News & Events
Meet Our First Grade Teacher
Wonderful news! Mabel Albert will be the First Grade teacher for our 2024-25 First Grade. Join us WED, February 14 @ 8:30am for a special Valentines Day coffee to meet Ms. Albert, Class Teacher for the Class of 2032, and learn more about learning your child will LOVE! We’ll discuss the First Grade curriculum, and […]
Dr. King and the BWS Star Code
Do you know we learn from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ‘s legacy throughout the year at Berkshire Waldorf School? Not just this month but every day, our unique teaching tool, the BWS Star Code, is a visual reminder posted throughout the school of our community values based on Dr. King’s work, and a practical […]
Great Barrington Proclaims Hilda Banks Shapiro Community Day
The legendary Hilda Banks Shapiro, Berkshire treasure and one of Berkshire Waldorf School’s founding parents, has been honored posthumously with her own Community Day. Read in the Berkshire Eagle.
PIE! Parent Info Events START 11/29
PIE (parent info events) provide insight, education and community for the grownups at Berkshire Waldorf School. Join us!
Celebrating First Nations Day
As you walk onto the Berkshire Waldorf School campus this week, you’ll see turkey feather flags that students of all ages have hung on branches for First Nations Day, to remember the connection between the people, the land and a spirit of gratitude. We were honored to welcome members of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the […]
First Days of School
Beginning our 52nd school year with the Rose Ceremony and the first exciting days of Grade School and Early Childhood.
Join us! May Day @ BWS
Berkshire Waldorf School May Day Celebration MONDAY May 1, at 11:00 a.m. Wear your May crown! Berkshire Waldorf School invites our community to enjoy this joyous Waldorf Spring festival, celebrated every May 1 on the school Green. Free; rain or shine. To welcome in the summer Wear your May crown! Festivities begin at 11:00 a.m., featuring […]
SPRING Adult Education
Parent and Caregiver Lectures The Berkshire Waldorf School Parent Association is excited to sponsor two upcoming Adult Education talks on March 28 and April 3. Building Resilience to Meet the World: Social Understanding and Healthy Relationships with Self and Others NEW Date: Tuesday, March 28 | 7:00 p.m. With speaker Meaghan Witri in the BWS Auditorium Meaghan […]
Honoring Dr. King
To honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ‘s birth and his tremendous contributions to humanity, here are some resources to re-enliven our commitment to anti-racism and social justice as parents, teachers and community members. We encourage you to join us in observing Dr. King Day as more than a single day of remembrance, and to carry his principles with you throughout the year. […]
The Real Thanksgiving
Following Waldorf Education founder Rudolf Steiner’s indication that nothing should be brought into the classroom that is not meant to last for the child’s whole life, Berkshire Waldorf School teachers are conscientious and deeply thoughtful about the stories they tell, understanding that they are intended to live in our lives, our children’s lives, and in […]
