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, […]
Revisiting Screen Time
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 […]
The Pentathlon 2021
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 […]
Please Welcome Emma Maruska, Practical Arts Teacher
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 […]
We Can Do Better, You Can Help
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 […]
Grades 7 & 8 Reach New Heights at High Ropes
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
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 […]
Looking Forward: Early Childhoood Program
By Andrea Fiser, Pedagogical Support It has been exactly one year since our school had its first shutdown, due to COVID. So much thought and consideration went into planning to return safely this past August, and here we stand a year later, on the brink of another school year. We are in person with children […]
Finding our way back to a safer normal
Guest post by Jennifer Sorensen, LAC BHP Team Lead ~ Child & Family Therapist Blake Behavioral Health Services I hope this letter finds you all well and optimistic. My goal in writing this is to open a conversation and offer resources to support you and your families. This pandemic has affected each of us […]
AWSF Tax Credits Now Being Accepted for General Scholarship Fund
Did you know you can provide a scholarship to a child attending Tucson Waldorf School at no cost to you?! Your contribution counts as taxes paid through the AZ Private School Tax Credit Program and supports Waldorf education for children from low income families. Please visit the Arizona Waldorf Scholarship Foundation website to learn more […]