Chicago Waldorf School student June Chen Ahleman is in the news at the Evanston RoundTable for her larger-than-life oil portraits. June interviews and photographs her subjects before beginning her portrait work and then sketches the subjects in small format before scaling them up to her 4′ x 8′ work. In order to create paintings that reveal the whole person, June […]
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Congratulations to Waldorf School of Baltimore middle school students Kayden, Ala, and Ella for winning first place at the annual Tower of Power competition at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering during National Engineers Week. Their spaghetti and marshmallow tower using a hexagonal design reached the highest heights at 53 inches! The annual Tower of Power competition at
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Congratulations to Washington Waldorf School alum Nick Kendall and his trio, Time for Three, for winning two Grammy awards for Best Classical Instrumental Solo and Best Contemporary Classical Composition! Time for Three is a string trio comprised of Nick Kendall (violin, vocals), Charles Yang (violin, vocals), and Ranaan Meyer (double bass, vocals). Read More at The Strad.Photo Credit: Time
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Waldorf School of Garden City alum Jean-Rene Zetrenne is an executive with comprehensive talent management and HR experience. He has been a leader in organizations including PepsiCo, Gillette, L’Oreal, Accenture, Ogilvy & Mather, and most recently, United Talent Agency (UTA). As Chief People Officer at UTA, Jean-Rene’s focus is on leading global talent and human resource
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Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm alum Maia Kobabe (e/em/eir) released eir graphic novel memoir “Gender Queer” in 2019, which shares eir journey about what it means to be nonbinary and asexual. In 2020, the memoir won an Alex Award as a book with “special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.” In 2021, it became one of
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Tamarack Waldorf School in Milwaukee has become a U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School and now joins the following Waldorf schools who have already won this honor: City of Lakes Waldorf School,Minneapolis, MN; Maple Village Waldorf School, Long Beach, CA; Portland Waldorf School, Portland OR; Urban Prairie Waldorf School, Chicago, IL. The Green Ribbon program is awarded to schools that have made
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WBALTV is shining the spotlight on the importance of environmental education in schools and the Waldorf School of Baltimore’s new partnership with John Newman Bees. Beekeeping will be a key component of the school’s nature program in the fall. Kindergartners will learn basic information, like how bees make honey, while older students, such as fifth graders, will learn more
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Jeff Zhou, a rising senior at San Francisco Waldorf High School, recently wrote an essay about his experiences with the Unistellar and SETI Institute science team at Seti.org. Zhou was inspired to do his senior project exoplanets and their potential habitability after a presentation given at school by SETI Institute Planetary Astronomer Dr. Franck Marchis. Zhou says,
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Toronto Waldorf School teacher Mary-lu Spinney was recently featured in YorkRegion.com for growing her vegetables in a manner that regenerates soil through indigenous planting methods. Once such method, called “Three Sisters,” involves growing corn until it reaches about a foot tall, then adding pole beans to grow up the stalks like a trellis, allowing the beans return nitrogen
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Aurora Waldorf School is in the news for the outdoor education they offer on their 31-acre campus in Western New York. Spectrum Local News reports that students of all ages are outside most of the day, rain or shine. Kathryn Lalley, the school’s Marketing and Communications Director says this type of education is more important than ever post
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