First day of school came and went around here...two Fridays ago to be exact. Sage is going to a Waldorf charter school. We love Waldorf Schools; their basic philosophy is to educate heart, hands and mind. The kids at Waldorf do things like build treehouses and plant gardens, learn languages and play instruments. All lovely and good only trouble is tuition is somewhere in the neighborhood of $12K/year. Not happening for us...not for a few years at least. Luckily here in Boulder not only do we have a lovely Waldorf school, that we hope to send the kiddos to down the road, but we have charter schools galore. There are 8 or 9 charters in our town alone.
In January we entered a lottery and out of 200+ kids that were entered in the kindergarten lottery we were one of the 26 who got a spot. Hooray!
Our school BCSIS (Boulder Community School for Integrated Studies) is classic Boulder:
When we drop the kids off, all the parents and children gather outside the door and sing this song in Swahili (that's a wild guess)..."Funga alafia ash-ay ash-ay....I greet you with my mind, my heart, and go in peace."
A few classmate names that stood out:
Aurora
Elias
Sala
Axel
and best of all
Disco Diamond
The snack schedule:
M: rice and soy sauce topped with sesame seeds
Tu:hummus and carrots
W: lentil daal
Th: Lara bars
F: cheese and crackers
Every Thursday the kids go hiking. And get this, the teacher has the kids call her by her first name, Batya.
This is Boulder, wild and crazy and wonderful.
3 comments:
sweet! Disco Diamond? And Axel?
This school sounds awesome! I would like to know what lentil daal is. Poor Easton wouldn't know what to do with himself. Mayyyybbbe I should find something like that :)
Can't wait to hear more about it!
Wow that sounds like a great school! Have a great year.
Wow, that sounds sooo great!!
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