Many in our community had the opportunity to view some, or all, of the Inauguration proceedings on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. It was a rich experience, filled with history, symbolism and inspiration. Learn how our Middle School teachers brought this event into their classrooms.

Fifty years ago, we opened our doors to students in Cambridge. Since then, Waldorf has touched thousands of lives in Greater Boston. To build on our five decades of growth, WSL h as launched the 50th Anniversary Fund: Seeds for the Future. This is a special effort to strengthen and grow the school’s capacity for the months ahead, and for years to come.

On Monday, October 12, Indigenous People’s Day, families in our community celebrated and honored Indigenous People. Some shared or read stories, visited sites of native significance, and/or made art and indigenous foods.

On Thursday, October 1st, students in grades 1-8 enjoyed a lively Michaelmas celebration. The festival was modified for safe-distancing, but the spirit and the gesture of this symbolic festival were still very present. Our students and faculty enjoyed the beautiful weather, the festivities and the courageous achievements faced on the field.

On the first day of school, September 9th, the first grade was warmly welcomed to the school by our eighth graders during a beautiful, outdoor Rose Ceremony.

Waldorf teachers are considering their curricula for all grades with diversity and equity issues in mind. How can we teach our students to talk about race? How can we equip them to see, hear and understand different points of view? How can we help our students create a future that brings the promise of the United States Declaration of Independence to fruition for all?

We are pleased to present our 2020-2021 Board of Trustees—a committed group of highly accomplished and visionary leaders, who will champion WSL's mission into the future. Whether experiencing this education firsthand as a student or experiencing it through the eyes of their children, Waldorf has played an integral part in their lives. It has inspired them to take on the important mission of ensuring that Waldorf education continues to thrive at a time when it is needed the most.

In this time of social distancing and remote learning, the idea of coming together to celebrate the graduation of our 8th grade class seemed, at times, an impossible task. When all was said and done, however, our intrepid graduation committee put together a memorable and lovely drive-through graduation event.

We wish to acknowledge societal injustice and the resulting pain that has recently escalated throughout the nation. We grieve for the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others. As we witness black, brown, multiracial, and non-white people suffering and dying disproportionately from structural inequities in our criminal justice system, as well as disparities in access to healthcare, which the pandemic has made more evident, we are called upon to face the pain of racism individually and in community. 

During this time of COVID-19, we may have many restrictions but we also have opportunities. Waking and sleeping is eternal, universal, something we will all do for the rest of our lives. What might we want to tweak in our lives right now, to enhance our sleeping cycles, making them a bit more juicy and ripe, so that we can feel more restored, rested and vibrant?

Join class teacher Jeanette Voss as she shares a glimpse into the Waldorf School of Lexington’s sixth grade Business Math main lesson.

When faced with the challenge of bringing heart and community connection to our May Day Event in these unique times, our school counselor, Julia King and our faculty and staff were not daunted. They brainstormed and innovated around maintaining our May Day tradition during the pandemic.

Do you have an art nook set up for your child? Having a small corner of the house all to ourselves can feel like a great luxury. This privacy, this space that is designed especially for us, where creativity can spring forth with ease and freedom can provide a sense of calm.

While our campus is temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to engage with our community through Connected Learning.

One hundred years of Waldorf education has spread a lot of love and warmth throughout the world. In celebration of 100 years, we thought we’d spread some warmth locally. With that in mind, our 7th and 8th grade classes partnered with Cradles to Crayons to collect and distribute 100 new coats as a gift to children in-need in our community.

On Friday, January 24, the WSL boys and girls basketball teams scrimmaged with the Cotting School. This co-ed game was unique in that the students from the Cotting School have a broad spectrum of learning and communication disabilities, physical challenges and complex medical conditions. This was a non-competitive evening of skill building, both team skills and life skills, and the general feeling after the game was that we all benefited from the experience.

The seventh grade year, a year full of the dramatic transformations of adolescence, is a perfect time for chemistry! In this latest blog post, written by Seventh Grade Class Teacher Lauren Smith, discover how our middle school science program offers direct, observable experiences of scientific phenomena both inside the classroom and in nature. This practice allows the students’ observations to lead to their own conclusions.