The Quiet Profundity of Everyday Awe
That feeling—of being in the presence of something vast—is good for us. And, counterintuitively, it can often be found in completely unremarkable circumstances. By Dacher Keltner Read more here. ...
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Why Did We Stop Using Cursive?
Someone who went to grade school before the 2000s will be able to describe learning how to write in cursive. They were likely instructed to repeat the same letter over and over again on lined paper, which would then be inspected by an instructor for...
2022-23 Virtual Back to School Packet
Dear WSOC Families, We are pleased to share our WSOC 2022-23 virtual Back to School Packet! You have special letters of warm welcome from your College of Teachers and Board of Trustees, and your School Administrator. Click to learn more about our "New Faces, New Roles" across campus! For ease of reading and referral, each...
Healing Through Inner Work
Rebecca Moskowitz Feb 24 2022 We are emerging from a time in history when many of our daily life activities have been dictated by urgency and crises. As we begin to see an end to necessity driving this certain way of being, it becomes all the more important for...
What is a Waldorf School?
Creative arts like drawing, painting, language studies, music and drama support the main lesson and give students a variety of avenues to learn the material. Students then continue an exploration of the lesson through movement and motor skills, with activities like physical education, building, dance...
Constant Craving: How Digital Media Turned Us All Into Dopamine Addicts
According to addiction expert Dr Anna Lembke, our smartphones are making us dopamine junkies, with each swipe, like and tweet feeding our habit. So how do we beat our digital dependency?...
Finding Beauty in Challenging Times
This last month has presented us all with many upheavals and challenges - social, financial, emotional; the physical time away from our Waldorf family. It also has brought some surprising silver linings: an ancestral call to bread baking (store shelves emptied of yeast and flour...
Jack Petrash and the Value of Waldorf Education in our Modern Age
Jack Petrash, longtime Waldorf teacher, educator, author and founder of the Nova Institute, recently visited Waldorf School of Orange County and shared the many ways in which Waldorf education is relevant (more so now than ever!) in today’s complex world. Speaking to a packed Eurythmy Hall...
