Merriconeag Circus Arts Summer Camp

Merriconeag - Waldorf school in Maine  in association with Smircus Freeport and Spacial Dynamics Institute announced about the Circus Arts Summer Camp event on August 9 to 13 this year for children ages 10 and up. The registration fee for the said summer camp will be $200 and kids are expected to learn the art of clowning, theater, mime, juggling, rola-bola, unicycling and much more. The said event is led by John Saccone and other guest artists. See the poster below for the contact number and email address for more information about the said event.

 I am wondering what will be the summer camp for Waldorf high school students? Hmm... I will just update you later guys for any news about it, if there's any.

Waldorf School Update

Good news guys who wishes to know more about the private school in Maine - Merriconeag Waldorf School. You can now see and find latest updates and events about the school on Facebook. You can now become a fan on their official Facebook page and be updated with what is the latest things that is happening on the school.

Right now, when I check on it on FB, I found this following updates:

Recovering Childhood for 21st Century Children
A public talk by Joan Almon
Director, U.S. Alliance for Childhood

You can also visit the official events calendar of Merriconeag by clicking on the link. By the way, click on the Facebook image above to see Merriconeag on FB.

Merriconeag, Waldorf Education in Maine

Merriconeag Waldorf School (Merriconeag.org) was founded in 1984 and serves some 265 students in early childhood to high school. It is located in the Freeport, a town on the southern coast of Maine while its high school is a short distance away, in the town of New Gloucester.

The curriculum of Merriconeag Waldorf School is based on the research on child development by Austrian education and philosopher, Rudolf Steiner. Fundamental to Waldorf education is the recognition that each human being is a unique individual who passes through distinct life stages and that it is the responsibility of education to address the intellectual, physical, emotional and spiritual needs of each developmental stage.

Now for your information, the name "Merriconeag" (read as MER-e-con-EEG) comes from an Abenaki word for "a place of easy portage or passage." Freeport is located on Casco Bay, which has a Merriconeag Sound and a Merriconeag Neck, so the name has regional as well as poetic significance. To read more about this private school in Maine, just visit their official website at http://www.merriconeag.org.

The following video shows a 1st Grade Morning Lesson in Merriconeag created by Karl Schurman and 10th grade student, Cyrus Fenderson: