Lakeside School: Earth Day with the Première Année

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Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm offers birth – 1st grade (soon to be 2nd grade) education based on the Waldorf philosophy on a working farm in Essex, NY. Earth Day with Première Année The first grade spent the afternoon of Earth Day picking up dêchets and canettes (trash and cans) along the lower part of [...]

Lakeside School Benefit: Silent Auction at Essex Inn

LSS Brunch Invite 2013 Single

Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm offers birth – 1st grade (soon to be 2nd grade) education based on the Waldorf philosophy on a working farm in Essex, NY. Lakeside School is a charitable organization dedicated to preserving childhood, empowering young people, and building strong, healthy North Country communities. Support Lakeside School and celebrate Spring with family and friends by attending [...]

Lakeside School: New Programs are Sprouting

Children planting seeds with teacher Robin Gucker (Credit: Jen Zahorchak)

We’ve been listening Parents tell us that they need full day care for their children and full day, consistent care for their little ones.  You’ve also told us you would like to see the Elementary School continue into 2nd Grade.  Well, Lakeside School is responding to the needs of the community with new programs. 2013-14 [...]

Lakeside School: The Slow Movement in Education

Stopping to smell the flowers

Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm offers birth – 1st grade (soon to be 2nd grade) education based on the Waldorf philosophy on a working farm in Essex, NY. Each week our Office Administrator, Kathleen Morse, writes on the Lakeside school and community and education based on the Waldorf philosophy through her perspective from the office [...]

Belden Noble Library: Lakeside School Puppet Show

The Rainbow Pony Puppet Show

Saturday, April 13 at 11 a.m  At Belden Noble Library   Free If you have or know children (or if you’re a child at heart!), then you might be interested in attending a puppet show occurring this weekend at the Belden Noble Library in Essex, NY! The Belden Noble Library will host The Rainbow Pony, a puppet show [...]

Lakeside School: 10 Ways to Support

Lakeside School bi-annual Barn Dance

10 Ways to Support Lakeside School in Essex 1)   Bring friends and dance the night away at the bi-annual Barn Dance at Black Kettle Farm.  Come early for a hearty chili dinner.  Spring dance is June 8th ($10 dance $5 chili dinner).  Fall dance date TBA. 2)   Join fellow gastronomists at the Essex Inn for [...]

Wadhams Lecture Series: The Future of Education

Lakeside Farm House at Black Kettle Farm in autumn

The Future of Education Wednesday March 20 7:30pm At the Wadhams Library Our Spring season opens with “The Future of Education” presented by Lakeside School faculty and staff members Robin Gucker, Kristin Fiegl, Dari Brennan and Kathleen Morse. The Lakeside School is a pre-school through third grade Waldorf school at the Black Kettle Farm in [...]

Lakeside School: Maple Sugaring!

Children drilling a sugar maple during sugaring

Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm offers birth – 1st grade education based on the Waldorf philosophy on a working farm in Essex, NY. Each week our Office Administrator, Kathleen Morse, writes on the Lakeside school and community and education based on the Waldorf philosophy through her perspective from the office window. View from the Office [...]

Lakeside School: Math; An Exercise in Balance

From the first step through calculus; Math: An Exercise in Balnace

Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm offers birth – 1st grade education based on the Waldorf philosophy on a working farm in Essex, NY. Each week our Office Administrator, Kathleen Morse, writes on the Lakeside school and community and education based on the Waldorf philosophy through her perspective from the office window. View from the Office [...]

Come See What’s Cookin at Lakeside School

Gregg VanDeusen and the Kindergarten children cooking together.

Has your interest been piqued by the View from the Office Window?  Are you itching to get a live glimpse into the classrooms at the Lakeside School?  Do you want to see the transformations that have taken place at Black Kettle Farm over the past few years and hear about the curriculum for a real [...]