We are striving to have 100% participation for our Annual Fund! Tucson Waldorf School will embark on our next Re-Accreditation Self Study with AWSNA in the Fall. One of the many aspects that will be reviewed is Staff, Board and Community participation. When asked how participation went for the Annual Fund, we would love to report “100% community […]
Alumni Feature: Sovay Hansen (’03) by Olivia Hansen Sovay Hansen joined Tucson Waldorf School as a preschooler and continued on to be in the first graduating 6th grade class in 2003, taught by Sandra Cook. Sovay then attended middle school at Utterback Middle School and high school at Tucson High Magnet School. Upon graduating high […]
Children’s Books: Windows and Reflections by Ms. Nicole, Rosemary Garden Teacher We all have our favorite books from childhood. I can still easily recall the books that I wanted my dad to read repeatedly until I had them memorized. And so many that were illustrated with such detail and beauty, I could spend hours staring […]
Please help us welcome Jade Hines to Tucson Waldorf School! She and her family are returning to Tucson, AZ from Alexandria, VA where she worked diligently with families during the application and admissions process as the Director of Enrollment and Admissions at Potomac Crescent Waldorf School (PCWS). She also worked […]
Dear Tucson Waldorf School Community, On behalf of the College of Teachers, I am pleased to announce that our First Grade Teacher for the 2022-23 school year will be our current Eighth Grade Teacher, Ms. Cynthia Hovland. Ms. Hovland was born in Los Angeles and grew up primarily in Washington State. She considers Tucson her […]
Dear TWS Families, Alumni Families, Past AWSF Donors, and Tucson Waldorf School Extended Community Members, I hope this letter finds you well, in every sense of the word. To say that times have been challenging for all is an understatement. This second year of school COVID-management has proven in many ways to be tougher even […]
In this interview for Hispanic Heritage Month, we learn about new parent Rocio Cervantes and some of her family’s traditions and experiences. Q: Rocio, tell me a little bit about yourself and your family and what brought you to Tucson Waldorf School. A: I want to give thanks for this opportunity to share my experience […]
Please welcome Katherine Miller as the new Early Childhood Lead Teacher for Sunflower Garden for the 2021-2022 school year. Katherine started with TWS in 2008 in parent-child classes with her son, Benjamin. She enjoyed the classes so much that in 2010 she started working for Tucson Waldorf School as a substitute teacher for Early Childhood, […]
by Jen Rosenstein, Pedagogical Director Dear Families, The return to in-person learning has been a welcome respite from the daily use of screens for the teachers as well as for the children in a multitude of ways. Being together has helped us shift back to using our bodies and all our senses in the learning […]
Each spring, in Waldorf Schools throughout the world, fifth-graders gather on vast fields in city-states to compete with grace, strength, and beauty as a culmination of their studies of Ancient Greece. Rudolf Steiner described the 10-11-year-old child as being at the pinnacle of balance in their physical and emotional beings. Fifth grade marks the last developmental […]