You may have seen parent volunteer Amy Frost on campus or at an event some time over the past two decades or so. Amy is without a doubt one of Tucson Waldorf School’s most prolific and effective volunteers. Her family is also the longest continuously enrolled family at TWS! This year, Amy’s youngest daughter Molly […]
Interview twelve in the TWS25/Waldorf100 anniversary series features class teacher Lisa Archer, who is retiring this year after graduating her third TWS class next Thursday (May 23rd). Retiring Pedagogical Director Linda Braun has this to say about her dear friend Lisa: “As our longest serving Grades class teacher, Lisa has really become a strong mentor […]
This year Tucson Waldorf School celebrates 25 years of serving parents and children. From the strong roots of our first kindergarten class, to the thriving, healthy tree TWS has become, now offering support and education from parent-child classes in the Quail’s Nest all the way through to Grade 8. TWS provides an education that fosters […]
As TWS prepares for the May 4th fresh! Spring Soirée fundraiser, which this year is an “around the world” birthday party to celebrate TWS’s 25th and Waldorf Education’s 100th anniversaries, parents, staff, and community members are once again reminded of why we do this and what it is at the core of all the striving, […]
Our tenth interview in the TWS25/Waldorf100 anniversary series is with TWS parent and high-impact volunteer Sariya Jarasviroj Brown. Sariya currently chairs fresh!: a spring soiree, a fun and successful fundraiser for TWS, happening May 4th–this weekend! This year’s fresh! theme is a birthday party “around the world” in celebration of both TWS’s 25th anniversary and […]
By Laurel Lacher – April 10, 2019 LL: Tell me a little about yourself and your connection to Waldorf. SJB: I’m a Thai-American native of Bangkok who moved to the US as a toddler. My parents brought me to the United States when my mother was accepted to a PhD program at the University of Iowa in […]
Interview nine of our TWS25/Waldorf 100 anniversary series is with TWS parent Bryan Falcón. Bryan, along with wife and rising Grade 1 class teacher Elizabeth, owns local theatre company, The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre. In this interview, Bryan discusses his appreciation for Waldorf Education’s use of the power of story, and his deep respect for […]
The eighth interview in our TWS 25/Waldorf 100 anniversary series features TWS kindergarten teacher Jennifer O’Brien. Jennifer is one of TWS’s founders, working as Linda Braun’s kindergarten assistant in TWS’s very first kindergarten class. She has remained at TWS ever since, working and supporting this growing, and now thriving, school in innumerable ways. In this […]
Interview seven of our TWS25/Waldorf 100 anniversary series is with TWS Movement Education teacher Heidi Johnson. Heidi started the Movement Education program at TWS 19 years ago, and in this interview she shares her perspective on the importance of movement, believing in her students, and meeting them where they are.
by Laurel Lacher LL: Tell me a little about yourself and your connection with Tucson Waldorf School (TWS). CJ: I first discovered Waldorf online when my oldest daughter was about 3 years old. What really caught my eye was the art and the environment – the natural toys and the sense of deliberate and intentional […]