Inspiring Life-long Learning for 25 Years
Fourth and fifth grade students are capping off their first blocks of study in geography this week. For fifth grade that meant delving into the study of North America, while fourth grade focused on Illinois, Lake County, and our region's…
This week grades students celebrated Deepavali, or Diwali, the joyful Hindu festival of light. It was a beautiful reminder that other traditions and cultures have much to teach us and share with us. The 4th-8th grade students took Wednesday to…
The fourth and fifth grades ventured to Stevens Point, WI last week for their first class trip together! They lodged in a simple county park structure complete with a toasty wood stove. The beautiful, wooded surroundings provided a lovely backdrop…
Each Thursday morning the grades classes gather for assembly and share with each other items from their curriculum. This week fourth and fifth grade sang a song about Buddha from their Ancient India block.
Autumn is falling in Fourth and Fifth Grade with their vibrant watercolor paintings.
Last week was the first knitting day for the first graders. A lovely tradition of Waldorf schools across the world is that each year the fifth graders bring the very first stitches of knitting to the first graders. It is…
The 4th & 5th graders helped with the last of the harvest this week, picking eggplants, radishes & carrots. In case you're wondering, our Asian eggplants are supposed to be green and they tend to grow smaller at the end…
One of our apple trees was mysteriously destroyed, so our 4th & 5th graders replaced it during their Farm & Garden classes this week.
The 4th and 5th grades enjoyed a special visit from the mom and grandma of one of our fifth graders. The fifth grade class is currently in their Ancient India block and have tried their hands at drawing rangoli(Hindi) or…
