Become a Waldorf student for an evening at our Explore Waldorf event on Wednesday, November 12, from 6:00 – 8:30 pm! Attendees will have the opportunity to experience Waldorf education first-hand, and learn how our curriculum cultivates both critical and creative thinking skills that uniquely prepare students for high school, college, and beyond.
This is a must-see opportunity for parents making decisions about elementary and middle school. Come and see why area high schools rave about our alumni and their noteworthy enthusiasm for learning. All are welcome! Click Here to RSVP.
Explore Waldorf Event
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
6:00 – 8:30 pm
City of Lakes Waldorf School
Evening Schedule
6:00 – 6:10 pm | Brief Intro
6:15 – 7:05 pm | Session 1
7:10 – 8:00 pm | Session 2
8:05 – 8:30 pm | Q&A with our Teachers
Attendees will be able to choose from a variety of hands-on, experiential lessons taught by our talented faculty in the areas of mathematics, language arts, music, practical arts, and a full curriculum overview.
Session 1:
🔢 Math through the Grades with Mr. Lawton and Ms. Gerrick
From stepping and clapping the times tables in grades 1 and 2, to telling time and counting money in grade 3, to freehand geometry in grades 4 and 5, to business math in grade 6, to algebra in grades 7 and 8, come experience how Waldorf schools teach math through movement, art, and lots and lots of practice.
✍ Language Arts through the Grades with Ms. Crawford and Teacher Vang
Learn about the Waldorf approach to language arts! We will share a few vignettes through the grades of Waldorf’s holistic and developmental approach to reading and writing—an approach that engages the imagination and connects students to each other and the world. You will have the opportunity to hear a 2nd grade story and participate in a review and writing exercise, just like the students experience every day during Morning Lesson.
Session 2:
🎻 Practical Arts and Listening with Ms. Merblum and Teacher Anderson
The brilliant Evelyn Glennie has spent her life reshaping the experience of listening for audiences around the globe. She often begins by sharing that listening is a form of touch; that one experiences it through the body in an immersive sense—as if being underwater. Ms. Merblum and Teacher Anderson will walk families through the layered and dimensional processes of listening that students experience in Ensemble, Art, and Woodworking.
🗺️ Coming of Age in a Waldorf School: How are Students Prepared for the World? with Ms. Steeves and Ms. Garcia
The 8th grade year is a culminating year—one that celebrates, returns to, reflects upon, and honors fundamental questions of childhood. Who am I? Do I belong? What is my role and purpose in my community? Darcie Steeves will reflect upon this poignant year and its many social-emotional rites of passage, as 8th grade students prepare themselves for life beyond the walls of our school.
Life beyond the walls is full of screens! How can a screen-free education possibly prepare kids for the digital world? And what actually makes for a good digital citizen? Ms. Garcia will provide a glimpse into CLWS’s Cyber Civics program that prepares our graduates to occupy digital spaces with discernment, mindfulness, and balance.
Why Waldorf?
The future you are leaving to your children will require more than book-smarts. It will call for courage, creativity, and care. These are the precise qualities that Waldorf has nurtured for the past 100 years.
