Category: News
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Ashwood Ukes!
Class 4-8 has taken up the ukulele in music class this term. The little instrument lends itself to a certain amount of clowning around, as you can see from these photos.
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Upper Grade Students Paint Dot Mandalas
Students in the upper grades have been painting dot mandalas—ancient, sacred symbols of the universe. We began by designing and painting a mandala on paper. Smooth river and beach stones were washed and designs were sketched with compass and straightedge. Using a variety of homemade dotting tools and acrylic paints, students mix colors and applied…
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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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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…
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Alumni Spotlight: Two UMainers from Class of ’16 Report from the Field
Kate Kemper ’16 “This year has been strange; however, my college plans have proceeded on a surprisingly normal schedule. I am attending the University of Maine (at Orono) in the honors college, planning on studying physics, and continuing to learn French, as I started to do at Ashwood and continued through high school. I plan on…
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Pumpkin Carving Pictures
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Pumpkin Walk Pictures