Tucson Waldorf School partners with Arizona Tuition Connection, a Phoenix based School Tuition Organization. All TWS families are asked to sign up to attend a Scholarship Coaching Session, create your family donor brochure and website, and complete an application on the Arizona Tuition Connection website. Please direct any questions regarding STOs to Tessa Swanson at [email protected] Here […]
The Tucson Waldorf School Board of Trustees Invites you to come gather at Brandi Fenton Park on Saturday, December 4th from 9am to 12pm for a 5k walk to benefit the school and kick-off the season of giving. What, Where, When: A 5k walk on the Riverwalk from Brandi Fenton Park Ramada # 6 to […]
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 […]
Emma Maruska was born in Missoula, Montana. As a child, she lived in the Bitterroot Valley, attending the country school, helping in the family nursery business, and getting spoiled with fantastic outdoor adventures. Most of Ms. Maruska’s adult life has been in Portland, Oregon, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Communication from University […]
Dear Current and Former Tucson Waldorf School Family Members, This email is to inform you that the Tucson Waldorf School Family – School Climate and Inclusion survey will close on May 7th. The link is provided below. Your input is vitally important. Thus, we sincerely hope that you will choose to participate. It should take you no more […]
Thanks to the dedication and determination of Movement Teacher Ms. Johnson, school mitigation efforts, and increased vaccinations among the adult population at Tucson Waldorf School, Grade 7 students did not miss out on the traditional trip to High Ropes obstacle course, where they challenged themselves – and met those challenges! – to reach new heights. […]
Faculty Post: Grade 6 DEI Curriculum Insight by Aaron Doyle This month in Grade 6, we have been studying Africa and the Americas. I hope to share not only some of the content we covered, but also the considerations and constraints I considered and what informed the direction of this block. In Grade 6, geography […]