Sponsor Biography: Uptown Dermatology

Jaime Davis, MD, is a City of Lakes Waldorf School parent, and owner of Uptown Dermatology. She’s an American Board of Dermatology Certified, Mayo-educated dermatologist and we are proud to have her as a member of our community and as a City …

What is the Grades Winter Festival?

For New Families: What to Expect at the Winter Festival By Parent Association Co-chair, Sara Chovan   Please be seated at the church across the street by 10:15 or 10:20 am Festival begins at 10:30 am, and will run until …

Learning How to Juggle

By: Mr. Burnstein, Movement & Games Teacher with source material and writing excerpts by Jackie Davis Every City of Lakes Waldorf School student masters the art of juggling!   This is a lofty goal but it is by no means impossible.  …

New Families: What to Expect at Michaelmas Festival

By: Sara Chovan, Parent Association Co-Chair Is this Michaelmas the first student-centered festival you will be attending at City of Lakes Waldorf School? Read on for details: What: Michaelmas Grades Festival When: Monday, October 6, at 1:30 pm (recently rescheduled due to …

A Settled Happy Child

By: Elena Orsak, Oak Kindergarten Teacher The children are happy, and exhausted.  It takes a lot from everyone to make the transition from summer to school.  You may feel that schedule wise it is simpler and easier, and it probably …

New Families: Welcome to the Bike-A-Thon!

by: Sara Chovan   Welcome to a new school year!  For families who are new to the school, information about the events and festivals can be really important. The Parent Association aims to be a resource to families who want more …

Grade 8 Language Arts Benchmarks

By the end of the year, students can:   Independently read a wide variety of young-adult-appropriate texts including non-fiction, magazine articles, newspaper articles, novels, poems and reports. Independently write all content in main lesson books Accurately summarize main lesson presentations …

Grade 8 Math Benchmarks

By the end of the year, students can:   •Manage the four processes with negative numbers • Create and interpret bar graphs, pie charts and grids • Understand and apply the order of operations rules • Solve basic algebraic equations …