Alum Announces Candidacy for Maine State Senate District 24On Wednesday, January 22nd, alum Mattie Daughtry (Grade 8,’05) announced her candidacy for State Senate District 24 during her campaign kick-off at Moderation Brewery. For the past eight years she has been the State Representative for Brunswick, her hometown. She is passionate about combating climate change, student debt, and fully funding the education system, as […]
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Poetry Out Loud Finalists SelectedLast week seven Maine Coast Waldorf students earned top honors in the preliminary round of the school’s Poetry Out Loud contest and advanced to the finals, to be held on Thursday, January 9, at 8:20 in the Downeast Room of the high school. Parents are welcome to attend. The seven students include ninth grader Piper […]
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MCWS Alums Launch Maine’s First Professional Women’s Sports TeamMaine Coast Waldorf School alums Maddie Purcell and Chloe Rowse announced today the Spring 2020 launch of their pro ultimate team – Portland Rising – the first professional women’s sports team in Maine. Co-owner Maddie Purcell is a graduate of our 8th Grade Class of 2004 and the daughter of Susan Purcell who feeds us […]
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MCWS Boys and Girls are Class C Regional Cross Country Champs!For the first time BOTH Maine Coast Waldorf High School girls and boys are Class C Regional Cross Country Champs! This is the fourth consecutive regional championship for the boys, and the first in seven years for the girls. Additional congratulations go to junior Olivia Reynolds, who successfully defended her individual regional title. On a […]
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Biodynamic Talk & Workshop with Thea Maria Carlson, Executive Director of the National Biodynamic AssociationMaine Coast Waldorf School and our co-sponsors, The Resilience Hub and the Biodynamic Association, are pleased to present Thea Carlson, Executive Director of the national Biodynamic Association for a public talk and workshop on October 4th and 5th. Her talk, Climate, Carbon & Compost: How Biodynamic Gardening and Land Stewardship Can Help Us Embrace an Uncertain […]
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High School Counselor Needed!New Employment Opportunity: High School Counselor position beginning fall 2019 This position provides leadership and coordination for Maine Coast Waldorf School’s high school counseling services, and ensures that the school’s policies and procedures reflect current best practices. It includes providing direct counseling services to students in grades 9-12, (total enrollment 65-70) through one-on-one sessions, small […]
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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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