On a beautiful September morning, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth graders gathered outside to be a part of the Mountain Top Smoke Ceremony. Sangngag Rinpoche, a Buddhist Lama living in Nepal, came to lead us in the ceremony which is performed when new things are to come. Rinpoche is a special friend of the Seventh graders; […]
Read More »Month: September 2016
As part of their zoology block, the Class of 2017 spent all of last week studying marine biology at Hermit Island, along with nearly one hundred Waldorf students from four other Waldorf schools. The week was crammed with activities—joint morning lessons, tide pool explorations, poetry and painting workshops, microscope and dune ecology labs, campfires and […]
Read More »Tuesday morning, September 27th, the class of 2018 plus Sereina, our exchange student from Switzerland, packed into a HS van and off we went! Our fearless driver, David Barham, took us safely to beautiful Quebec city, where we arrived some 6 hours later. For the next 4 days, our 11th grade students explored the narrow […]
Read More »Here we go! Warren Construction arrived last week to start up the renovation of Community Hall. When the porta potty arrived, we knew it was getting real. And today, the fencing arrived! To catch all of the exciting updates, please follow the progress on instagram: mainecoastwaldorfschool and for those who love a good tweet: @MaineCoastWald […]
Read More »On Friday, 9/30, the middle school team traveled to Smiling Hill Farm in Westbrook for the Scarborough Invitational where 23 teams from across the state converged on the two mile course over fields, trails, and farm roads. It was a little chilly for spectators but prime conditions for our runners once the races got started. […]
Read More »You might think with grades 9-12 having been away on trips last week that not much was going on in the world of high school cross country, however it’s turned out to have been a big week. In the Friday edition of the Portland Press Herald, our own Tucker Pierce received Honorable Mention in the Athlete […]
Read More »“Maine Coast Waldorf School in Freeport has embarked on a $300,000 fundraising effort, which will cap off a $6.1 million capital campaign for major construction projects – including a new high school just started on the Desert Road campus. . http://news.keepmecurrent.com/waldorf-school-launches-expansion-fundraising/
Read More »On Sunday, September 25, Maine Coast Waldorf School had the honor of co-sponsoring Clennon King’s documentary “Passage at St. Augustine” at Merrill Memorial Library in Yarmouth. The film brings to light the largely forgotten violent events at St. Augustine, Florida in the summer of 1964 that ultimately led to the passage of the Civil Rights […]
Read More »Thursday the 22nd brought the first day of fall but a last day of summer weather for our middle school races at Cape Elizabeth where we met up with Greely, St. Dominic’s, Waynflete, Jordan Small (Raymond), and our host team. This course can be a bit tricky with several transitions from narrow trail to open […]
Read More »This past Friday the cross country team raced in Gray with Poland, St. Dom’s and Gray-New Gloucester all running up and then down Libby Hill. The boys team had an extraordinarily strong showing, with all five scoring runners finishing in the top 10 (Tucker Pierce-1, Dylan Wu-2, Nick Neveu-3, Eli Gundersen-9, Calvin Soule-10), making this […]
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