Last Friday the children in the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grades presented the play, Roma Amor: A Roman Comedy. Over 100 people were in attendance for what was Escuela Caracol’s first full night theater performance. It was an exciting experience using our homemade light system in our large palm dome. The play was written by […]
Our good friend and the brother of our one our founding teachers, Juan Miguel Arrivillaga, ended his struggle with a brain tumor today at 5:16pm. He was a journalist, an activist, a graphic designer, a musician, a father of two boys, and a lover of Lake Atitlán. Juanmi embodied a rare combination of passion […]
RomA AmoR – A Roman Comedy School Play presented by the 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th grades This Friday, 8 November at 5:00pm at Escuela Caracol Q10 entrance; Q5 for EC parents; kids free (to support the 6th grade class trip next year) RomA AmoR – Una Comedia Romana Obra de teatro presentado por los niños […]
Yesterday we were visited by teachers of “Escuela Mixta Sinaí” from Retalhuleu in Guatemala. They received a workshop on Waldorf pedagogy, rhythmic movement in the classroom, and form drawing. As you can see in the following photographs, it was a sizable group that came to experience something of the Waldorf way. We are grateful to […]
If you walk into any Waldorf classroom in the grades, one of the first things to strike you is probably the chalkboard drawing. Chalkboard art has become a time-honored tradition in Waldorf schools. It is how the teacher brings to imaginative life the content of the lessons. In a day when dry erase wipe boards […]
The national newspaper Prensa Libre recently published an article about Escuela Caracol and our pedagogic method. We reproduce the text below. You can also read the entire article here. Escuela utiliza sistema pedagógico Waldorf Helen Estrella Celeste Porón Cuc, de 8 años, sale temprano de su casa, en San Pablo La Laguna, Sololá, para ir […]
November is the month of kites at Lake Atitlán. Each year at Escuela Caracol the children look forward to making and flying their kites all over the town. They make them using a reed that grows naturally in the mountains and crate paper of different colors. Sometimes they even cook jocotes (our local fruit) and […]
Escuela Caracol we give thank you for your assistance to the inauguration of our new classrooms. Especially Engineer Jürgen Bartzsch, German Consul Martin Schwarz, Mayor of San Marcos La Laguna Edwin Sancoy and Escuela Caracol Parents. The presence and participation of each one of you made this event so special. This is a small sample […]
The opening of our new classrooms, was published in one of Guatemala’s newspapers. We thank everyone for their support and participation in our event. Please see Página 52 en octubre 25, 2013 edición de Nuestro Diario
Children 5th and 6th grade learned about the process for obtaining maguey fibers. They learned that maguey fibers obtained by processing the leaves. The leaves were cut from the body of the plant and the spines removed. The leaves were then cooked in an oven to make then tender. Once they were cooked, the leaves were […]
