From October 24 to November 14, the Great Barrington Waldorf High School welcomes 9 tenth and eleventh grade students from the Munich-Schwabing Waldorf School. Flora, Nick, Stefan, Dan, Carina, Carolina, Frederika, Luisa, and Andreas are staying with families in the school, working on their English (already pretty good!) and attending school. With this visit, their chaperone, Sylvia Hochleitner, English teacher at the Munich school, has returned to our school for the fifth time; she is a friend, a colleague, and practically part of the family here.
During the first week of their visit, we arranged a trip to the Norman Rockwell Museum, a hike up Monument Mountain, a trip to Bash Bish Falls, and a trip to New York City. After that first week, visitors joined classes already in progress, including seminars in physics and History through Language. Having nine more students adds to our busy lives, and our small school feels like it’s bursting happily at the seams.
Next April, German students from our school will visit Munich for three weeks and reunite with their new friends. They are already discussing what they will do and see in Munich. (Spanish students will visit the Waldorf school in Cali, Colombia, for three weeks during this time.)