Waldorf In The News

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’

Kimberton Waldorf School was recently featured in the Reading Eagle for their phone free policy on campus. This fall the school went entirely cell phone and smartwatch free during the school day. Admissions Coordinator and parent at Kimberton Waldorf School (KWS),Tammi Stein, believes the policy supports student focus at school and helps support parents and their media policies

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.

Pasadena Waldorf School seventh-grade student Verona H. has had her artwork, a watercolor titled égalitariste, published in Stone Soup Magazine. Her watercolor is featured with other contributions from writers and artists, all aged 14 and under. Stone Soup is the literary magazine entirely written and illustrated by children aged 14 and under. The magazine is published by the Children’s Art

Student leaders at the Haleakalā Waldorf School are participating in the Pledge to Our Keiki — a commitment to volunteer service to support Maui in crisis and build resilient systems to safeguard the future across Hawaiʻi Nei. The Hawaii Department of Education (HIDOE) is providing learning opportunities for students in grades K-12 to help them become ambassadors for