SHINING STAR WALDORF SCHOOL PORTLAND OREGON
Grades Classes
We offer grades 1-5.
Monday-Thursday 9 am to 3 pm
Class sizes are small, 10-16 children per class.
Our faculty: Mrs. Johnson, gr 5-6, Ms. Laura, gr 4, Mr. Chi, gr 3, Ms. Deidre Spahr, gr 2, New Teacher Grade 1, Ms. Lenka White, strings, Ms. Veah Keyes, handwork, Mr. Sam Keator, Irish Folk Dance, Tante Jossi, German, Senor Flores, Spanish
We offer head, heart and hands education for the whole child using traditional and innovative Waldorf education.
Our grades children enjoy:
Handwork 2 x per week
German and Spanish 2 x per week
Strings in gr 3 and older 2 x per week. Band in grade 6, 1 x per week
Movement & Games
Folk Dance 1 x per week
Art every day
The grades are located in a sunny beautiful lower level of a large church located in the beautiful Irvington Neighborhood, we enjoy a large paved play area and a garden space with vegetable area, a hand made sand box tucked into a corner, basketball hoops, and within 2 blocks, a lovely private green space with labyrinth and play space for recreation.
On Thursdays, the grades goes out into Mother Nature for fall and spring, in winter we remain on site with wonderful mixed aged activities.
Fall 2013: We are adding a grade six this fall! It is an exciting time for our school and we will be offering a mixed class with 5th and 6th grade, enjoying 1/2 year of grade 5 and 1/2 year of grade 6. Do come and join in our wonderful lead class! This year is more Ancient Civilizations and the addition of sciences and band.
Monday-Thursday 9 am to 3 pm
Class sizes are small, 10-16 children per class.
Our faculty: Mrs. Johnson, gr 5-6, Ms. Laura, gr 4, Mr. Chi, gr 3, Ms. Deidre Spahr, gr 2, New Teacher Grade 1, Ms. Lenka White, strings, Ms. Veah Keyes, handwork, Mr. Sam Keator, Irish Folk Dance, Tante Jossi, German, Senor Flores, Spanish
We offer head, heart and hands education for the whole child using traditional and innovative Waldorf education.
Our grades children enjoy:
Handwork 2 x per week
German and Spanish 2 x per week
Strings in gr 3 and older 2 x per week. Band in grade 6, 1 x per week
Movement & Games
Folk Dance 1 x per week
Art every day
The grades are located in a sunny beautiful lower level of a large church located in the beautiful Irvington Neighborhood, we enjoy a large paved play area and a garden space with vegetable area, a hand made sand box tucked into a corner, basketball hoops, and within 2 blocks, a lovely private green space with labyrinth and play space for recreation.
On Thursdays, the grades goes out into Mother Nature for fall and spring, in winter we remain on site with wonderful mixed aged activities.
Fall 2013: We are adding a grade six this fall! It is an exciting time for our school and we will be offering a mixed class with 5th and 6th grade, enjoying 1/2 year of grade 5 and 1/2 year of grade 6. Do come and join in our wonderful lead class! This year is more Ancient Civilizations and the addition of sciences and band.
