Inspiring Life-long Learning for Over 25 Years
A lovely tradition of Waldorf schools across the world is for the fifth graders to guide the first graders in their pursuit of knitting. On Tuesday, November 7th, Mrs. Griffith's first grade handwork class celebrated this milestone knitting lesson when…
The fifth grade had a marvelous day on Friday! They started off the day by hearing some Halloween stories by the famous storyteller Jim May. They also all enjoyed wearing pajamas to school for PAJAMA DAY! The fifth grade current…
The children watched Mrs. Griffith over dye yarn with indigo that had already been dyed with goldenrod- yielding green yarn! They helped dye the yarn for their sock knitting projects. The fifth grade dye session yielded 2 skeins of green…
The Fifth Grade has just begun their third block of the year- North American Geography. This block will be a survey of the different regions of North America, starting with the Great Lakes. Students were asked to create an illustration…
One of our fifth grade students came dressed as a character from a book that he read (Reptile Room, book 2 of "The Series of Unfortunate Events," by Lemony Snicket) and gave a wonderful presentation of the book.
Fifth graders also practiced making forms with rice flour!
Fifth Grade has been working on forms called Rangoli—an intricate style of form drawing that requires attention to detail and organization.[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="59" gal_title="20171013Rangoli"]
Fifth Grade finished up their first ancient cultures block last Friday with a trip to a Hindu temple, and also enjoyed a delicious Indian meal at a local restaurant.
The fifth grade has some new pen-pals from Ecuador! One of Ms. DuRocher’s dearest friends is teaching English in a school in southern Ecuador. Her students sent the first batch of letters to the class—in Spanish. With the help of…
