This month, for our First Friday Coffee & Conversation, hosted by our Parent Community Council, we welcomed a group of six alumni students as special guests! They agreed to be on a panel where they spoke about what they most valued from their education and how they have felt prepared for their various endeavors. Hannah: Continue reading.
From the first migration of humans out of Africa to the contemporary refugee crisis, our eighth through tenth grades studied the movements of people across the planet in their World Migrations class. A focus of the three-week course was the movement of Native American tribes. First students learned about the seasonal migrations of tribes for Continue reading.
LCWS has an amazing alumni family. We have scientists, performing artists, writers, members of the corporate business world, environmentalists, community activists, psychologists, a doula, a pilot, and many more. Many have Dean’s List awards and other academic awards, and a few alums already have their Master’s degrees and one has a major acting role on Continue reading.
Surrounded by family, friends, and teachers, our fifteen seniors graduated on Saturday, June 8 in our heartfelt and tradition-filled ceremony. Congratulations to the class of 2019! Kaden Bergeron, Anna Churchill, Annabelle Creech, Charlotte Fecteau, Samuel Gauthier, Oona Gourlay, Mia Guidry, Brittan Higgins, Amelia Kerin, Katje Kroncke-Wisdom, Dylan Marcinkowski, Sophia Pedriani, Cooper Strong, Andy Xiao, and Continue reading.
On Wednesday we arrived in Camden at 4 pm, after a ride that included an hour of souvenir shopping in Portland—a fun town the students liked exploring. We boarded the ship, met the crew, dropped our bags and went for a hike to stretch our legs. The hike up Mt. Batty near the harbor is Continue reading.
How does a school that consciously limits technology teach its students to use the Internet? Our sixth grade teacher Rebekah Hopkinson has embarked on a new Cyber Civics curriculum in typical Waldorf fashion: an intentional, deep dive that teaches emotional intelligence entwined with digital citizenship. The three-year curriculum, which is rapidly being adopted by schools Continue reading.
Our eleventh grade just finished the class, History through Music with Mr. Olson at the end of January. Along with a new appreciation for music as an art form, the students gained a new perspective on how music has influenced and grown alongside the human species. Here is one student’s reflection on the class. Mr. Continue reading.
Twice a year, grades six, seven, and eight join together for an intensive week-long immersion. This winter the focus was on creating a sense of place through photography. For one week, students explored the natural and human habitats around their school, composed and edited photographs, and learned about the art of digital photography and exhibition Continue reading.
Our seventh grade recently finished a creative writing block, designed especially for this class. Creative writing was taught as a songwriting block and experts from our community were brought in to assist the middle school teachers. Over the course of three weeks, the students learned about storytelling, poetry writing, wordplay, and musical composition. Putting it Continue reading.
It’s soup-making day in Karen’s kindergarten class, and every child holds a small paring knife, carefully chopping carrots, potatoes, and leeks brought from home. They work quietly, with intention and anticipation, knowing they will be rewarded with a delicious snack they made themselves. Learning how to handle a kitchen knife is the first lesson in Continue reading.
