If you don’t know by now, I deploy in March of this year for one whole year with the 101st Airborne. We are a part of the 2/17 Cavalry Unit that is being sent to Afghanistan.
Alums Return for College Strategy Forum
On Friday, January 9, 2010, the Waldorf High School held its first Forum of the New Year. The panel of guests included Waldorf High alums Nadia Bedard, Emma Franco, Eliot […]
What Is Waldorf Education? Re-issued in Southern Cross Review
Steve Sagarin’s article on “What Is Waldorf Education?” has just been re-issued in Southern Cross Review. The article begins: “Waldorf education does not exist. It is not a “thing,” and […]
“Think in Oceans”–Simon Winchester Visits China Seminar
Author, journalist, and broadcaster Simon Winchester spoke today (12/17/2009) to Great Barrington Waldorf High School students about the history of China and about Joseph Needham, about whom he has just published a biography, The Man Who Loved China.
Copper and Bronze
Ninth Graders recently extended their work with metals from steel into copper and bronze. Copper and bronze work developed earlier in history, but, as the students found, are harder to […]
Congratulations, Soccer Team
Our fun-loving, hard-working co-ed soccer team racked up a record of 2 wins, 5 losses, and 2 ties in our longest season to date (2 more games were cancelled because of weather). Given illness, college visits, and other disruptions to the team, students can be proud of this record and look forward to a better one next year.
OPEN HOUSES 2009-2010
You are cordially invited to one or more of our OPEN HOUSES for 2009 – 2010: Tues, Nov 17, ’09 @ 7:30 pm Thurs, Jan 21, ’10 @ 7:30 pm Tues, […]
Heavy metal class – Waldorf High School in the news
Here’s a link to a nice story about blacksmith John Graney and our students from today’s Berkshire Eagle.
High School Visits Metropolitan Museum of Art
On Wednesday, November 4, we chose to spend the day in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each class had a different assignment. Ninth graders had just finished a course in History through Art, and spent the day roaming from Egypt through Greece, Rome, the Italian and Northern Renaissances, to Rembrandt and, later, the Impressionists, taking notes and sketching.
Iron Forging and Metaphor
In his first class, John Graney gives each student a length of square iron stock and teaches how to round, taper, flatten, bend, and drill it to form a hook. He also teaches how to maintain a coal fire at the right temperature, and how to tell by color the temperature of the metal.