The Meadowbrook journey is marked by many traditions and rites of passage. MWS students grow up watching the activities and accomplishments of the older students knowing that, one day, it will be their turn. In this very different school year, we are doing all we can to continue our best loved traditions albeit in new ways.
A Familiar Visitor from the Narragansett Tribe
Storytelling to Children
Andrew Gilligan is a class teacher at Meadowbrook Waldorf School and he wrote the following beautiful story about the founding of the first Waldorf school. He first spoke it on September 19, 2019, the season of Michaelmas when traditional tales of a marauding dragon teach us much about community cooperation and the will to build a brighter future.
We Are Meadowbrook
On Sunday, just one week since our school burned to the ground, we gathered to mourn the loss of our building and its contents. Much of the wreckage has been removed but a huge pile of debris remains piled on the concrete foundation behind a chain link fence. For some, on their first visit, the sight was overwhelming and tears flowed.
Facing Anxiety, Cultivating Resilience
St. Nikolaus Day at Meadowbrook Waldorf School
The children in the lower grades were busy yesterday tidying their rooms and placing their shoes out neatly in anticipation for a visit from Saint Nicholas. This morning those eager boys and girls found treasures of clementines and small shells in their shoes waiting for them, sometimes with a hint of glitter left behind from their secret visitor.