On July 13th at 10 am parents interested in learning more about our Grade One curriculum are invited to meet Ms.Olivia Hannah, the Grade One teacher. Please register to attend. Learn More
The first grade child has powerful new capacities of intellect available as a result of successfully growing into the physical body and developing the senses during the first seven years of life. To begin with, the child’s memory is no longer dependent upon sight or sound for recall. As a …

Maypole Song, ” Here’s a branch of snowy may,
A branch the fairies gave me.
Who would like to dance today
With the branch the fairies gave me?

The beautiful Maypole celebration and potluck picnic at Hillcrest Park was a delight.  The famous and adored family musician duo from GirlFish Music Leah Salomaa and Sahra Featherstone accompanyied our talented ECE faculty. Fairy wings, Peter Pan Hats, daisy garlands, picnic baskets were brought and bread was broken with the Waldorf community.
 
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AHWS students from Grade 3 to Grade 8 will be singing, “O Canada’ for the Torch Relay Ceremony marking Canada’s participation in this year’s Commonwealth Games on April 14th. At 3:00 pm the students will cheer on the athletes. At 3:30 pm Mayor David Miller will welcome athletes followed by AHWS students singing O Canada to close the ceremony.
Grade Six play April 15th.

April 8th, Open House Thursday Evening 7:00pm to 8:00 pm. We warmly invite you to tour our school after hours and explore the classrooms, meet teachers, students and parents. Discover why our curriculum and teachers will ignite a passion for the art of learning in every child.
Parent & Child Spring Program begins in April for a 10 week session. Days available are Tues, Thursday and Saturday. Wednesday is full! Learn more about our Parent & Child program under the …

Summer Camps at AHWS!   Dates, hours and cost details below.
CAMP #1: We are pleased to offer an Early Childhood Summer Camp for ages 2-3. Lead teacher for June is Ina Poulsen. July TBD.
The program for 4-6 years old program will be lead by Kindergarten Teacher Katherine Fulford.
Children will explore the outdoors, participate in daily artistic activities such as mask making, sculpture, woodworking and painting. There are weekly nature themes, organic homemade snacks, water play, trips to the parks and new friends to be made.  …

Planning for the 2010/11 school year is underway. Contracts are being mailed out February 26th and are due back March 12th. If you are interested in our school please download an application from our Admissions section as soon as possible to ensure a spot for your child next year. Immediate spots available in Grade three and Grade Six.
Upcoming events:
Coffee House: Wednesday, February 24th, 6:45pm to 10pm.
Parent Dance: Friday, February 26th, 7pm
School Tour: Wednesday, March 3, 9am. Please register for …

“Almost exactly a year ago, when my class and I were in Grade Seven, we began a kind of ‘guitar orchestra’ with 15 brand new classical guitars. I had thought that playing and singing together would be a great start to each day! Well one thing led to another, and soon we had incorporated many different instruments. Soon enough, we had a kind of class band. Last spring, again one thing led to another and we had the amazing …