…

Thank you to all who were able to join our annual campus clean up on Friday, with a special shout out to parent & Buildings & Grounds Committee chair, Tom Tansi, who helped organize and guide the event. The grade school students & faculty, and parent volunteers made huge strides sprucing up the campus ahead…

  “The sap has been running” as we teachers say this time of year when the Spring temps and sunshine make the students giddy and full of energy. Students in grades 3 and 4 made their annual trip to the sugarbush and sap house to tap, collect and boil sugar maple sap. Mrs. Whitney River…