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High School Student Highlights: Sabina & Aili
In this new interview series, the Publications students – Gemma, Grace and Sam – chat with a few Art Portfolio students to talk about their method & process, inspiration and experience in their student art work while at the Waldorf School of San Diego.
ATHLETICS: HS Volleyball at WSSD
WSSD HS re-introduce a volleyball program for the school year of 22-23, thanks to help from parents Jamie Ivers and Kim Lester. Jamie is the beach volleyball coach at Grossmont college and Kim is the volleyball coach for San Diego City College. Publications elective...
Creating a Summer Rhythm at Home: Preparing for a Waldorf Education in the Fall | Mary Carmichael
Ms. Carmichael kindly shared some of her notes from her recent podcast episode to address this popular topic.SEVEN BASICS for Summer Planning When discipline or guidance and boundaries are needed, keep in mind he stages of development- 0-7 imitation, 7-14-...
Stewardship to the Environment: a Zero Waste Student Shares
The word, “zero waste,” means to produce no waste. So, for my family, it means that if we can’t reuse it, compost it or recycle it, we will refuse it and just not buy it. So, when you have extra food scraps, you compost it, or when you’re at the store and you could choose between paper or plastic, you would pick paper. We do everything other people do like shop, eat at restaurants, wear makeup and travel, we just make conscious decisions to reduce our carbon footprint at the same time.
The Magic of Soup Day by Laura Ford
Ms. Laura Ford shared some insight on what Soup Day is at the Waldorf School of San Diego. She, along with Ms. Penman and Ms. Sandelin, opened up their kitchens and classrooms to allow us to capture some of the imagery and wonderful smells & flavors.Snack is an...
Robotics by Luis Daniel and Kalyani Weiss
HS siblings and founding members of the Robotics elective, Luis Daniel and Kalyani Weiss, take a moment to introduce and describe the program - now in its third year of existence at The Waldorf School of San Diego.Team Robowaves 18236 is made of six students from the...
Reflections on the College Application Process by Danny Marsh (c/o ’22)
Senior, Danny Marsh, took a few minutes away from his busy schedule of college applications and visits to share a reflection on this experience. Photo by student, Sam Payne. While I have been doing my college applications, I have some tips that might be of use for...
Coffee Anyone, Coffee Everyone
Coffee Anyone, Coffee EveryoneMs. Cohen and Eighth Grade “O Coffee! Thou dost dispel all care, thou are the object of desire to the scholar. This is the beverage of the friends of God.”– Arabic Poem, “In Praise of Coffee" 1511) As part of our work in World Geography...
What Waldorf Did For Me
What Waldorf Did For Me by Taylor Rae Sampson "What if we lived in a world where kids were taught to love learning instead of hate it?" According to Steiner's philosophy "the human being is a threefold being of spirit, soul, and body whose capacities unfold in...