John Swansburg, deputy editor of Slate.com, will speak about online journalism and how it has changed the way people receive news on Sunday, December 6 at 2 p.m. at Glen Urquhart School in Beverly. Slate.com is considered one of the preeminent online current affairs and culture magazines and known for its witty take on the news.
Shepherds’ Play
December 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Oberufer “Shepherds Play,” a Nativity play, is once again offered by faculty of the Waldorf School at Moraine Farm. It shows twice on Thursday, Dec. 17: at 4:30 and 7:00 p.m. The play focuses on three shepherds who hear of the birth of Jesus and travel to bring him gifts.
Ilse Kolbuzowski, a former Waldorf Eurythmy teacher, shares this about the three Oberufer plays, of which the “Shepherds Play” is one:
All Grades Open House: January 24th, 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
All families are invited to discover Shore’s exceptional Pre-K through Grade 9 programs. Meet Head of School Larry Griffin and explore the best that Shore has to offer, from our soaring art studios to our “maker” space, the Innovation Lab; from our state-of-the-art Theatre to our rock-climbing wall; and from our bright early learning wing to our fully equipped science labs.
Tomorrow’s world is going to demand very different kinds of things of our children. Fortunately, Glen Urquhart is a very different kind of school. Learn more about Glen Urquhart School at the Open Classroom event on Thursday, January 28, 2016 8:30 a.m.
Observe classes in any grade or subject area, ask questions, tour GUS school, and meet the outstanding teachers.
On Saturday, March 19, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Waldorf School at Moraine Farm in Beverly MA will host an Easter egg decorating and dyeing event. Kids will create pretty eggs with a variety of coloring ideas and embellishments with all sorts of crafts supplies. Kids can create Easter eggs as fun, interesting, and unique as they are!
The Waldorf School at Moraine Farm is offering a free introductory Parent & Child class for families interested in joining our community. You & your child will enjoy bread making, songs, free play & movement, circle games, outdoor and nature exploration with class teachers Kate Hill & Janet Damato.
At Glen Urquhart School in Beverly, MA sixth grader students design and engineer robotic Mars Rovers out of Lego systems. Students research NASA and they use Mars Curiosity Rover - Jet Propulsion Laboratory to select such tasks as: find evidence of water, drill for samples, move Mars rocks, and communicate with NASA.
The students are asked to design the next rover, choose its specific tasks, and write the programming code they will use to test their mission. They are encouraged to modify, through trial and error, their robots and programming code until they accomplish their goals.
Glen Urquhart School is pleased to announce that the school’s board of trustees unanimously approved the appointment of David Liebmann as the next head of school, effective July 1, 2016. Liebmann will succeed Raymond C. Nance, the interim head, who previously served as head of school for 15 years. Liebmann will become the seventh head of the K-8 independent school, which will celebrate its 40th year of operation next year.
Fifth graders at Glen Urquhart School, in Beverly, spend their year exploring the theme “The Land.” They climb a mountain, visit a granite quarry, look for signs of the last ice age in the local landscape, devise and construct models of earthquake-resistant buildings, and learn about how humans use the resources of our earth. Their capstone experience is a 4-day stay at Chewonki’s Outdoor Classroom in Wiscasset, Maine.
Glen Urquhart School’s gym was transformed into a state-of-the-art, hands-on children's museum focused on STEAM education (science, technology, engineering, art, and math). STEAM education is a nationwide initiative that creates critical thinkers, increases science literacy, and ignites the next generation of innovators. The program is designed to engage students’ right brains through activities that encourage divergent thinking.
