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In this interview, conducted in January 2019 in York, Maine, Cary Drake (13) interviews Steve Brice (her Grandfather age 71) about his family, career, and childhood. In this interview Brice talks about how Drake’s mom painted their dog, how singing...

The Waldorf education

Westside Waldorf founder Patti Herrmann talks about the origins of the school

Matisse Silva (Meadowbrook alumnus and Extended Day teacher) talks about what Waldorf education has meant in her life

I interviewed my best friend

A veteran teacher discovers Waldorf education: “ My best advice for my students would be to keep your imagination open to learning new things so that you can always be an enthusiastic learner.”

Tabitha Jorgenson - now parent of three Meadowbrook Waldorf School alumna, current board member, former admissions director and Latin teacher - describes her first encounter, "peaking in the windows" of Meadowbrook Waldorf School and the 20+ relationship that ensued: growing...

Karen(Nana) Cease - 79 speaks of her life, jobs, traditions, and her thoughts on the pandemic.

Lesley and Isabelle shared with us what they most enjoyed (community!) and got out of Waldorf education (creativity!).

Cynthia Siegel describes the process of learning about Waldorf education and being a founder of Meadowbrook Waldorf School.

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Lisa Jordan McCarthy talks of the group effort to open Maple Village Waldorf School in Long Beach, California, halfway between established Waldorf schools in Orange County and greater Los Angeles. Lisa touches on keeping the heart of the school through...

In telling the story of the founding of Maine Coast Waldorf High School, David Sloan speaks about the community education needed to take the leap from 8 grades to 12, the beauty of the full, EC through 12 Waldorf curriculum...

James Patrick Tobin has a conversation with his grandfather David Tobin. They talk about what life was like in Maine during the 1940s and David Tobin’s experience as an air traffic controller during The Korean War.

In this interview, conducted in December 2019 in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, Hailey Fryer (16) interviews her grandma Annette Smith (68) about her life growing up. Ms. Smith shares stories about her family heritage, religion, schooling, etc.

Best friends from the age of two - hear about their 11 year journey through Waldorf education: “I feel like Waldorf taught you things, but in a deeper way. You really learned something from multiple perspectives. You learned about it,...

Meadowbrook Waldorf School's Amy Lloyd Rippe talks about discovering Waldorf education and the experience of teaching for almost two decades.

Siegfried Finser, now 87 years young, graduated from High Mowing High School in 1950. In this interview - the first of two - Siegfried shares stories of a rascally youth, a questioning teenager and the colors of Chaucer.

Emily Schmidt Interviewed her grandma on Thanksgiving about her life, her marriages which there were two, and her childhood living in Sarver. She also talked about my father and how he grew up and his transition between his two dads...

Elsa Johnson interviews her mother, Katherine Bourke, a 45-year-old woman, about her experience from small-town life in Maine to San Fransisco where she embraced a life as a lawyer and later became a mother. Katherine found immense success in her...

James Del Balso: 2020-09-01 15:02:24

Talk about back stories and how crazy and exciting they were..

Brianna Bass, who attended the Detroit Waldorf School for early childhood through the 3rd grades, talks with her class teacher, Melanie Reiser

We got to take a test on how to use the app because we are getting to interview a family member on Thanksgiving for 40 mins about anything we want to talk about.

A conversation with Bonnie Ozaki-James about the beginnings of Honolulu Waldorf School, O'ahu, Hawai'i.