GMWS Blog

As we continue upgrading our In the News page, we thought you might enjoy seeing what the Chicago Waldorf School has done with theirs. This page leads the way, in terms of both multimedia and its comprehensive coverage of the attention that Waldorf has received in recent months. Look for an updated Green Meadow "In the News" page soon.

As you saw from the photos we posted last week, Green Meadow hosted a fabulous event on Saturday, April 28, to kick off Screen-Free Week, a national event organized by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC). This year, Screen-Free Week ran from April 30-May 6, ending yesterday. More details about the annual initiative are available at the CCFC website.

About 50 people joined us at the kickoff event on the 28th to learn how to go screen-free for a week: enjoying crafts and learning how to create music by listening to nature, making jump-ropes, participating in a cooking demonstration by Chef Anthony of Threefold Cafe, and taking a nature walk with the inimitable Ed Bieber from The Nature Place Day Camp.

As Waldorf families who enjoy the benefits of reduced screen time all year long, we would love to hear from you about whether or not you did anything special in terms of media usage during Screen-Free Week!  Share your successes and challenges in the comments section.

We are thrilled to be launching our new website today. It resides at the same address (www.gmws.org), but features a new look, as well as separate portals for different communities (Current Families, Prospective Families, and Alumni/Alumni Parents). Each portal has custom content for each type of user.

The new site also includes lots of new functionality, such as a new calendar, this blog, online application forms for each section of the school, and an online school store where you can purchase GMWS gear. 

We will be adding features in the coming months (including video clips from many recent Parent Education talks), and hope that you find the new site easier to use. Please remember to save new pages as new bookmarks, and send us your feedback!

Vicki Larson, Director of Communications and Marketing
Katie Ketchum, Enrollment Outreach Coordinator (currently out on maternity leave, through October 2012)