Waldorf In The News

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

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,

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

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

Alabama Waldorf School middle school students learned about the Civil Rights movement and the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, AL during a field trip to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. This year commemorates the 60-year anniversary of the bombing. The field trip, created for all area middle school students, centered around Christopher Paul Curtis’

Cato Institute featured the Waldorf School of New Orleans in its Friday Feature blog series focusing on a conversation with Administrative Director Reginald Coleman. The blog highlighted hallmarks of Waldorf education including looping teachers, no tech environment in elementary grades, and hands-on curriculum. Reginald, who previously taught and led public schools, shared his personal experiences of moving his daughters from

The Guardian has done an in depth interview with actress Tilda Swinton about her latest work, career, and life in their article, ‘I am all for strangeness’: Tilda Swinton on artistic integrity, acting and the afterlife. As part of the interview, writer Kate Kellaway asked colleagues and friends of Swintons to submit questions for the interview. One

Tessa Prast, a sixth grade student at the Berkshire Waldorf School in Great Barrington, performed as Flavio during Hudson Hall‘s production of “Rodelinda” by George Frideric Handel. The Berkshire Eagle reported on Tessa’s experience in the New York opera’s first in a multi-year series of Handel operas. Tessa auditioned for the part of Flavio, the son of Rodelinda and King

Eighth grade student Bella Splendori from The Waldorf School of Garden City was recently featured in The Garden City Newsfor her in depth research project on the architecture and history of Garden City, New York on Long Island. Her research, which was her eighth grade school project, focused on the founder A.T. Stewart and the 12 Apostle Houses.