Magical transformations are happening inside the Early Childhood and Grade School Buildings! We have been busy getting ready for the school year. Many thanks to the parents, teachers, alumni, and students who have come together to breathe new life and beauty into our school. Out of the imagination of dreamers… …abundant sweat equity from doers, Continue reading.
Category: Our Voice
Wild Edibles Plant Walk
Join Elliot Cluba of Herbs and Arrows on Sunday, May 28 from 1:00-2:30 pm to learn how to identify, sustainably forage, and consume wild plants, while exploring their ecology and relationship to the landscape. Spring is here, and it’s a perfect time to take a closer look at the plants growing all around us! The walk Continue reading.
Kids, Teens, and Screens
Learn practical tools to help teach your children how and when to use devices responsibly. Led by Ken Hughes, an IT Specialist and Laura Slesar, a KidPower teacher. Wednesday, March 29 | 7:00-9:00 pm This practical workshop will cover: • How to set up parental controls on your devices to keep your kids safe • How to set Continue reading.
Winter Tree ID
Open your senses to the delicate differences from one tree species to the next during the winter. Led by Elliot Cluba of Herbs and Arrows. Explore the subtleties of winter tree identification based on buds, bark, shape, and growth patterns–during the time of year when the leaves no longer give us the easy answer. Led Continue reading.
Loving Limits in a Digital Age with Kim John Payne
We are thrilled to welcome #1 bestselling author and parenting counselor Kim John Payne, M.Ed., for a public lecture on “Loving Limits in a Digital Age: The simplicity parenting approach for real family connections in a virtually connected world.” In this two-day conference, Payne will explain why he describes himself as “not anti-screen, but passionately Continue reading.
A Day of Learning and Service
For the tenth year in a row, LCWS students and faculty have devoted their Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to community service—paying respect to the man who once said that “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?” The day began with seventh through twelfth grade students watching a performance Continue reading.
Morning Magic
Spend a sweet morning with your child in the Preschool and Kindergarten at our school. We will make wool felted hearts, gather for circle time, share a snack, and enjoy a puppet play. Surrounded by nature and beauty, you will find the school to be a sanctuary where wonder and creativity are nurtured and children Continue reading.
Chinese New Year Celebration & Open House
Saturday, February 17 | 10 am–Noon Celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Dog, and enjoy a morning filled with crafts, a dragon parade, and delicious food at this festival specially for kids ages four to ten and their families. The Chinese New Year is an exciting time for sweeping away bad luck and Continue reading.
Community Concert
Join us for this Community Concert on Saturday, January 14 at 7:30 pm, featuring Henry Jamison, Class of 2006. Come enjoy an evening of music with current students and alumni, and their families. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 7:30 pm | Doors open at 7:00 Suggested donation $5 – $10 Located at the Waldorf High School: 122 Bostwick Continue reading.
Grade School Celebrates Fête de l’Escalade
A Swiss tradition came to the Lake Champlain Waldorf School as students in the grade school celebrated Fête de l’Escalade. “The Escalade celebrates the night of Dec. 11 in 1602 when Geneva was saved from French rule by the quick-thinking mother of 14 and her pot of soup,” French teacher Veronica Bernicke said. It was Continue reading.