An Idea for Age-Appropriate Inclusivity in Early Childhood StoriesBlog 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 […]
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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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Boys are Class C XC State Champions, Girls are Runner Up & Olivia is Individual Champion!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 […]
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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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Grandparents Day is One of Our Favorites!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 […]
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MCWS Adds Two Waldorf Chronicles to Storycorps ArchiveThe 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 […]
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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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