Celebrating Halloween at RWS
Every year our Grades and Early Childhood classes celebrate Halloween with a parade and a special performance of poems and songs for friends and family. Upon first glance, these festivities may seem no different than Halloween at any local school. However, if you look more closely, you’ll notice something about the costumes Waldorf children, parents and teachers are wearing. For our elementary and middle school students, costumes worn at school come from the curriculum. Our first graders are kings, queens, knights, princesses, gnomes, and fairies. In seventh grade you may see Leonardo or the Mona Lisa herself. It’s wide open with one caveat: […]
The Meaning of Michaelmas
On Friday, September 30, Richmond Waldorf School will celebrate Michaelmas with a pageant performed for the community by the students in the grades, a community lunch, and a “Feats of Strength” field day for the grades students. The season of Michaelmas is also felt in our classrooms, from Early Childhood to grade 8, in the songs, verses and artistic activities that characterize this time of the year. Because Michaelmas is not commonly celebrated or well known in this country, we’d like to share a little bit about the nature and significance of Michael, whom we honor on this day. […]
The Meaning Behind Our New Logo
A logo is an identifying symbol that represents you to the world. It is your visual identity. A good logo speaks. It evokes something within those who experience it. It’s almost impossible to fully appreciate our new logo until you learn the intentions and thought with which it was created. Read more about it and you’ll instantly discover more about us. Enjoy! The circle represents wholeness in body, soul, and spirit. The color blue symbolizes trust, freedom, balance, and peace. The prismatic colors create a rhythmic flow and feeling of movement, are welcoming, and are symbolic of inclusivity. The energy of the circle moves clockwise […]
Annual Rose Ceremony
This morning we had our annual Rose Ceremony to mark the beginning of the school year for all grades students. Our 8th graders escorted the 1st grade students to a flower arch where they were greeted by their teacher and given a rose to symbolize this new beginning. It was, and always is, a wonderful way to start the school year!
Annual School Beautification Day
Our Annual School Beautification Day was held on Saturday, August 27th, and we had a great day sprucing up RWS for the new school year. Thank you so much to all the parents, volunteers, faculty, and staff who pitched in to make the school look so good! Thanks to our Parents’ Association who brought sweets for breakfast and pizza for lunch. It was wonderful to have such a big turnout and to accomplish so much.
Alumni Insights on Waldorf Education
The Cincinnati Waldorf School collected reflections from their alumni who share how their education shaped their experiences in high school and college. These are not students motivated by external things like grades but instead people who enjoy the learning process and strive to be their best selves simply for the sake of doing so. Pretty incredible! Alumni Insights on Waldorf Education from Cincinnati Waldorf School on Vimeo.
Excited for School to Begin
We are so excited for the start of school! Can’t wait to see everyone in a few weeks! Maybe these beautiful pictures of our classrooms will get the kids excited too.
