Mountain Laurel Waldorf School

Wishing our administration dream team, Susan Ramaty and Sue McKenzie a twinning happy birthday today.

As the end of the school year is on the horizon - and what a year it has been ! - against all odds and grateful for the pandemic waning in our area, we were able to hold our first community event since March 2020. What better way to celebrate than with music! Our 3rd through 8th graders had continued practicing and learning their instruments all year and wowed the audience with their performance at our first ever Music Share on the Green, held in the sculpture grove at the Unison Arts Center. Not deterred by the heavy rain only an hour prior, our students played their hearts out in the misty grove with bird song accompanying their music. It was like a dream. Thank you to Mark Bernstein for his vision and for making this happen for the enjoyment of all.

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Spring Soiree Save the Date: We are springing into Spring! Please join us and Save the Date for our Spring Soiree, a Virtual Gathering, and Online Auction celebrating our community's resilience, our dear students, wonderful teachers, while helping to raise money for our school. Our Online Auction will begin May 29th and will last for one week leading up to our very special Virtual event on June 5th at 8pm. ... Mark your calendar and don’t miss a chance to bid on some lovely finds and a chance to connect virtually with current families, alumni, teachers, board members, friends, and community partners of Mountain Laurel Waldorf School!

Mountain Laurel strives to build the foundation of a free human being. Guided by the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, our teachers inspire independent and insightful thinking; empathy for all beings; and a love of meaningful work. It is within this spirit we host our Spring Soiree, to continue our work built on this foundation. Join us Saturday at 8pm via Zoom to celebrate who we are and what we are about. For tickets visit https://mountainlaurel.org/spring-soiree/ to bid on some fun auction items visit https://www.32auctions.com/MLSpringSoiree. You do not need a ticket to bid. Just a love for Independent Schools and the magic we create.

Our fundraiser Yankee Tickets for this Saturday's game are available until 7:15pm tonight only! Brighten a fans day and help raise money for Mountain Laurel! Bid on this and other fun items at https://www.32auctions.com/MLSpringSoiree. Play ball!

The May Pole is up and the 4th grade has the honor to unweave the ribbons this year!

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When you study Ancient Rome in Mr. Evans’ 6th grade class, you don’t just study it, you experience it. Live education for an engaged and inspired student!

Happy Earth Day! Carl Sagan keeping it all in perspective...

Dear friends Mountain Laurel Waldorf School: It is with a heavy heart that we share the news of Marilyn Liebowitz’ passing on April 11th. For over more than 2 decades, until her retirement last year, Marilyn taught the art and soul of clay and woodwork to so many of our collective children at Mountain Laurel school. Making her way around the tables while she helped students shape a wooden spoon that would feel just right in their hand, or form comedy and tragedy masks in cla...y to enliven the 5th Grade Ancient Greece block, she would often share her wonderful stories, dropping snippets of wisdom or fragments of Greek myths as one former student would say. As a well studied anthroposophist, Marilyn helped carry the soul life of Mountain Laurel Waldorf School through her teaching, during College meetings, and seasonal festivals adding her precious collection of crystals to the winter spiral. Marilyn was a mentor to all of us, and particularly, to Tricia McCloskey, who is now faithfully and truthfully carrying the rich Mountain Laurel sculpture program into the future. Master Teacher One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, But with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings, The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, But warmth is the vital element for the growing plant And for the soul of the child. -Carl Young