Since late 2014, Escuela Caracol has imparted workshops for families in our school community and residents of our village. Teachers, parents, members of the community and visitors have led workshops on a varied array of topics and skills. Towards the end of last year, we welcomed two visitors to our school. Genaro Vázquez led a […]
One of the activities that fifth and sixth grade students performed each year is working with the maguey, a native plant (in Mexico it is used to make mezcal) whose fibers have been used since ancient times for making fishing nets, networks to harvest avocados, bags and ropes for all kinds of uses. In the […]
During Easter Week, the international pedagogical conference “Transitions: from Birth to Age 14” was held at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. The Goetheanum is the centre of the worldwide network of followers of Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy. People working in education, architecture, medicine, agriculture, music, arts and sciences come together to further develop their work in […]
Elyse Pomeranz is teacher Karin’s mentor. As a part of her mentoring, she visited us and we spent an amazing time together. This is a beautiful letter she wrote, originally published in the Rudolf Steiner Centre’s Newsletter: ♥ I made my way along a path. On one side I heard the sound of rushing water, on the other […]
It all started about two months ago, when the group finished studying a block on Trades and Construction by building a rabbit hutch. It was at that moment that I felt the desire to take the students on an excursion out of school because they had demonstrated their maturity and their unity. They waited anxiously, counted the days, prepared songs […]
Recently, Escuela Caracol was visited by a group of educational professionals coming from all corners of Central and South America, which filled us with pride and encouragement. These professionals (teachers and heads of educational institutions mainly) were participating in a training driven by Lund University (Sweden) and funded by the Swedish International Cooperation. Part of their training […]
On April 10, 12 Ajpu in the Sacred Calendar Cholq’ij, Escuela Caracol celebrated Easter. Previously, the team met to find a proper way to celebrate Easter adjusting it to the cultural conditions of the Maya people and at the same time responding to the depth of Easter in a Waldorf school. That was how the seed […]
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2014 was a year of many accomplishments for Escuela Caracol. We’ve just celebrated our 7th anniversary and proudly graduated our first class of sixth graders. Recently we were recognized by the Lunds University in Sweden, sponsored by the International Cooperation of Sweden, for our respect of the rights of children, we were the only school in Guatemala that was recognized. […]
At 7:30 a.m. we start arriving: the teachers, that is. Maribel, Angelina, and Sandra, my colleagues in Escuela Caracol’s preprimary school, walk down from Barrio #1 and I arrive on bicycle from the neighboring town of Tzununa. Sandra and I begin the day in our open-air classroom sweeping out whatever leaves and dust have blown […]
