Interviewee:
Rachel McCarthy (She/Her)
In your words… Tell us about your organization, business, initiative.
Waldorf School at Moraine Farm offers a learning environment that is a thoughtful and progressive alternative. With a supportive community of faculty, staff, and parents, we meet students where they are developmentally, intellectually, and emotionally. While what we teach is critical to our goals, it is how we teach that truly sets us apart.
Our educational approach is founded on the time-tested insights into learning that are applied by Waldorf schools around the world. Much current thinking in the education field supports what Waldorf schools have been doing for nearly a century — experiential learning, place-based learning, and kinesthetic learning, to name just a few techniques. We apply these insights, making every lesson active and engaging. The successful results are seen in our highly imaginative, self-motivated students, who approach learning with curiosity, discipline, and enthusiasm.
Tell us a bit about you and why you do what you do? Share your passions for your business, initiative, organization.
I am the Admissions Director here and I love sharing this engaging style of learning and our beautiful campus with other families.
What role do you think your business plays in supporting a more creative community? OR your community in general. (Bonus! Why do you think a more creative community is important?)
The mission of Waldorf School at Moraine Farm is to help students discover and develop their individual capacities so that they can fully engage in the world and contribute meaningfully to society. We aim to cultivate clarity of thinking, compassion and moral strength, and purposeful action in our students.
We integrate a rich, age-appropriate curriculum in the humanities, math and science, with music, visual and practical arts and movement. We work to make lessons active, filled with imagination and connected with practical life.
Community and creativity touch everything we do here and we aim to instill the value of both in our students.
What was the last book you read OR What was the last video you watched that made an impact on you?
Living to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
What’s the one thing people would be surprised to learn about you or your business?
Our students do not use iPads or laptops in the classroom. We value interpersonal communication and student-teacher relationships.
Creative Collective is a group of economic development strategists, small business supporters, activation specialists, and believers in the importance of the creative workforce. We foster growth, sustainability, and scalability for small businesses, creative thinkers, organizations, entrepreneurs, and innovators. Learn more and join Creative Collective at www.creativecollectivema.com/join
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Waldorf School at Moraine Farm offers a learning environment that is a thoughtful and progressive alternative. With a supportive community of faculty, staff, and parents, we meet students where they are developmentally, intellectually, and emotionally. While what we teach is critical to our goals, it is how we teach that truly sets us apart. Our educational approach is founded on
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