Dear Community:
At Mountain Laurel Waldorf School festivals and events play an important part in the education of our children.
The first most meaningful event of the school year is the Rose Ceremony. A tradition in Waldorf schools worldwide, the Rose Ceremony is a celebration that welcomes First Grade children into the grades school and honors the beginning of their new journey.
This year, the ceremony was held in front of the beautiful magnolia tree on the lawn of the Victorian on 7 Innis. Respecting the guidelines for physical distancing, this year, attendance at the ceremony was limited to the first and eighth grade classes.
Our first grade teacher, Ms. Tomoko, captivated the first and eighth grade students with a recitation of the Japanese fairy tale of Issunboshi. As a way to include all students in this happy occasion, all grades teachers read the tale of Issunboshi simultaneously to their students in their individual classrooms.
After the story, each child was ushered across the Rainbow Bridge and presented with a rose by an Eighth Grade student as a gesture of their guardianship and welcome.
Ms. Tomoko then took her class through the school building and, standing in the doorway, introduced her 1st grade children to every class, where they received a warm applause and beautiful congratulatory cards.
