by Christina Dixcy | Apr 30, 2021 | Festivals and Celebrations, Weekly Photos
HVWS 4th Grader at the grade school May Fair celebration....
by Christina Dixcy | Mar 26, 2021 | Festivals and Celebrations, Grade School, Holidays, Weekly Photos
This week the 3rd graders celebrated Passover with a Seder, a festive meal. This celebration is the culmination of the story of Moses and the exodus of the Hebrew people from Egypt. The 3rd graders read from the Hagaddah (the book for the Seder), recited blessings,...
by Cindy Maner | Feb 11, 2021 | Eurythmy, Festivals and Celebrations, Movement, Video, Weekly Photos
In Eurythmy class with HVWS teacher Laetitia Berrier-Saarbach, the 7th Grade students have been working with a poem in honor of Chinese New Year. The poem, “Gazing at Mount Lu’s Waterfall,” is by Li Bai, who is among the most famous of Chinese poets...
by Christina Dixcy | Dec 17, 2020 | Art, Festivals and Celebrations, Play
Meg Vojack-Weeks(pronouns: she/her) Amid the clamor of Black Friday and Cyber Monday and the extra unusualness of this particular holiday season, Waldorf Publications shared their annual “Buy Nothing Day” post. Their ideas for handmade crafts, Advent countdown...
by Christina Dixcy | Nov 20, 2020 | Festivals and Celebrations, Gratitude, Inclusion, Nature
For a number of years at our annual Thanksgiving Assembly, Music teacher Danielle O’Neil has shared a bit of her heritage with us through the following Thanksgiving Address. We didn’t have an assembly this year but would still like to share the...
