Celebrating el Día de los Muertos

Celebrating el Día de los Muertos

Festivals are an important part of community life at Seattle Waldorf School. Among the many festivals we celebrate, two are held by the SWS World Language program. In the spring, Mandarin teachers bring a celebration of the Lunar New Year. In the fall, el Día de los...
Students Meet Orca Author and Reporter Lynda Mapes

Students Meet Orca Author and Reporter Lynda Mapes

“Water is Life… To honor and protect the waters is our responsibility as people of the land.” –Winona LaDuke The SWS Wetlands Water Quality Project began with the senior class of 2021 in their biochemistry class with teacher Amanda Ayling. (Follow...
SWS Student Featured in College Magazine Article

SWS Student Featured in College Magazine Article

Seattle Waldorf Senior senior Chi Luu, was recently featured in an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (October 6), the nation’s preeminent print and web publication covering all aspects of university and college news, trends, and policy. Chi, along with four...
Indigenous People’s Day

Indigenous People’s Day

We are on the ancestral lands of Indigenous peoples. In 2014, the Seattle City Council unanimously voted to honor and commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, named on the second Monday in October to honor Native American cultures and traditions and to celebrate diverse...
The Largest Onion

The Largest Onion

Widely used to add flavor to all sorts of delicious dishes in many different cultures, the onion is thought to be one of the oldest cultivated plants. Hunter-gatherer societies probably harvested and transported onions long before our ancestors started farming them. I...