Recent research indicates that access to the outdoors in childhood is strongly associated with happiness, mental health, and well-being in adulthood. “The effect is remarkable,” says Kelly Lambert, a neuroscientist at the University of Richmond who studies the psychological effects …
Waldorf Schools are Media Literacy Role Models
By Soni Albright, CLWS Admissions Director and Cyber Civics Teacher This article originally appeared on the Cyber Civics blog and has been re-posted here with permission. As we celebrate Media Literacy Week 2021, it’s hard to believe that Waldorf schools …
Fundraising Update: Forging Our Future
November 23, 2021 Dear City of Lakes Waldorf School Community, Greetings! Yesterday our school celebrated a major milestone: we made the final payment on our mortgage and own our school home! We first moved into our home at 2344 Nicollet …
We Own Our Home!
Today—Monday, November 22, 2021—our school is celebrating a major milestone. Following a capital campaign and with a substantial loan from RSF Social Finance, City of Lakes Waldorf School purchased our historic building in 1999. We moved into our permanent …
Fostering the Power of Imagination
To solve the environmental crisis, or any of the other ecological, economic, social and political crises we face, we need to foster the power of imagination in education. Future generations need to be able to imagine a different world. They …
COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic on November 6
We are pleased to announce that CLWS will host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Saturday, November 6, from 10:00 am until 12:00 pm. The vaccine clinic is FREE and open to anyone who is eligible for vaccination, which includes anyone who …
Seeking Alumni for the CLWS Super Team Soccer Challenge!
Calling all CLWS alumni! Join us for the annual CLWS Super Team Soccer Challenge, featuring alumni, teachers, staff, and parents challenging the 7th-8th grade soccer team to a fun, fierce, and friendly game of soccer. The game will commence at …
Learning is Multi-Sensory. Teaching Should Be Too.
Children learn in many different ways. That’s why it is so important for teachers to bring concepts through multiple senses. At City of Lakes Waldorf School, we teach science through stories as well as outdoors in nature and in the …
Our Philosophy: More Green Time, Less Screen Time
A new collection of 186 studies show that high levels of time spent in nature are associated with positive mental health, cognitive functioning, and academic achievement benefits for kids, while high levels of screen time are associated with depression, anxiety, …
The CLWS 8th Grade Class of 2021 Presents: The Clowndemics!
What if you woke up one day and felt like something just wasn’t right? You look in the mirror and suddenly you realize…you’ve become a red-nosed clown! What if you couldn’t stop laughing? What if you saw the world with …