8th Graders Knit with 1st Grade
8th Graders visited 1st Grade to help the class with its knitting. This special day often marks a turning point when many first grade...
Waldorf School of PGH
Nov 13, 20221 min read
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Celebrating Michaelmas, 2022
Students in Grades 1–5 participate in Games of Courage while Middle School students demonstrate fencing. Six year olds in the Poppy and...
Waldorf School of PGH
Oct 2, 20221 min read
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Scenes from the Week: 9/12–9/16
8th Graders make felted cosmic balls in handwork. Grade 2 engages in collaborative form drawing. The first block of the school year is...
Waldorf School of PGH
Sep 19, 20221 min read
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Scenes from the Week: June 6–June 10
4th Grade—625 stitches for cross stitch! Grade 5 performs Gilgamesh. In honor of the last Spanish class for this year, Grade 1 had a...
Waldorf School of PGH
Jun 15, 20221 min read
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Grade 3 Steam Bundle Dyes
Dyer Natalie Bowman visited Grade 3 to show how silk can be dyed with plants. She operates a dye business called The Curious Fawn. With...
Waldorf School of PGH
May 28, 20221 min read
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Scenes from the Week: 5/16–5/20
On Thursday afternoon Grade 5 participated in the opening ceremony for the Pentathlon—the culmination of not only the fifth grade social...
Waldorf School of PGH
May 22, 20222 min read
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Scenes from Campus: February 2022
Our Little Friends spent the month exploring the mud on rainy days, keeping their cubbies neat and tidy, immersed in creative play, and...
Waldorf School of PGH
Feb 28, 20221 min read
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Scenes from the Week: 02/07—02/11
In Grade 4 Movement, Miss Dawn and the class explored the Chinese Dragon Dance—synchronicity, symbolism, strength, and grace—in...
Waldorf School of PGH
Feb 14, 20221 min read
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WSP Parents Step into Faculty & Staff Roles
Peggy Yoo, Handwork Assistant (shown here on right with Ms. Louise) “I am fortunate and thrilled to be the new Handwork Assistant. My...
Waldorf School of PGH
Jan 28, 20223 min read
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Scenes from Campus: November 2021
This week Bluebell Nursery made wet-felted acorns & Morning Garden Transition Class children worked together to push a large stump up to...
Waldorf School of PGH
Nov 22, 20211 min read
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Scenes from Campus: 11/8–11/12
Lantern making in Dandelion Kindergarten This week, Grade 8 helped our First Graders learn to knit. This tradition in our school is quite...
Waldorf School of PGH
Nov 13, 20211 min read
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Did you know? Why does Waldorf Education include handwork and an emphasis on working with the hands?
According to the article, “Why Crafting Is Great For Your Brain: A Neuroscientist Explains” by Dr. Sarah McKay, crafting with others...
Waldorf School of PGH
Nov 1, 20211 min read
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Scenes from Campus: October 2021
Grade Two knitters! In art class, 3rd Grade adds clay Noah’s ark animals to the cob oven they built. Grade 6 illustrates the well-known...
Waldorf School of PGH
Nov 1, 20211 min read
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Scenes from Campus: 10/18–10/22
Last week Local Roots was on campus to assist with groundskeeping and the planting of beautiful fall mums. One of the gardeners gave a...
Waldorf School of PGH
Oct 22, 20211 min read
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Scenes from Campus: 10/4–10/8
The joy of a Michaelmas obstacle course lives on the week after Michaelmas in Little Friends! Morning Garden enjoys circle time in the...
Waldorf School of PGH
Oct 8, 20211 min read
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Scenes from Campus: 9/13–9/17
Six year olds in the Sunflower and Buttercup Kindergartens prepare for Michaelmas by making their own swords. The process involves sawing...
Waldorf School of PGH
Sep 18, 20211 min read
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Solar Dyeing Yarn
First Graders solar dye yarn with marigolds in Handwork class outdoors.
Waldorf School of PGH
Sep 10, 20211 min read
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