Fully Immersed in BiodynamicsLast week, in collaboration with The Resilience Hub, MCWS hosted a series of events for the community featuring Thea Maria Carlson, executive director of the national Biodynamic Association, who lives in northern California. Like Waldorf education, biodynamics was initiated nearly 100 years ago by Rudolf Steiner and is now practiced all over the world. Biodynamics […]
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Reflections on the Senior Trip to Hermit IslandEach September, MCWS seniors join fellow Waldorf students from across the country for a remarkable immersion into coastal ecology and marine biology. This year, our own seventeen seniors added to the throng of 110 students representing eight Waldorf high schools from Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. Hermit Island in Phippsburg, ME provided the […]
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Reading the Landscape of our Fields and ForestsTom Wessels, forest ecologist, author, and teacher, led 30 participants on a fascinating tour of MCWS’s woods and fields on Saturday, September . By “reading the landscape” and sharing his deep knowledge about complex ecosystems, Tom pointed out numerous examples of how ecological diversity and mutual beneficial relationships support sustainable and resilient systems. It was […]
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Bowdoin Students Work on MCWS Trails on Bowdoin Common Good DayNineteen fabulous Bowdoin College students (including much of the Bowdoin Nordic team) spent Saturday afternoon, September 21, working on Maine Coast Waldorf School’s cross country and Nordic trails as part of Bowdoin’s Common Good Day. Thanks to their hard work our “yellow trail” is vastly improved and ready for the middle school racing season! We […]
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Celebrating Waldorf Education’s 100th Anniversary at Maine Coast Waldorf SchoolNearly 100 years ago, on September 19, 2019, the first Waldorf school, located in Stuttgart, Germany opened. Throughout this coming year, Waldorf schools around the world will be celebrating 100 years of Waldorf education. Maine Coast Waldorf School is also celebrating its 35th anniversary, so it’s a BIG year. Several committees, including Festivals, Marketing, Development, and […]
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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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Waldorf Reunion at Growing to GiveMaine Coast Waldorf School is excited to collaborate with Growing to Give who will host a Waldorf Reunion – featuring a Chopped-Style Cook-Off – on Saturday, August 17, 5:00 – 8:00 pm at Scatter Good Farm, 30 East Coxon Road, Brunswick, Maine. Growing to Give is a nonprofit food bank farm with many connections to […]
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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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Two Students Receive Special Commendation at Maine Model United Nations CouncilThe 20 members of this year’s Maine Coast Waldorf Model UN squad did a fabulous job in all of their committees and also managed to have a great time at last week’s Maine Model United Nations at USM in Gorham. We had delegates representing Venezuela, Mozambique, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Libya, Yemen, Barbados, Armenia and the NGO […]
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Three Maine Coast Waldorf High School Students Shine at All State Music FestivalThe All State Music Festival at the University of Maine in Orono was this past weekend. Maine Coast Waldorf High School students, seniors Finn Dierks-Brown and Charles Van West and junior Brenna Moore, were outstanding, as was the entire 240 member mixed choir. They worked under Dr. Kristina Caswell MacMullen, PhD who conducted a collection […]
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