Students at Rockefeller Center

On Wednesday, October 27, the Waldorf High School and 9 visitors from Munich traveled to New York for the Day. After a ride on the subway, we visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ninth graders completed assignments to do with their History Through Art seminar; 11th and 12th graders visited the art of India in conjunction with their seminar on the History and Culture of India. And 10th graders and German visitors visited a variety of exhibits, from the retrospective show of conceptual artist John Baldessari to the American Wing. We then walked south through Central Park, down 5th Avenue to Rockefeller Center, and back to Grand Central. For our German visitors it was an exciting first visit to New York, and they enjoyed everything from the subway through the museum and the seals in the Central Park Zoo to the rappers hawking their CDs (with impromptu performances) on 5th Avenue.

Order your heavyweight 80/20 cotton blend Waldorf High School sweatshirt today! Only $30. Call the school at (413) 528-8833 or email us at info@waldorfhigh.org. Alumni, parents, friends… A great gift!

From left: Alee Danyluk, Naomi Pitman, and Milena Stanton, with their painting

Led by Naomi Pitman, a team of 9th graders from the Great Barrington Waldorf High School that also included Alee Danyluk and Milena Stanton created a painting of an X-ray cat for the window of the toy store Matrushka on Main Street in Great Barrington to help celebrate Halloween. Students from Waldorf, Steiner, and Monument Mountain swarmed Main Street and Railroad Street on Friday, October 22, to decorate dozens of windows. Their work will remain on display through October 31. Happy Halloween!

Alexander Souri, founder of Relief Riders International, visited the Junior and Senior Seminar on the History and Culture of India, taught by Peter Elliston, on Friday, October 22. He spoke about his inspiration in creating the adventure tour-international relief organization, combining his desire to honor his Indian heritage, his desire to help an area of the world that needs it, and his love of riding horses. Relief Riders traverse 250 miles of Indian desert on expeditions to bring goats to villages and families that need them and, in the past, to offer free eye surgery to those who could not afford it.

Class of 2010 with Peter Elliston, left, and Alexander Souri, right.

OPEN HOUSE, Thursday, 10/12, 7:30 p.m. Student work, refreshments. Brief presentation of program, questions and answers. See our great little school up close. Next Open House: Tuesday, December 7, 7:30 p.m.

The Parent Association will meet on Monday, September 20 right after school at GBWHS.  New families are welcomed and encouraged to attend.

Oliver writes by the campfire.

An arthropod observes Martin.

KayLee paints on Joe's Head.

Julian contemplates a poem about the sea.

The Class of 2011.

Martin in the microscope lab.

Sunday, September 19 – Friday, September 24
Each fall, our Seniors join seniors from several other Waldorf schools across the country to study zoology on Hermit Island, Maine. This year, we will join approximately 100 Waldorf school seniors from eight schools on the east coast. This unique adventure combines phenomenological study of invertebrate zoology—part of the twelfth grade Waldorf curriculum—with marine-based science labs and artistic activities. This collaborative, field-based academic trip meets the needs of today’s adolescents in a way that no classroom can.

Our first bake sale is set for Saturday, September 18, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in front of Carr Hardware. Come and enjoy delicious homemade cupcakes, brownies, cookies, and cakes. All proceeds benefit the schools renowned foreign language programs, which include extraordinary trips to foreign lands! Two other bake sales will be on Saturday, October 2 & Saturday, November 6.

Martin, Oliver, and Phoebe play cards in the rain...

For the past nine years, all the students at the Great Barrington Waldorf High School begin their fall trimester at Camp Hi-Rock. Our small school experiences this orientation in the beginning of every year, and it makes an important impact on the social experience of the students for the whole year. It’s not just about high ropes – it’s about hiking and running, and low ropes, and bonfires, and swimming, and watching the stars – together.

All parents and students are invited to a Back-to-School Potluck/Grill and Parent Evening on Tuesday, August 31 at 4:30 p.m. at the home of Ramona and Chris Bellamy, parents of senior KayLee. This is a wonderful opportunity to see old friends and meet new ones! We will gather for a brief information session presented by Dr. Stephen Sagarin after supper, and everyone is welcome to enjoy a dip in the heated 15’ x 30’ pool, so please bring bathing suits and towels. There will also be other activities set up, such as ping pong, badminton, basketball, bocce ball and croquet. In the evening, there will be a firework celebration in honor of the start of the ninth year for the Great Barrington Waldorf High School!