Waldorf People in the News
News From and About The World of Waldorf Alumni & Teachers
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Schools
Valerie Perrott has been appointed the Public Relations and Enrollment Coordinator at Eugene Waldorf School. She has served as the Executive Director for the Support Center of Chicago and the volunteer Treasurer and a board member for the Eugene Waldorf School. October 2011
Shannon Stevens joins the faculty as a first grade teacher at The Waldorf School of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. The school is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. Read more Chestnuthill Local September 7, 2011
Laurie Nagus is the new Enrollment Coordinator at the Madison Waldorf School, in Madison, WI.
Nagus has a background both in administration and Waldorf Education. Read more
Michael Soulé joins Sandpoint Waldorf School, Sandpoint, Idaho, as its new administrator. Soule has worked for Sound Circle Center for Arts and Anthroposophy in Seattle as well as at other schools. Read more Bonner County Daily Bee August 14, 2011
Michele Marks is the new first grade teacher at the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School, in Great Barrington, MA. Marks earned both her masters of education and her Waldorf Education Certificate from Antioch University New England. Read more iBerkshires August 9, 2011
Sara Walsh is the new school administrator at The Waldorf School of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA. Formerly at the Waldorf School of Garden City in Garden City, New York, Walsh has over 15 years of Waldorf administrative experience, including being a former administrator of the Santa Cruz Waldorf School in Santa Cruz, CA. Read more Neighborhood Newspapers June 16, 2011
Alumni
Kieran Riley interviews Douglas Sloan, professor of History and Education Emeritus at Teachers College, Columbia University. They discuss Rudolf Steiner and his influence in celebration of Rudolf Steiner's 150th birthday. You can listen to the archived interview from Kieran Riley's radio show on wgxc here. October 18, 2011
Alumnus of Kimberton Waldorf School
Benjamin Weber was selected as the 2011 Outstanding Secondary Level Social Studies Teacher of the Year Award recipient. Read more 2011
Alumnus of Hawthorne Valley School.
Seth Travins has new album coming out with The Wiyos.
Read more The Times News October 11, 2011
Alumnus of The Waldorf School of Garden City
Dante Hess' Milk Thistle Farms, an upstate New York organic dairy farm, in the news.
Read more Small Business Trends September 25, 2011
Alumnus of Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Julianna Margulies Waldorf Alum wins Emmy Read more LA Times September 18, 2011
Alumna of High Mowing School
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In Memoriam
Jean McKay crossed the threshold on Thanksgiving Day in the early morning hours. Thanksgiving, it was said, was her favorite holiday. Jean was a devoted developer of the Extra lesson work pioneered by Audrey McAllen and she brought much help to many children and deep insights into the remedial work done by class teachers and extra lesson support workers in our Waldorf schools. In her retirement years she has been in a care facility and her passing was peaceful. It would be an appropriate honoring of her life if we could all keep her in mind over the next few weeks as we enter the Advent season! She is a kind soul to help us right back during these challenging Advent days of darkness. She was decidedly a keeper of the light when it came to children. Novermber 26, 2011
Miriam Karnow, wife of Dr. Gerald Karnow, and dedicated worker at the Fellowship Community in Spring Valley, died suddenly last night of heart complications. Miriam cared for her community like a gentle wind and a steady force at once. She carried her responsibilities with gentleness and joy. A Eurythmist, she loved music and beauty and made the making of both seem effortless. She will be greatly missed here. November 3, 2011
Phil Pollard, the second grade teacher at the Richmond Waldorf School, Richmond, VA, died unexpectedly on Saturday, October 29, 2011. As well as being a Waldorf teacher, Phil Pollard was a celebrated musician, who played in several bands, including Phil Pollard and his Band of Humans, The Bearded, The Slomski Brothers, The Lonetones, and Sara Schwabe and her Yankee Jass Band. October 2011
Sibylle Alexander died August 14, 2011 in Scotland. Her life-long devotion to truth, justice, and goodness, and to Waldorf Education and anthroposophy, is described in this lovely appreciation of her life. Read more The Southern Reporter September 28, 2011
Lewis duPont Smith died at 54. A beloved philanthropist, Smith was on the Board of Trustees for the Waldorf School of Philadelphia, in Philadelphia, PA, and was a founding member of the Philadelphia Forum for Anthroposophy. Read more Chestnuthill Local August 17, 2011
