Scenes from the Month: January 2023
Students in Grade 7 have been researching a Central or South American country of their choice, both in class and at home. Areas of focus...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Jan 13
- 1 min
Scenes from the Week: 01/09–01/13
This morning the grade school students heard Ms. Opdahl tell the story of the friendship between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahalia...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
Scenes from the Week: 11/01–11/04
Middle School morning assembly. A chalkboard drawing in the 8th Grade classroom. Drawn by WSP art teacher, Olga Brindar. Grade 6 busy...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Nov 13, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Oct 2, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Sep 19, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Jun 15, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- May 28, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- May 22, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Feb 28, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Feb 14, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Jan 28, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Nov 13, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Oct 8, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Sep 18, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Waldorf School of PGH
- Sep 10, 2021
- 1 min
Solar Dyeing Yarn
First Graders solar dye yarn with marigolds in Handwork class outdoors.
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