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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Penguins, Cockroaches, and a Sarcophagus: The Upcoming Tenth Grade PlayImagine that the country’s most prominent, boorish celebrity, invited to dine at your home, slips on the ice outside your doorstep and is confined to a wheelchair for an indeterminate time as a result. Much to your entire family’s consternation, he manages to offend everyone in your household, as he turns your home into his […]
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Spring for Waldorf this Saturday, April 6th!Our Spring for Waldorf Tiered Tuition Auction is this Saturday, April 6, 6-9 pm in our Community Hall, 57 Desert Road, Freeport. Every spring, we demonstrate our support and appreciation for a diverse school community by raising funds for our tiered tuition program. By celebrating “all things Waldorf” we are demonstrating that we value this […]
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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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Senior Project Presentations 2019The capstone to our high school experience is a senior project – a commitment to study a subject of interest in depth and then present it to the school community. On Monday, March 25th and Tuesday, March 26th, 6:30-8:30 pm, in the Community Hall, 57 Desert Rd, Freeport, Maine Coast Waldorf School’s Class of 2019 […]
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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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Coffee House Rocks!On February 13th the snow and snow day could not keep the performers and audience away! Coffee House 2019 was a resounding success and the packed Community Hall was a sparkling and creative community space for the night. While the Coffeehouse was once largely teacher directed, the students now give the evening its shape and […]
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Seeking Student Internship Opportunities for our SeniorsThe students of Maine Coast Waldorf School’s 12th grade are looking for local unpaid internship possibilities starting in April 2019. At that time our seniors will be available for three weeks, thirty hours a week. These students are open to a variety of internship/work opportunities. If there are members of the school or greater community […]
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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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