Summer Alumni ReunionJoin your friends at ThirstyBear for our annual summer Alumni Reunion. Tapas and drinks provided by SFWS. ThirstyBear Brewing Company661 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 Special Guests: Class of 2003 Celebrate your 10-year reunion! 18+ for attendance. 21+ for cocktails, beer, & wine. RSVP & Information: Facebook, events@sfwaldorf.org, or using the form below. Fill out my online form. // Follow us on Facebook! Find out about upcoming events, including our annual winter... Read More
Our Town: The Senior PlayMARK YOUR CALENDAR! Thornton Wilder said, in his preface, "Our Town is not offered as a picture of life in a New Hampshire village...it is an attempt to find a value above all price for the smallest events in our daily life." As we send our seniors off to college, and life outside "our village", we hope this wisdom will travel with them! Come see the class of 2013 put their urban twist on Our Town, while keeping true to the playwright's sentiment and intention. Good for all ages. Please note:... Read More
Senior Project Presentations 2013
Friday, May 17, 2:45-4:45pm in Eurythmy Room 2:45pm: Sophie Kawada, The Anatomy of the Heart3:15pm: Noam Baruch, Urban Poetry3:45pm: Elle Casey, Saint Michael and the Dragon4:15pm: Jackson Stewart, Financial Derivatives Saturday, May 18, 9:00am-4:00pm in Eurythmy Room9:00am: Eli Yesovich... Read More
Friday, May 17, 2:45-4:45pm in Eurythmy Room 2:45pm: Sophie Kawada, The Anatomy of the Heart3:15pm: Noam Baruch, Urban Poetry3:45pm: Elle Casey, Saint Michael and the Dragon4:15pm: Jackson Stewart, Financial Derivatives Saturday, May 18, 9:00am-4:00pm in Eurythmy Room9:00am: Eli Yesovich... Read More
SF Waldorf High School Literary ReadingWith Music & Songs at The Booksmith - Friday, May 24th, 5:30 PM Come and celebrate the upcoming release of "Portal", the SF Waldorf High School's annual literary magazine, at The Booksmith book store on Friday, May 24th at 5:30 pm! Join us for an evening of poetry, prose, and music featuring student writers Nehemiah Aldrich, Noam Baruch, Jules Christeson, Lionelle Erlewein, Haley Grey, Miranda Hollingswood, Julia Ingoglia, Davia Schendel,... Read More
Amnestry Club Write-a-thon is Wednesday, May 16
The Amnesty Club is holding a "Write-a-thon" on Wed., May 16, 2013 during the lunch period. They will set-up tables in Herbst Hall and show documentary films from Amnesty International, wearing Amnesty T-shirts and asking students to sign petitions and write letters to government officials on behalf of various Amnesty campaigns for 2013. More details on this student-led day of activism coming soon.... Read More
The Amnesty Club is holding a "Write-a-thon" on Wed., May 16, 2013 during the lunch period. They will set-up tables in Herbst Hall and show documentary films from Amnesty International, wearing Amnesty T-shirts and asking students to sign petitions and write letters to government officials on behalf of various Amnesty campaigns for 2013. More details on this student-led day of activism coming soon.... Read More
Founders’ Night Showcase 2013Friday, May 10, 2013, 5:00 - 9:00 pm Free timed tickets will be issued as you arrive to guide you through the evening. There will be three 45-minute musical sets repeated in our performance venues - Eurythmy Hall and Herbst Hall - beginning at 5:30 pm, 6:45 pm, and 8 pm. In between the concerts, wander through the classrooms, art studios and science labs to explore the Waldorf high school curriculum through the display of student work. New this year! Local food trucks will... Read More
Sports Basement March Madness supports SFWS
March Madness continues through this weekend at Sports Basement SF Waldorf School (part of SF Schools) is leading the pack! Each year, Sports Basement has a fun and friendly competition between non-profits throughout the Bay Area, modeled off the popular NCAA Basketball March Madness tournament. During this time, they increase giving for the non-profit community to 10% (normally 5%), while customers continue to get 10% back. If you need something for an upcoming field trip or just... Read More
March Madness continues through this weekend at Sports Basement SF Waldorf School (part of SF Schools) is leading the pack! Each year, Sports Basement has a fun and friendly competition between non-profits throughout the Bay Area, modeled off the popular NCAA Basketball March Madness tournament. During this time, they increase giving for the non-profit community to 10% (normally 5%), while customers continue to get 10% back. If you need something for an upcoming field trip or just... Read More
San Francisco Waldorf Moms' Night Out, Friday, March 8
WHAT: A Night out of Fun, Sauna, Socializing and Dinner WHO: All Waldorf Moms - sliding scale entrance fee WHERE: Elks Club San Francisco 450 Post Street - 3rd Floor - above Kensington Hotel. (Spa in basement.) Friday, March 8, 4PM to 11PM4PM - Gym/Spa6PM - Cocktails7PM - Dinner8PM - Socializing Note: In past events parents thought the Salt Water Swimming Pool, Dry Sauna and Steam Bath was the best part of the event. Co-Ed facility so wear your swim suits ;-) ... Read More
WHAT: A Night out of Fun, Sauna, Socializing and Dinner WHO: All Waldorf Moms - sliding scale entrance fee WHERE: Elks Club San Francisco 450 Post Street - 3rd Floor - above Kensington Hotel. (Spa in basement.) Friday, March 8, 4PM to 11PM4PM - Gym/Spa6PM - Cocktails7PM - Dinner8PM - Socializing Note: In past events parents thought the Salt Water Swimming Pool, Dry Sauna and Steam Bath was the best part of the event. Co-Ed facility so wear your swim suits ;-) ... Read More
Oliver DVD's for salePurchase the DVD's for the 2013 SFWHS production of Oliver. The pricing for each DVD is $12. Performance 1 with Myles as Oliver can be ordered at this link:http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00Z6MTRQ Performance 2 with Sophie as Oliver can be ordered at this linkhttp://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00KGXAOE Read More
