Apologia for date confusion on my part

Hey, my fellow bloggers (blogaroos?),
I missed the Friday deadline, thus not giving you a fair and square opportunity to blog on what I said. I didn't mean to convince you so early on that I was less than perfect!
So, in light of that, and the need to compensate for opportunities lost, I give you the background statement from the Waldorf School (Rudolf Steiner) that gives me so much joy and hope and belief that education can, does and will change the world.

Enjoy!

Here it is:

• A college-preparatory high school with a deeper, well-rounded and academically rigorous approach.

• A “culture of performance” from 1^st through 12^th grade with oral presentations, memorization skills, class plays, musical and eurythmy performances including culminating in student independent, interdisciplinary research projects in 8^th and 12^th grades.

• “Project-based learning” that allows depth of learning, research and creativity from 1^st through 12^th grades through intensive blocks of study of core themes.

• Classrooms beyond the walls: outdoor, experiential and environmental education through the entire curriculum that includes gardening, ecology, farming, forestry, geology, workplace internships, extensive field trips to Chaco Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns, river rafting, mountain climbing, and canyon trekking.

• “Communities of learning” in the faculty and staff (a key component in Waldorf school communities). Each week, five sectional meetings occur with an additional seven departmental meeting take place as well. Teachers study relevant pedagogical and cutting-edge themes together, fructifying their work with child, youth and curricular topics.

See you in class tonight.