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Grades 1 – 8During the grade school years, the child’s consciousness gradually shifts from a pictorial to a more conceptual focus. Our elementary curriculum is designed to accompany the child through this gradual process of unfolding capacities. There is a rhythmic structure to individual lesson plans, and to the course of the school year. Students learn through “block teaching,” working intensively each morning with one subject for several weeks before another subject is introduced. This allows for greater concentration and retention of material. After the morning academic work come the artistic, practical and movement classes, as well as continuing skills work in English, mathematics and foreign languages. To provide security and continuity in the passage from childhood to adolescence, one “class teacher” oversees the student’s development between ages 7 and 14. In this way, the teacher comes to know each student in depth and can attend carefully to his or her needs over time. The contact with one class teacher is supplemented by interaction with numerous other teachers who provide specific instruction in foreign languages, music, fine arts, handwork, woodwork, eurythmy and movement. |
David Barham Hired as 7th Grade Teacher:Merriconeag Waldorf School has hired David Barham to lead its 7th grade class for September, 2008. David has 14 years of Waldorf elementary and high school teaching experience and is presently a humanities teacher at High Mowing, a Waldorf high school in Wilton, New Hampshire.
First Annual Poetry Festival:Students from 16 high schools in southern and mid-coast Maine have submitted poems to Merriconeag's First Annual Poetry Festival to be held on May 18 from 3 - 4:30 p.m. at the School's high school campus at Pineland in New Gloucester.
Early Childhood Information Session:Our last regularly scheduled Early Childhood Information Session will take place on
Joint Accreditation:Merriconeag Waldorf School recently received joint accreditation by two organizations: The Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE) and the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA).
Expanded Extended Day Program:Merriconeag is expanding its extended day program to make Waldorf Education a more feasible option for working parents Merriconeag Receives Challenge Grant for High School Tuition Assistance:Merriconeag Waldorf School has received a $40,000 grant from an anonymous donor that will increase the amount of financial aid available to high school students. 
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