by Caitlin Blau and Bryan McManus – 14 Oct 2004 People who suffer through challenging experiences together are always closer when the trial is over. Our teachers came up with the perfect bonding technique: take us out into the woods, make us climb lots of ropes and hike around in the rain. So, after a short first […]
Germany
by Emma Franco – 11 Jul 2004 I looked out at the beautiful view of the garden from my bedroom window. I’m actually in Germany, I thought. After months of planning and many fundraisers we had made it to Germany. In the course of eight hours I had gone from 11p.m on Saturday to 7 pm on […]
History and Genius
by Stephen Sagarin, Tenth Grade Advisor – 11 Jul 2004 Part of Ninth Grade History of the Modern World addresses this question: how does the world change? Not the natural, forest fire-earthquake-volcano part of the world, but the world of ideas and events, the human world. The simple answer is that change comes through the work of […]
Pros or Cons?
by Andrew Sagarin – 11 Jul 2004 Should pro athletes be kids’ role models? The answer is no. Many athletes such as Allen Iverson, Randy Moss, and Jeremy Shockey, are big babies who have let their celebrity go to their heads. They have bad attitudes and believe that the world revolves around them. Then there is the […]
Enter The Odyssey – Experience the Adventure
by Emma Franco – 11 Jul 2004 “So – does everyone know what the Odyssey is about?”Ms. Eliot asked us on the first day of our Odyssey seminar. Some answers were drastically off, others accurate but inaudible, and I blurted out: ì Isnít it about Odysseus?î In a more descriptive way, the Odyssey is about the adventures […]
Stepping Boldly into Our Future
by Rick Shrum – 11 Jul 2004 As we wrap up the last couple of weeks of this school year, we look forward with great anticipation to the opening of the new Great Barrington Waldorf High School in September. During the summer months we will begin to transform the spaces of our new downtown location, making some […]
Peru
by Samantha Stier – 11 Jul 2004 On Friday, April 16, 2004, the Spanish students of the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School sped off in a van to New York City. Destination: JFK. Well, not yet. First, we went to Paulís friendís house. At about 1:30 am, after we hadnít slept at all, it was time to […]
Dear 9th and 10th grade students
by Rick Shrum for the Board of Trustees – 29 Apr 2004 The Board of Trustees of the new Great Barrington Waldorf High School would like to thank you for your enthusiasm and perseverance regarding the initiation of this high school. Your bold determination to have a Waldorf high school experience in the Berkshires has been the […]
What is New In History?
by Stephen Sagarin, 10th grade advisor – 09 Mar 2004 Teaching ancient history to the Tenth Grade followed immediately by Modern History to the Ninth Grade, I was struck as I have not been in the past by the recurrence of dialectics in history. Perfected by Socrates as the true ìSocratic methodî (not simply asking questions, which […]
Completing The Journey
by Rick Shrum – 09 Feb 2004 On the evening of January 15, one of the coldest nights of the year, nearly 50 people eagerly squeezed into the school library to be fired up by the topic of Waldorf high school education. Carol Bartges from the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City gave a clear picture […]