Commencement 2019The Commencement Ceremony at Maine Coast Waldorf School is unique. Each senior gets to put their personal stamp on the proceedings. To begin the event, each student enters onto the stage to live music of their own choosing, and every year we all look forward with delight to listening to how their choices will represent […]
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Maine Coast Waldorf High School Featured in Renewal Magazine ArticleMaine Coast Waldorf High School teacher David Sloan and parent Amy Eshoo teamed up to write a fabulous article for the Spring/Summer 2019 issue of Renewal: A Journal for Waldorf Education. The article, entitled “Buildings that Embody Waldorf Values,” features our beautiful high school building and the thoughts and values behind its creation. We encourage […]
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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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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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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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