by escuelacaracol | Jul 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Las fotos de cada clase, tomado en febrero. Los primeros dos son nuestras clases de Kinder… y despúes, primer, segundo, tercer, cuarto, y quinto/sexto grados.
by escuelacaracol | Jun 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
In 2017, Escuela Caracol celebrates its 10th year. In honor of this anniversary we are recounting our history and remembering how this happy sanctuary came to be, with a campaign called “10 Years of Stories.” To begin, here’s our origin...
by escuelacaracol | Nov 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
On October 30, 2016, Escuela Caracol held its first formal Jocote Festival, inviting vendors, musicians and visitors from around Lake Atitlán. This festival was held with a threefold purpose: to help raise money for Escuela Caracol, to invite the regional community to...
by escuelacaracol | Oct 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
At the end of August, Escuela Caracol was blessed once again by the visit of master Waldorf teachers who wanted to volunteer their time with us. This time, we were fortunate to receive Felix and Beatrice Zimmermann from the Rudolf Steiner School of Wetzikon,...
by escuelacaracol | Aug 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
In February, Escuela Caracol was fortunate to host a group of Waldorf students and parents from the state of Vermont in the US. The family who organized the visit is a Caracol alumna family, the Devoe Tallutos. Their family of five spent a year at Caracol in 2009, and...
by escuelacaracol | Aug 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Several years ago, after my class 5/6 had completed their performance of a Roman history themed play, a local indigenous parent at Escuela Caracol asked me, “Why are our children even studying Roman history? It feels so foreign and remote from our Mayan culture,...
