Last Saturday, PWHS welcomed prospective students and their parents to the first open house of the 2013-2014 admissions season. What a delight to see our own high school up and running, filled with enthusiastic teachers, decorated with student work and humming with questions and comments from both PWS families and families from area public, private [...]
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“Waldorf Children Are a Gift to the World”
As we look forward to opening the doors of our high school and welcoming our first ninth grade class, I was moved by hearing a talk given at Highland Hall’s senior tea by Valerie Spencer, a parent of a Highland Hall graduate. Here is a portion of what she had to say: “…I am thrilled [...]
The Art of Education
The Waldorf High School Difference Waldorf schools offer a genuine art of education that has at its very core the adolescent’s maturing personality. The Waldorf high school curriculum seeks to develop individual skills and abilities through the humanities, sciences, and arts, their content filled with new life, meaning, and relevance to the world in which [...]
Ten Advantages to Being Part of the Early Years of a Waldorf High School
Students get to set the cultural tone for a new institution, creating and growing school traditions and customs. In a new high school free of an established list of requirements, students are encouraged and able to freely pursue personal passions. Small is not only beautiful, it’s also flexible. It is easier to pack up a [...]
What Makes a Waldorf High School Different?
Below are Douglas Gerwin’s five “ics” that explain why Waldorf education is unique and how it makes a difference in the way students learn. 1. Artistic All subjects are taught through the arts, because the arts deepen any experience of any subject. Memorizing the anatomy of the body can only teach you so much; but [...]
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