Inside SWS Blog
The Extraordinary Class of 2021 Wraps Up Their Senior Year
As the last few weeks of the school year come into focus, we begin to reflect on all we have accomplished as a school. Students are back on campus and there is a sense of joy, community, and a shared recognition that we have made it through the worst of this pandemic and can look forward to the opportunities that the future provides. The class of 2021 deserves a huge amount of credit for the optimism and perseverance that prevailed throughout the high school community.
Shelters and Dwellings from Around the World
In many Waldorf grade 3 classrooms, students undertake their very first project experience, choosing and building a model of a shelter or dwelling. Grade 3 students at SWS first learned about shelters and dwellings constructed by Indigenous people in North America and...
Wetlands Water Quality Project
Written by Melissa Hiner and Slava Trifonov The Seattle Waldorf High School senior class has been working on starting a new and exciting project for the high school. We were given the task of designing and creating a chemistry project for future ninth grade students,...
Early Childhood Educators Attend WECAN Conference
I was honored to be one of the organizers for the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN) conference that took place February 5–7. The conference title was “Toward a Kinder, More Compassionate Society: Black Lives Matter in Waldorf Early Childhood...
Celebrating the Lunar New Year
The Lunar New Year starts at the first new moon of the lunisolar calendar that is traditionally used by many East Asian countries, including China. On February 12, 2021, we entered the Year of the Ox. The 15-day celebration with its themes of fortune, happiness, and...
Citizen Science Project Engages SWS Students
Seattle Waldorf School fourth grade gardening students have been participating in a citizen science project with the Thornton Creek Alliance for the past three years. Students monitor local waters for Escherida coli, counting and recording the number of E. coli found...
Outdoor Education Spotlight: The Bald Eagle
Seattle Waldorf School Garden Educator, Dr. Charlotte Rasmussen, shares her experience viewing bald eagles along the Nooksack River in northern Washington.
A Special Story: Gratitude, Connection, Care
In this season of giving, we offer a little story from our Briar Rose Kindergarten teacher, Miss Barbara: A very long time ago, when Miss Barbara was a little girl, perhaps as tall as (insert name of your child), she lived in a land far away by the name of...
Playing Is Learning
From leaves to mud, autumn’s curricular journey of play has carried our preschool and kindergarten students toward preparation for the winter holidays. Here’s a glimpse into what’s happening with our youngest students as they delight in structured and imaginative...
30 Days of Kindness
Seattle Waldorf High School launches our 30 Days of Kindness challenge today! Our Friday assembly highlighted the personal, interpersonal, community, and societal benefits of kindness. Our challenge includes self-compassion, healing, empathy, and social...
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