This past Friday and Saturday Maine Coast Waldorf School musicians Isla Barmby, Nora Goldberg-Courtney and Grace Kessler, Gus Anderson, William Barmby, Alec Benton, Noah Corcoran, Maddie Harrison, Ruby Harrison, Minka Holtrop and Lydia Sharp participated in the District 2 Honors Instrumental Festival At Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. Over the two day festival, students rehearsed […]
Junior Clara Bossi and senior Myah Garrison finished first and runner-up, respectively, in this year’s high school Poetry Out Loud competition. They were among seven finalists from the four grades, including: ninth grader Piper Staples, sophomores Emma Haims and Avery Jean, junior Finn Veerkamp and senior Adams Staples. These students advanced through the preliminary round […]
The Waldorf high school humanities curriculum is rich and storied, but with a preponderance of the Western canon. As we work on enlivening the next 100 years of Waldorf education, one of our tasks is to take up responsible innovation that reflects the diversity of our students and includes more voices from across the human […]
Last 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 […]
Blog Rebirth II: As Waldorf educators and administrators, we are each looking for spaces to echo the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America’s (AWSNA) call for Responsible Innovation; to evaluate and to expand what we offer. Through this process, we also come to recognize the many ways our curriculum is already designed to build […]
Maine 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 […]
The State Class C Cross Country Championship took place this past Saturday at Twin Brook in Cumberland. For the second weekend in a row, we were fortunate enough to have excellent fall weather- clear, crispy and slightly breezy. While the course was much spongier in sections due to the recent rain, many of our runners […]
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 […]
Grandparents Day is an event we look forward to all year. We are excited to welcome a wonderful group of grandparents and special friends to our campus tomorrow. This day provides us with a delightful opportunity to express our gratitude to our grandparents who do so much to support our families and the school. Grandparents […]
The Waldorf Chronicles are a Waldorf100 archival project that involves recording the stories of Waldorf teachers, staff, parents, students, and/or communities and adding them to the StoryCorps Archive. Through this project the histories of Waldorf schools around the continent will be preserved for future generations. To date, Maine Coast Waldorf School has recorded and shared […]
Congratulations to our District 2 Honors Instrumental Festival Musicians
