Inside SWS Blog

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.

High School Places in “Why Learn Chinese” Competition Finals
As part of Mandarin Chinese classes at Seattle Waldorf High School, instructor Yi Wang (Wang Lao Shi) encourages her students to participate in an annual competition. The Washington Association for American and Chinese Education (WAACE) sponsored its tenth annual “Why...

The Great Outdoors: Classroom of Tomorrow
The environmental stewardship and gardening program at Seattle Waldorf School feeds the sense of wonder and curiosity about the natural world that is innate to human beings. Using all our senses, through observation and experimentation, children explore questions that...

Faculty Spotlight: Jeanne Stevens, High School Math Teacher
SWS math teacher Jeanne Stevens shares some images of what grade 9 math is like at our high school. Last week was the last week of ninth grade algebra at the high school for the school year. We finished earlier than usual due to the strange circumstances of the year....

Mental Health Awareness Month
This May, we celebrate the 72nd Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States. Mental Health Awareness Month started in 1949 to raise awareness, educate the public, and reduce the stigma of mental health. We continue to observe this month to help highlight...

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Each May we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. These 31 days acknowledge the accomplishments and contributions of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities to the United States—and the world—be it through their voices,...

Seattle Waldorf School Plastic Film Recycling Program
Look around you. How much plastic do you see? The newer concern is how much plastic surrounding us that is too small for you to see. Plastic is a problem that humans created through one main chemical, polystyrene. As a world, according to the BBC in February of 2020,...
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