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.

Ojibwe artist and Waldorf alum, Maggie Thompson, is expanding her knitwear business, Makwa Studio. She started with “two balls of yarn and a hat” and now uses vintage Brother knitting machines to make collaborative products for companies like Target. 

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 question submitted by actor, Joanna Scanlan, asks Swinton: “What are the benefits of a Steiner school education?”

Pasadena Waldorf School hosted a Kindergarten Harvest Festival this week that featured photos in the Pasadena Now Weekender edition. The Berkshire Eagle is announcing Berkshire Waldorf School’s 51st Annual Holiday Handcraft Fair. 

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.

Save the date! The 2024 AWSNA Conference will be held June 24 - 27, 2023 at The Denver Waldorf School. This year we explore the theme, Radiant Self, Resilient Students, Robust Schools, to better care for ourselves, our students and our communities. Registration opens in February 2024.

Isadora Crane attended Waldorf school from age 3 to age 18 and has written an essay for theMonadnock Ledger Script about her experiences at Pine Hill and High Mowing School, joint Waldorf institutions in Wilton, NH.

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.