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  • Grades 3 ~ 4 Maple Sugaring

      “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…

  • Fifth Grade State Reports

    The Fifth Grade students recently worked independently, getting support from their teacher and parents, to research a state of their choice and prepare a report on it. The reports included a hand-drawn map of the state showing major cities, geographical features and points of interest as well as bordering states, countries and bodies of water.…

  • Finding Balance

    During circle in class 3, 4, 5 the students have been working on finding balance. They’re almost unmoving in leg balances from tree pose, to warrior and even eagle poses. The students have also been getting their hands dirty working on arm balances and headstands ~ Mr. Kaczor

  • Class 6 – 7 ~ Age of Exploration and Colonization Board Games

    During a recent history block, Class 6-7 studied the Age of Exploration and Colonization. Each student chose an explorer from this time period to research. They then designed and created board games that would help players learn about this fascinating period of history. We gave the games a “test drive” this week, inviting the 5th…

  • Foreign Language Teacher

    Ashwood Waldorf School in Rockport, Maine is seeking a part-time French teacher, or other world language teacher, for instruction with multi-age groups from grades one through eight. Position begins in September and consists of teaching eight classes per week.  Applicants should be fluent in the language of instruction, have experience teaching, and an interest in…

  • Kindness Counts Initiative

  • Candlemas celebrated in the Kindergarten

    If Candlemas Day be fair and brightWinter will take another flight.If Candlemas Day be cloud and rainWinter is gone and will not come again.

  • Class 6-7 Geography of Africa

    Class 6-7 has finished a 3-week block on the geography of Africa. Each student chose an African country to research. 

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  • Alumni Spotlight: Alex Wilder ’08

    Alumni Spotlight: 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 undergraduate degree in Musical Studies at Oberlin College, after which I returned to Maine to…