School & Community News
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Alumni Inspire at Virtual Open House
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 year?], Kate Kemper ’16, and Daniel Snider ’17 described…
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Harry Ohland ’04
I’m currently living in Austin, TX and working for Facebook in the People Analytics group.My girlfriend and I are very fortunate in that we have both been able to work from home during the pandemic. As we spent the majority of the year at home we did manage to check quite a few books off…
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Cullan Hamilton ’16
I went to Camden Hills Regional High School, where I really got into languages and decided I wanted to work in the U.S. Foreign Service. I now go to the University of Maine Orono and I major in International Relations and Political Science. I still love languages (I’m learning 7), I’ve taken up boxing as…
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Kate Kemper ’16
This year has been strange to say the least. However, my college plans proceeded on a surprisingly normal schedule. I am attending the University of Maine (at Orono) in the honors college, planning on studying somewhere in the physics field, and continuing to learn French, as I started to do at Ashwood and continued through…
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Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Miller ’02
I graduated from 8th grade at Ashwood in 2002 and was well prepared for high school at CHRHS. I started college at Bennington College, then transferred to the University of Vermont and studied anthropology, with a semester in Bali in between. During college I started working with resettled refugees, sparking a passion that I’ve been…
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Alumni Artisans: Simone Cautela, ’05 – Simone Marie Designs
I am Simone Cautela and I went to elementary school at Ashwood. I then attended high school at Carrabassett Valley Ski Academy, and graduated from University of Maine (Orono) with an Exercise Science- Kinesiology degree! I now work full time at Tahoe Forest Hospital in the Emergency room and reside in Alpine Meadows, California. I…
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Winter Festivals in 2020
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. Many of our festivals are based in European traditions, reflecting the continental origins of…
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Those Beautiful Mugs!
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 from the final glazing. Thank…
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Watercolor Paintings in Grade 1-3
Let the sunshine and flowers in these Grade 1-3 watercolor paintings brighten your November day!
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Exploration, Inquiry, and Joy
Enthusiasm and excitement fill the day: apples and leaves falling from our trees, finding the homes of small creatures underneath the stumps and rocks, spiders making their webs, water in the stream, snow on the ground, and ice in the puddles! Each day holds a new wonder for the children. Every moment, whether in our…