

Scenes from the week: Nov 12–15
Herr Leo leading grades 1–8 in a lantern walk song in German. This is a song he sang as a child in Germany for Martinmas. Many students...

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Nov 15, 20241 min read
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Scenes from the week: Nov 4–8
Open gym kicks off the WSP Basketball season! Students in Grade 5 share feelings during morning meeting. Grade 6 practices archery at...

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Nov 9, 20241 min read
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Scenes October 2024
8th Grade  students joined their first grade buddies and helped them knit golden stitches. This is a wonderful tradition that makes new...

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Oct 25, 20241 min read
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Another Season of Middle School Cross Country
WSP at Shady Side Academy for their last cross country meet of the season. A beautiful day!

Waldorf School of PGH
Oct 25, 20241 min read
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Scenes from the week: Oct 7th–Oct 11th
Little Friends on a weekly buggy ride! And they're off! WSP and Falk held a cross country meet yesterday afternoon at Bartlett...

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Oct 11, 20241 min read
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Scenes from the week: Sept 30th–Oct 4th
Ms. Opdahl leads a class meeting with Grade 7 where students openly discuss how well they are upholding their agreed upon norms and how...

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Oct 4, 20241 min read
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A Look at Michaelmas 2024–25
Throughout the day students expressed their physical will of pressing apples into cider at our apple press with assistance from David...

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Sep 27, 20241 min read
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Scenes from September 2024
Ms. Illar (not pictured), Mr. Leo, and Ms. Thomas take Grade 8 white water rafting! Grade 4 completes the first block of the year—a...

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Sep 27, 20241 min read
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Scenes from the week: Sept 9–13
Per WSP tradition, the Upper Grades enjoyed a camping trip last week at Raccoon Creek State Park. Grades 1, 2, and 3 Â enjoy recess...

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Sep 20, 20241 min read
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Michaelmas Preparations
As we look toward next week and our first festival of the year—Michaelmas and the WSP Annual Fund—there are ways your family can prepare.

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Sep 20, 20241 min read
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Scenes from August 2024
Per WSP tradition, Grades 1–8 gathered on the lawn of the Heartwood Annex for an assembly on the first day of the school year. This...

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Aug 30, 20241 min read
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Commencement 2024
On June 7, 2024, we celebrated our eleventh annual eighth grade commencement for the class of 2024. This ceremony signified the...

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Jun 29, 20242 min read
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Congratulations, Class of 2024!
Our students have received acceptance to and are attending the following high schools in the fall: Pittsburgh Creative and Performing...

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Jun 7, 20241 min read
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Scenes from the week: June 3–7
Per WSP tradition, Middle School students and staff play hide and seek. Mr. Dave emerges victoriously from the chapel where he hid in one...

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Jun 7, 20241 min read
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Scenes from May 2024
Painting in Daisy Kindergarten. Grade 7 morning lesson on the circulatory system. Grade 4 performs its class play, Loki Doer of Good and...

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May 31, 20241 min read
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Class of 2026 Rising Ceremony
Ms. Opdahl leads the Rising Ceremony, a Grade 6 rite of passage.

Waldorf School of PGH
May 31, 20241 min read
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Scenes from the week: May 20–24
Rising First Graders have Spanish class with Señora Garcés as part of their Bridge to First Grade program. Ms. Opdahl makes calendars...

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May 24, 20241 min read
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Scenes from the week: May 13–17
Grade 2 held a moving up ceremony during which students took light from a third grade candle and put out their second grade lights. Ms....

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May 17, 20241 min read
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Scenes from the week: May 6–10
Grade 2 performed its class play, Jerome and the Lion. Buttercups on the tire swing. Congrats to the WSP Ultimate Frisbee team on a...

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May 10, 20241 min read
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Scenes from the week: April 29– May 3
Some middle school orchestra students played for our 30th anniversary alumni parents as they entered the building, and the Kindergarten...

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May 3, 20241 min read
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