Maine Coast Waldorf Receives NEFA grant for Circus Smirkus Freeport’s Magic MatineeWe are thrilled to announce that Maine Coast Waldorf School is a recipient of a grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), funded in part by the New England States Touring program. This grant is one of 83 grants totaling $371,995 awarded to artists and nonprofit organizations to support public presentations and […]
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Sophomore Receives German Academic Achievement AwardOn Tuesday May 21, 2019, sophomore Aniela Holtrop received a Certificate of Excellence from the American Association of Teachers of German Maine Chapter at a ceremonial tea at the Blaine House in Augusta. Aniela was one of thirteen high school students from around the state who were nominated for awards based on academic achievement in […]
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Three Maine Coast Waldorf High School Students are 2019 Maine Literary Award FinalistsThe Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance recently announced their 2019 Maine Literary Awards Finalists and three Maine Coast Waldorf High School students were among them. Senior Wilson Haims and sophomore Grace Kessler are finalists in the Youth Fiction Category and sophomore Aniela Holtrop is a finalist in the Youth Poetry Competition. The winners will be […]
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Visitor Brings Talent, Inspiration, and Delight to MCWSLast week, Nabaa Alobaidi visited our school. Nabaa was trained as an interior designer in her homeland of Iraq (where she taught interior design at the university level) and, since moving to Maine, is working through the Education Academy at Portland Adult Education to receive the necessary training to teach school in the US. She spent time […]
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MCWS Junior Published in Two Literary MagazinesJunior Myah Garrison has had her story, “Burn Out” published in the current spring edition of Islandport Magazine. Myah’s short work of fiction will also appear in the April 2019 issue of WE GEN Z, a new literary magazine of writing and art by Maine teens that will be published by The Telling Room. To […]
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Maine Coast Waldorf High School Places First in the Maine Drama Festival’s Regional Class B CompetitionMaine Coast Waldorf High School’s one act production, “Metamorphosis,” placed first in the Maine Drama Festival Regional Class B competition on Friday, March 8th, at Bonny Eagle High School. Senior Charles Van West and junior Brenna Moore were both named to the All-Festival Cast. Other cast members – Carly Blackburn, Lauren Eichler, Ava Teegarden and […]
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High School Teacher’s Poem Nominated for Rhysling’s Best Sci-fi/Fantasy Poem AwardHigh School Humanities teacher, John Reinhart, had his poem, “Curse of Waccasassa Lagoon,” recently nominated for the Rhysling Award for best sci-fi/fantasy poem published in 2018. Though it originally appeared in Dreams & Nightmares, it has been reprinted online and you can read it here: http://talesmoonlitpath.com/poetry__trashed/reinhart/. According to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association’s […]
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Nine MCWS Students Participate in MMEA District Instrumental Honors FestivalMaine Coast Waldorf high school students Isla Barmby, Nora Goldberg-Courtney, Aniela Holtrop, Grace Kessler, Louis Walker, and middle school students, Alec Benton, Jack Byrne, Ruby Harrison, and Lydia Sharp traveled to Oxford Hills High School to participate in the District Instrumental Honors Festival on January 11th and 12th. The festival is sponsored by the Maine Music […]
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Maine Coast Waldorf School Student & Faculty Are Winners in Freeport Historical Society Writing ContestIn December, Maine Coast Waldorf School ninth graders submitted short stories for the Second Annual Freeport Historical Society Writing Contest that focused on the current exhibit’s theme of blacksmiths and shopkeepers. Freshman Wes Teegarden’s story won first place in the high school category, and German and Humanities teacher Ann Coltman took home second place in […]
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The Waldorf® School Postcard Exchange – A Worldwide Collaboration Connecting Students Around the World… with PostcardsMaine Coast Waldorf School is participating in a worldwide postcard exchange initiative to both broaden the global perspective of students and kick-off the 100-year celebration of Waldorf® Education planned for 2019. Throughout 2018, students in 1,100 Waldorf schools from greater than 80 countries are sending a postcard to every other Waldorf school in the world. […]
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