By Peter Lawton, Fifth Grade Teacher Greetings from Rudolf Steiner College in Sacramento, CA! I’m here doing my summer training, or what we Waldorf teachers affectionately call “Waldorf summer camp.” I’m sitting at a picnic table nestled under an …
Alumna Evva Parsons wins Scholarship to Germany
By: Becky Kazana Congratulations to Evva Parsons, City of Lakes Waldorf School Alumna, and Saint Paul Academy graduate, on her Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Vocation Scholarship! This summer, the scholarship will take her to Freiburg, Germany for a gap year. She will …
Sponsor Bio: The Wedge Community Co-op
The Wedge Community Co-op provides healthy lunches for our lucky students every day, and every time we step inside the Wedge Table, we see CLWS staff, parents and students. But did you know The Wedge Community Co-op is also one …
Sponsor Bio: Dr. Kimberly Berkus, Chiropractor
Dr. Kimberly Berkus has been a parent at City of Lakes Waldorf School for six years, and she’s also a generous school sponsor and talented chiropractor. She is passionate about spinal care and education and the common thread between Waldorf education …
Seventh Grade Science: Health and Pysiology
By: Sarina Yospin At school this week, we have been delving deep into the world of the digestive system – to the gallbladder, and beyond! Every day has been chock-full of fascinating questions from the students, so I’m learning lots, too. …
City of Lakes Waldorf School Proud to Be Named Green Ribbon School
On Earth Day 2015, City of Lakes Waldorf School was named a Green Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. This prestigious award recognizes our school’s continuing commitment to green efforts in three areas; Reducing Environmental Impact and Costs, …
Ian Underhill-Cady, CLWS Alumnus, Wins NextNotes Composition Award!
Congratulations to Ian Underhill Cady, City of Lakes Waldorf School Alumnus, who recieved a NextNotes High School Composition Awards from The American Composer’s Forum on April 23, 2015. NextNotes is a new, national program designed to nurture the next generation of creative …
Fifth Grade Pentathlon
THE WHY The Pentathlon event is meant to provide 5th graders with an experience of the athletic pursuit of Truth and Beauty, with a sense that their efforts are being witnessed by the Greek gods. Can they attain the ideals …
City of Lakes Waldorf School Celebrates Earth Day with Green Ribbon Schools Award
In celebration of Earth Day, Managing Director of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Christy Goldfuss joined U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to announce that City of Lakes Waldorf School, in Minneapolis, Minnesota is among the 2015 U.S. Department of Education …
Sponsor Profile: Schechter Dokken Kanter
CLWS: Tell us a bit about your business! SDK: Schechter Dokken Kanter is a CPA firm in Minneapolis. We were formed in 1990 from the Minneapolis office of one of the “Big 8” accounting firms. We work with many nonprofit …