Waldorf Chalkboard Drawings
Chalkboard drawings created by Grades’ teachers are a unique aspect to Waldorf education. It brings not only beauty and art into every classroom but also often represents a timely theme studied in the class. Chalkboard drawings created by Grades’ teachers are a unique aspect to Waldorf education. If you walk into a grades class, this almost certainly will […]
Study of Music in Elementary School
In a Waldorf School, the children study music, starting with kinder lyres and pentatonic flutes or recorders in the early grades. Teachers may use songs already familiar to the children or write original pieces. Flute playing helps develop finger dexterity and a sense of class cohesion. By the end of the year many children play […]
Painting as Part of the Curriculum
Waldorf education recognizes the importance of beauty: all work is imbued with color, form and texture that should be pleasing. The teacher uses stories to introduce the qualities of the colors as well as to develop new skills such as handling of the brush, paint, and paper. The artistic element weaves throughout the Waldorf curriculum, […]
Rose Ceremony
The beginning of the school year is marked by our traditional Rose Ceremony. Each first grader is welcomed with a rose by their twelfth grade “special friend”, marking the beginning of a wonderful journey through the grades. The Rose Ceremony has been a tradition at Highland Hall Waldorf School for many years and it happens […]
5th Grade Woodworking Class
Woodworking in Waldorf education is important because it engages the whole child in a creative activity. At Highland Hall Waldorf School, Woodworking class starts in the 4th grade. Children at that age need an appropriate challenge that will equip them with perseverance and thus develop confidence when overcoming that challenge. In Woodworking classes in the […]
Flag Football in the Middle School
Our sports program at Highland Hall includes a season of Flag Football for the Middle School. All students are encouraged to participate and there are no try-outs. At Highland Hall, students are encouraged to take part in our extra-curricular team sports program. Our athletic philosophy is that team sports develop many important skills and that every student can […]
6th Grade Class Trip to Yosemite
The sixth grade traveled to Yosemite National Park. This outdoor educational aspect of the curriculum provides opportunities for the students to engage with each other in a very unique way. Setting up their own tents, helping with meal preparation, clean up, and exploring the natural wonders of the area. This will set the stage for […]
12th Grade Eurythmy Performance
At the end of the first quarter of Eurythmy studies, the 12th grade students offered a wonderful performance, bringing a poem and a piece of music by Jean Sibelius to life. Eurythmy is visible speech and visible music. Eurythmy is generally taught in Waldorf schools around the world. The word eurythmy comes from the Greek […]
Highland Hall Celebrates Diwali
This year the 2nd Grade offered a lovely dance performance during our Diwali Celebration. Other activities included a “dandiya” or stick dance, flower garland making and lighting oil lamps. Diwali (Deepavali or Divali) is the Hindu festival of lights with its variations also celebrated in other Indian religions. It symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over […]
12th Grade Portraiture Class
The Waldorf curriculum integrates the arts into all academic disciplines for students from preschool through twelfth grade. By the time they reach 12th Grade, the art class focuses on portraits and self-portraits, both in watercolor and as pencil sketches. At Highland Hall Waldorf School students experience art in their daily schoolwork from Preschool and Kindergarten […]
