Inside SWS Blog

Lunar New Year Greetings
By Yi Wang (Wang Laoshi), Seattle Waldorf High School Mandarin Teacher Lunar New Year celebrations are marked by many practices that are believed to be auspicious for the upcoming year. Seattle Waldorf High School Mandarin class students greet everyone with New Year...

Dungeons and Dragons Club, Winter 2022
Late in the night, the young ranger of the outcasts rests in the treetop overlooking the sleeping campsite. Suddenly, the tree below them shudders with the impact of something massive slamming into its base. Just below, almost at eye level, a massive ogre sees him in...

SWS Junior Reporters See Their Work in Ink
Club Reporter gives SWS students a chance to capture the world as they see it and share it with the school By SHAWNA GAMACHE The advertisements came first, strangely enough. A recognizable form they could replicate — peppered with hilarity, of course. Gum you chew to...

Pumpkin Gifts
Since school began, every Wednesday the Marigold Preschool children have felted orange balls to make the foundation of pumpkin decorations. Then, for two weeks, they sewed the ribs onto the felted orange balls to add depth and character to the fruit. (An early botany...

SWS Middle School Students Selected for 2022 WMEA All-State Conference
Three Seattle Waldorf School middle school students have been selected to participate in the Washington State Music Educators Association (WMEA) 49th annual conference to be held in Yakima, Washington February 17–20, 2022. We congratulate them for their...

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 Daisy Tsang (grade school) and Yi Wang (high school) bring a...

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 the link to read...

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
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
SWS students celebrate the growth of a three-pound onion in the school garden.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
2728 NE 100th Street
Seattle, WA 98125
PHONE
206.524.5320
info@seattlewaldorf.org