Inspiring Life-long Learning for Over 25 Years
4th & 5th Grades: FIELD Trip!
Our fourth and fifth grade class enjoyed a visit to the Field Museum in Chicago on Monday, February 29th. Relaxing on a dinosaur's thigh bone!
Inspiring Life-long Learning for Over 25 Years
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Early Childhood Field Trip
On March 21, the Early Childhood classes embarked on a field trip to Spring Valley Nature Center in Schaumburg. The children enjoyed feeding cows, feeding chickens, petting horses, climbing trees, learning about farm life, tapping maple trees for sap, and…
3rd Grade Play: "The Child of the Nile"
Last week the third graders presented their play for this year—"The Child of the Nile," by David Blair. It's the story of Moses from Hebrew Scriptures. During this year they have spent a great deal of time exploring Hebrew legends…
6th, 7th & 8th Grades: Light Catcher Window Hangings
6th, 7th & 8th Grades: Light Catcher Window Hangings The 6th, 7th and 8th graders are studying world geography in their main lesson block, and so Mrs. Ecklund explored that theme with the recent class art project. The students each…
6th, 7th & 8th Grades: World Geography
6th, 7th & 8th Grades: World Geography The 6th, 7th and 8th graders are studying world geography through the lens of formation and processes of water, land, heat and air. We have explored how rivers, wind and rain have carved…
1st & 2nd Grade Play: "Mother Earth and Father Sun"
1st & 2nd Grade Play: "Mother Earth and Father Sun" The first and second grade play "Mother Earth and Father Sun" was well-received last Friday. The students did their very best dramatic presentation of this story of the seasons, complete…
3rd Grade: Mats & Hats
3rd Grade: Mats & Hats Our third graders are on their way with their crocheted hats in Handwork class with Mrs. Griffith! They first completed little round mats as practice for stitches and movements they will need for the larger upcoming projects.
4th & 5th Grade Field Trip
4th & 5th Grade Field Trip Week before last our 4th and 5th graders ventured out to visit the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Bartlett. A Mandir is a sacred Hindu place of worship, and this particular Mandir is a…
3rd Grade Flute Cases
3rd Grade Flute Cases Our third graders have completed their crocheted flute cases! Why handwork in a Waldorf school? "If you've had the experience of binding a book, knitting a sock, playing a recorder, then you feel that you can…