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Waldorf School Offers Education Alternative B y Andrew Kupferle When students begin the school year next fall, parents in the area will have a new option in the form of the Cincinnati Waldorf School, which is set to open a new location in the Dale Park building, administrator Christine Masur confirmed. The school currently leases two locations elsewhere in the city, but had been seeking a more permanent location and has now closed a deal with the Mariemont school district to purchase the building, which served as Mariemont Junior High School until the beginning of this school year. The Cincinnati Waldorf School is an administratively independent member of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America, part of a worldwide movement of Waldorf education, which is the largest alternative education movement in the world. Its educational philosophy and style are distinct from what is usually found in the public school system. It aims to “teach the whole child, not just the brain,” according to Cincinnati Waldorf enrollment director Karen Crick. This is accomplished through a variety of teaching practices including the use of movement in the classroom, integration of the arts into many parts of the curriculum, and an emphasis on nature and the outdoors. (Continued on page 6) T
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