Meet LCWS Alumni!
Four LCWS graduates joined us for a virtual lunchtime chat on Wednesday, December 2. They shared reflections on their LCWS high school education and their lives since graduation, and answered questions from our community. Thanks to Vincent Gauthier, ’14, Avery McLean, ’18, Clara Slesar, ’16, and Harriet Veltkamp, ’20 for participating.
About Waldorf Graduates
According to a recent study of Waldorf graduates:
• 94% attend college or university
• 47% chose humanities or arts as a major
• 42% chose sciences or math as a major
• 89% are highly satisfied in choice of occupation
• 91% are active in lifelong learning
• 92% placed a high value on critical thinking
• 90% highly value tolerance of other viewpoints
Graduates of Waldorf education demonstrate the following:
• Multiple intelligences and cross disciplinary learners
• Global consciousness and sustainability
• Basis for moral navigation
• Creative problem solving
• High levels of social intelligence
• Environmental stewardship
• High levels of emotional intelligence
• Outside of the box thinking
Survey of Waldorf Graduates, Research Institute for Waldorf Education
Where do our graduates go to college?
Lake Champlain Waldorf School high school alumni 2016-18:
Bates College, ME: Hannah Webster ’18
Centre College, KY: Hannah Ely ’17
Clark University, MA: Miles Scanlon ’16
Colorado College, CO: Aidan Powell ’16
Concordia University, Montreal: Faith Thompson ’16
Eckerd College, FL: Lili Espenshade ’18
Guilford College, NC: Caroline Grossman ’16
Hamilton College, NY: Nina Lissarrague ’17
Ithaca College, NY: Simon Vargas ’18
Loyola University Maryland, NY: Lark Thompson ’18
Macalester College, MN: Christina Keihl ’17
Mount Holyoke College, MA: Maya Fontanez ’17
The New School, NYC: John Tatlock ’16
Oberlin College, OH: Brendan Fontanez ’16 and Alison Simonds ’18
Skidmore College, NY: Stella Rose Johnson ’18
Smith College, MA: Clara Slesar ’16, Maeve McCurdy ’17, and Avery McLean ’18
St. John’s College, MD: Nancy Hilton ’16
St. Lawrence University, NY: Adam Marcinkowski ’16
UVM Engineering, VT: Malachy Snow ’18
Other alumni from 2016-2018 attend:
American University
Castleton University
Champlain College
Hampshire College
Lynn University
Landmark College
Lewis and Clark
Mitchell College
Roger Williams University
University of Vermont
