For 155 years, the Black community has celebrated Juneteenth, a day that makes the end of slavery and the independence of countless of enslaved people that actually came two and half years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Today we are...
Dear Waldorf School at Moraine Farm Community Members,Our school was created to cultivate compassion and moral strength in our students and our community. We stand squarely in our values to declare that racism has no place in our school. Black lives matter. Today, and...
Connecting current events, social and emotional learning, technology, and art, Dirk Tiede, our Cyber Civics teacher and accomplished artist, created beautiful comic book panels to accompany a recent lesson on cyberbullying. In every bullying situation, there are three...
Almost overnight, there has been a significant shift towards the use of screen technology as a primary means of communication. While this technology is not new, social distancing has brought us into a new level of dependency on it. As a consequence, many people are...
Someone asked me what to say to the children. I said, “Let’s go wash dishes; we’ll use extra soap this time!” I was joking. But it is true that most children do not need to hear much of anything at all when it comes to stressful events. “Yes, it’s a...
We live in a world rich in people from across religions, races, cultures, and family structures. And at Waldorf School at Moraine Farm, we strive to reflect a tapestry of experiences back to our students and our community. Representation matters. Studies from many...