News
Summer Reading Lists for grade school students will be posted on the website as they become available. Grade school lists are created by Librarian Anne Grandin in conjunction with class teachers.
Grade 4 Summer Reading suggestions
Read a letter from Susan Howard about the Chengdu Waldorf initiative located in China not far from the epicenter of the recent devastating earthquake. The school suffered some damage and can be supported through the Rudolf Steiner Foundation website.
conversations with a
Kenyan Waldorf Teacher
Philisia Shake, the current fifth grade teacher at the Rudolf Steiner School Mbagathi, visited our school for several days during April. She was hosted by Meg Gorman who met Philisia a year ago in Kenya during a around-the-world trip to Waldorf schools. Philisia is a lively, engaging woman who brought East African stories and experiences to our students and also to parents during an evening presentation. She told the children a true story about the time last summer when a lion entered the school compound and fatally attacked one of the school’s cows. She also shared insights into the current Kenyan political situation with high school students, and in one class she found herself explaining circumcision rites in her Taita tribe.
Philisia embodies a unique combination of traditional African ways, the modern African spirit, and Waldorf education. Her visit was a delightful inspiration for everyone.
Philisia ready take donated school supplies
back to Kenya.
thank you to everyone who made this year's spring benefit such a success !!
Congratulations to all our incredible parent volunteers who once again put together a beautiful event for this year’s Spring Benefit. Our event successfully funded several outlined needs from projector systems for high school classrooms to encyclopedias for grade school classrooms to the tune of almost $34,000. In addition, with the help of the online auction this past week, we exceeded our goal of $60,000 for the operating budget.
Winning Bidder questions?
Contact development@sfwaldorf.org.
Stones and Flowers
The San Francisco Youth Eurythmy Troupe in Egypt, February 2008
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