We are pleased to announce, the Waldorf School of Cape Cod has purchased the property at 22 Tupper Rd. in Sandwich to create a space where our students can thrive. With 3.5 acres of land, spacious gardens, a bamboo forest, and a grassy meadow, it's the perfect home for our nature-based early childhood program. Our Grades children spend time outdoors too, in gardening class, movement class, and recess of course. Over the next coming months, we will transform the former residence into a school and we will keep you updated on our progress.
In preparation for our first school year in our new home, enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year is open. If you are interested in learning more about our program please contact us via email to get more information.
The Waldorf School of Cape Cod is so grateful to you as a part of our community of friends and families who make Waldorf Education possible on Cape Cod. Please consider making a financial contribution to our school. Just like our gardens, WSCC is a place on Cape Cod where children (and adults) grow and flourish into free, capable and independent individuals.
Our New Home for the 2019-2020 School Year
The Waldorf School of Cape Cod is excited to announce that we will hold school for the 2019-2020 school year at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Falmouth! WSCC is grateful to have found a beautiful space with a welcoming community for our school this coming school year.
The school’s board of directors continues to search for a long-term building and property to purchase for the school’s forever home. In our 35 year history, the school has always rented and the board would like to see a more permanent home for the school.
In the interim, the school community is looking forward to being part of the community at the UUFF. We see this as a win-win for holding inter-generational activities and events.
The UUFF invites the Waldorf Community to join them at their Summer Fun Picnic at 11:30 AM to 1 PM Sunday, August 4, 2019, at 840 Sandwich Road, East Falmouth. Members of the Cape Cod African Dance and Drum will lead a community drum circle from 11:30 to 12:30. Other offerings will include an inflated bouncy slide, and a bring-your-own picnic will continue until 1 PM. The public is invited to the free-of-charge event for all ages, which will be held rain or shine, either outside or inside depending on the weather.
Enrollment is open for new students. Space is limited. Email outreach@waldorfcapecod.org if you are interested in enrolling your child this Fall.
Organic Chemistry & Next Generation Science Standards
by Stephen McCloskey, Middle School Teacher
This week class 7/8 started to journey into the world of Organic Chemistry. Waldorf science education begins with observation and experiments, this week our students performed an experiment that aligns quite nicely with both Waldorf science education as well as the next generation science standards. The "Carbon Tower" experiment is outlined in "The Wonders of Waldorf Chemistry" book by David Mitchell, and the same experiment connects with the Next Generation Science Standards, including "science and engineering practices", "disciplinary core ideas", and "cross-cutting concepts".
Organic Chemistry is defined as the study of carbon-forming molecules, which includes all living organisms and so much more! The main focus this week has been on sugar.
Sugar contains three different things - Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen. For the "Carbon Tower" Experiment we filled a glass beaker with 40mL of sugar. Then, we saturated the sugar in the beaker with sulfuric acid. Upon stirring the two together, the mixture turned black and made a hissing sound. Seconds later, steam was release upward pushing and putting air pockets into the remaining carbon molecules from the sugar upward. What you now see in the beaker is pure elemental carbon.
Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Waldorf Education, strove to educate the child from a base of experience and activity first (primary experience), followed later by a conceptualization (reflective experience). When students take part in an experiment such as the carbon tower, they are in the first stages of learning organic chemistry that will later be followed up by conceptualization.
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