Ask our students, parents, and alumni what sets their experience at LCWS apart, and you’ll hear a common theme: the difference is in the connection. “In Waldorf, we were taught to rely on the care of our teachers. My teachers knew me so well, and I could talk to them about anything. It was just Continue reading.
As they studied the “First Thanksgiving,” or the Harvest Celebration of 1621, the fifth grade learned about the Wampanoag people of present-day Massachusetts who met the English colonists. The Wampanoag were a society with a complex government, religious beliefs, and culture. Part of their culture, shared with many other First Nation people, was to give Continue reading.
During our Indigenous Peoples Day Assembly, our lower school gathered to honor the land where we learn and the Abenaki people. We read a Mohawk Prayer of Thanksgiving (below), burned sweetgrass, and made an offering of Abenaki corn that we grew in our school garden. Caleb roasted potatoes for the whole school to enjoy. Wliwni! Continue reading.
Our students are immersed in the outdoors from their early childhood days through high school. Science tells us about the benefits of extended time spent in nature, and we know this truth from our own experience. In the coming year, we are embracing outdoor education more fully than ever before, as a centerpiece of our 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.
Education Innovator Awards National School Choice Week: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Capital Plaza – 100 State Street, Montpelier, VT For the fourth-consecutive year, National School Choice Week will present cash prize Education Innovator Awards. This is an opportunity to showcase what is great about your school, educator, student, or parent. Attendance at NSCW is not Continue reading.
Each of us is one small light, but together we shine bright! Legend has it, on a cold wintry night, a Roman horse soldier came across a beggar. The beggar’s shadow was dim as he shivered in the bitter darkness with no food and no shelter. The soldier got down off his horse, tore his Continue reading.
Lake Champlain Waldorf School hosted a Naturalization Ceremony on Wednesday, November 20, during which 16 people living in Vermont became new Americans. As part of the school’s social justice and civics curriculum, students in grades 6-8 have spent the fall studying immigration through novels, poetry, and discussion of current events. The preparation for this event Continue reading.
Every year, the fourth grade at LCWS gets to finish off their first Local Geography block with a Pioneer Overnight at New Village Farm. When they returned from their trip, they were tasked to draw their favorite part. “My Favorite Experience at New Village Farm was making fires and cooking on them. To make the Continue reading.
If you had a choice of transportation, would you rather take a school bus or a ferry to school? Some students from the Lake Champlain Waldorf high school and grade school take the ferry every day between Charlotte, VT and Essex, New York. Their parents explain why they have made the decision to go to Continue reading.
