The Great Outdoors: Classroom of Tomorrow

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...
Seattle Waldorf School Plastic Film Recycling Program

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,...
Wetlands Water Quality Project

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,...
Citizen Science Project Engages SWS Students

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...
Our Finest Hour

Our Finest Hour

The sun continues to shine brightly in Seattle—hopefully this lifts your spirits as it does mine. Last weekend a friend shared a wonderful blog post, which suggests that how we respond to this crisis could be “our finest hour.” It spoke to me because at SWS we...