Donate to Spring Night 2013Thank you for your interest in donating to San Francisco Waldorf School's Spring Night Benefit Auction! The Online Auction is April 17 - May 1. The Silent/Live Auction and Benefit is April 27. Online Donation FormPrintable Donation Form If you are making the same donation as last year, please use the Repeat Item Donation Form. Thank you for the generous support which enables us to continue our service to our students and families—and thank you for being a part of our community! Many in our... Read More
Tyler Iorillo (Class of 2010), ArtistWhen director Kelly Lacy (SFWHS Theater Program and Humanities teacher) wanted to give the high school’s production of Oliver! a more contemporary urban feel, it occurred to her to reach out to alumni Tyler Iorillo to see if he would be interested in being involved. Tyler is a SF Waldorf “lifer” who started out in Kindergarten with Dagmar Eisele and graduated in 2010 from our high school program. He is currently pursuing a combined major in Urban Studies and Illustration at the New School in... Read More
SFWHS Participates in San Francisco Urban Orchard ProjectIn January, SFWHS participated in a city wide event that succesfully planted over 200 trees in 25 locations including our high school campus at 470 West Portal. The tree planting was part of the San Francisco Urban Orchard Project which in turn was developed in partnership with SF Environment’s Urban Forestry and Carbon Fund programs. The goal of the program is to address both environmental and food security issues. In late 2012, Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF) was awarded the most recent... Read More
Studying the Pacific Rim in Grade 9The 9th Grade Pacific Rim main lesson saw the class take to the road for a morning at Ocean Beach. Once there, we established a comfortable place from which to view the Pacific Ocean - its wave patterns (it happened to be the high tide) and the sky above. Students sketched their own version of the water and environment and took notes on what thoughts and feelings it brought them. These notes were then turned into original poems, done with Leslie Marmon Silko’s poem, ‘Prayer to the Pacific’,... Read More
Ed Kashi, Visual Storytelling in the Digital AgeFriday, February 8, 2013, 2:40 - 3:35 pmAll School Assembly - Eurythmy Room Award-winning photojournalist and filmmaker Ed Kashi will present a retrospective of his work documenting the social and political issues that define our times. A sensitive eye and an intimate relationship to his subjects are the signatures of his work. Kashi's work has taken him from India, where a superhighway connecting the country’s largest cities symbolizes its economic growth, to Africa’s Niger... Read More
"The Wish of all Wishes" Eurythmy PerformanceKanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco3200 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94118 Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 7:00 pmWednesday, February 6, 2013 at 4:00 pm The world-renowned San Francisco Youth Eurythmy premieres its 18th annual performance, "The Wish of All Wishes", prior to touring in Holland and Belgium. Artistic Director Astrid Thiersch has prepared a program full of beauty and delight with poetry by Steiner, St. John, and Silverstein, music by Chopin, Schubert, Mozart... Read More
Kim John Payne: Developing Capacities for Social InclusionThursday, January 17, 7:30 PM At San Francisco Waldorf High School 470 West Portal, San Francisco, CA 94127 On-site parking available. Kim John Payne, acclaimed author and educational and family consultant, will speak at SFWHS (at our high school campus) on Thursday, January 17 at 7:30pm. In this evening lecture for parents, Mr. Payne will speak about the particular ways in which the adults in children’s lives affect the children’s ideas, actions and feelings about social inclusion. He... Read More
SFWHS to Present "Oliver!" in January at the Grade School CampusFriday, January 18, 7pmSaturday, January 19, 2pm and 7pmSunday, January 20, 2pm Tickets on sale now at BrownPaperTickets.com or in the school offices. Bring in a non-perishable donation for the San Francisco and Marin Food Bank and get a $1 discount! Additional food and financial donations for the Food Bank will be collected at all performances.* Buy tickets for Oliver! San Francisco Waldorf High School's production of the musical theater classic "Oliver!" is not what you might expect if you'... Read More
SFWHS Amnesty International Club: 2011-2012 Year in ReviewLast year, SFWHS’s Amnesty International club experienced many changes: first, we had a change of leadership, then we formed a new partnership and increased our level of activism. These dramatic shifts led to one of our most successful years and we were very proud of what we accomplished. First, the change of leadership went to a junior student who had formerly served as the club’s vice-president in the 2010-2011 school year. Then, the new president changed the name of the club to the... Read More
Nathaniel Anderson-Frank (Class of 2003), violinistNathaniel Anderson-Frank (Class of 2003) attended SFWHS for two years while his family was in the San Francisco Bay Area. He now sits in the fourth chair of the Philharmonia Orchestra, under the direction of Principal Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen. They recently played three performances at Zellerbach Hall on the UC Berkeley campus in November. Although Nathaniel only attended SFWHS for two years, he considers them “two of the most enriching years of my life, and I will always... Read More
Teaching Math: The Exeter MethodA few weeks ago, high school students began to gather before their honors math class. They began pulling their homework, a set of math problems, out of their binders, actively discussing the places that they had become stuck or were able to move forward. One student excitedly exclaimed, “I got it!” as she began to explain her discovery of Cavalieri’s principle describing the volume of solids to the rest of her peers. (See example below). At San Francisco Waldorf High School, all Honors... Read More
