Estudiantes de Kínder experimentan el proceso completo de la elaboración del pan.
Los estudiantes de kinder vivieron el proceso completo de la elaboración del pan. una experiencia maravillosa.
Entradas de] f.pineda
Día del Valor y el Coraje
El pasado 29 de Septiembre se dio la celebración de la festividad del Arcángel Micael en las Escuelas y Colegios Waldorf del mundo. En la Escuela Caracol de San Marcos La Laguna en Guatemala fue vivida esta fecha como el DIA DEL VALOR Y EL CORAJE. En la intimidad del espacio del Preescolar las […]
Todo de la escuela, 2017
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.
How the First Classroom Was Built
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 story, from Dr. Allen Wilson, father of co-founder Joshua Wilson: When my wife, Suzanne and I, first […]
The First Annual Jocote Festival
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 get to know the school, and to celebrate the harvest season and local traditions […]
Master Waldorf Teachers from Switzerland Visit Caracol
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, Switzerland. Felix specializes in the primary and secondary grades, and Beatrice […]
Vermont Meets Guatemala
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 since then they have returned to […]
What’s Rome Got to Do with It?
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, and its legacy of conquest is such an ugly stain on […]
Turtle Loses His Shell
Guest post by Colleen Donovan, a Kindergarten Teacher at Escuela Caracol: This month, I’d simply like to share a story with you. It is a story I wrote for my class during our first few weeks together, after watching the children come to class day after day tired, cranky, and fussy. Think of how you […]
A special visit to Escuela Caracol
We had a special visit from Sandra Levins of Iowa, one of our sponsors, who came with her husband to visit our school. They met Dulce, the student they have been sponsoring, as well as her family. Sandra shared a recap of her experience below. Thank you for your support and heartfelt words, Sandra! My grandson lives in […]