Do you have concerns about your child(ren)’s screen time? Are you overwhelmed by the constant bombardment of opinions and recommendations re: tech use and kids? Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to hear from THE foremost expert in digital literacy and …
City of Lakes Waldorf School: Educating the Whole Child
The following remarks are excerpted from an introduction our Administrative Director, Marti Stewart, recently gave to Grandparents and Special Friends of our students, welcoming them to our school and to Waldorf Education. Welcome to Grandparents and Special Friends Day at …
Waldorf Education: The 7 Core Principles by Peter Lawton
Sixth grade teacher Peter Lawton recently created a series of video presentations about Waldorf education, and we are pleased to share the second video with you here. “Waldorf Education: The 7 Core Principles” utilizes simple drawings, diagrams, and photographs to …
This Week in First Grade: Science!
This Week In First Grade: Science! By Sarina Partridge, First Grade Teacher This week, we continued our nature studies with stories of spiders, frogs, caterpillars, butterflies, beetles, and earthworms – oh my! The children are so eager to learn about …
Waldorf Education: An Introduction by Peter Lawton
Sixth grade teacher Peter Lawton recently created a series of video presentations about Waldorf education, and we are pleased to share the first video with you here. “Waldorf Education: An Introduction” utilizes simple drawings, diagrams, and photographs to creatively illustrate …
Meet Our Circus Mentors: Brian Evans
Meet Our Circus Mentors: Brian Evans “When we can experience something together we are reminded how connected we truly are, and experiencing wonder in a stranger’s eyes makes them less of a stranger. I hope we can all find our …
Juggling Benefits for Students
Beginning in sixth grade, all City of Lakes Waldorf School students regularly practice 3-ball juggling in Circus Arts class. Our movement and games teacher and circus director, Jason Burnstein, maintains the long term goal that every child who graduates from City …
We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: Questions About the Political Curriculum of the Waldorf School in the Wake of the Presidential Election of 2016
By Peter Lawton The recent presidential election has presented our nation with a new and very real opportunity to look deeply inside ourselves, to our cores, to question not only who we are but who we want to be. It …
Back to School Night for Parents
Join us for Back to School Night at City of Lakes Waldorf School on Wednesday, November 2, from 6:00 – 8:30 pm and become a Waldorf student for an evening! Have the opportunity to step inside a Waldorf middle school …
Behind the Scenes of Eighth Grade
Behind the Scenes of Eighth Grade By Darcie Steeves, Eighth Grade Teacher While pots of stone soup simmer away on the first floor of our school building, many things are afoot up all of those steps to the third floor. …