We are pleased to invite you to the inauguration of our new classrooms. We have organized several activities, such as music, food, Festival del Jocote and kite flight. The event will be covered by the national media. Come and share with us this special moment! Date: Wednesday, October 23rd 2013 – from 9:00 AM on […]
We are urgently seeking the advice of an anthroposophical doctor for our friend Juan Miguel Arrivillaga (“Juanmi”). He is the brother of our first/second grade teacher, Andrea. Juan Miguel has a malignant brain tumor that is 8cm large and filled with blood vessels. It has doubled in size in the past month. The doctors say […]
While our local river still flows from the rains, the classes are making hikes back in the valley to explore the river. Here you see the class 3-4 at the “roca grande”, also called the “elephant rock” sometimes. It is one enormous rock the size of a house with waterfalls on both sides. Other photos […]
Discover a little about the environment in which the Escuela Caracol is located, and some of the spaces where every day our children play and learn.
When we returned from our mid-year vacations in August, the students in the primary grades began having dance class once a week. The class takes place in the dance studio of La Cambalacha, our neighboring arts center. Gabriela Cordón, who has taught dance classes for Caracol in the past, is teaching the class. The movement […]
Empezamos el ciclo de inscripciones y la Escuela Caracol les invita el día 8 de octubre a una Jornada de Puertas Abiertas, a partir de la 8:30 a.m. En este día podrán conocer las actividades que a diario se realizan en la escuela, así también como conocer sobre la Pedagogía Waldorf y nuestras nuevas aulas. […]
For the Waldorf student, music, dance, and theater, writing, literature, legends and myths are not simply subjects to be read about, ingested and tested. They are experienced. Through these experiences, Waldorf students cultivate a lifelong love of learning as well as the intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual capacities to be individuals certain of their paths […]
The past September 15th we celebrated the Guatemalan National Day. Here you can check some pictures of the event and the participation of Escuela Caracol.
Our children, on the cover of the magazine Waldorf Germany. In the magazine, an article dedicated to the Escuela Caracol, which speaks a little, on the construction of new classrooms and how indispensable are the sponsors, as well as parents in our school. Thank you for supporting us! You can read the review by clicking […]
Like every year, our teachers receive an specialized training for Waldorf educators. There they learn new artistic techniques that later on they will teach to the students in the Escuela Caracol. This is only a sample of some of the pieces exposed this year in our school. Congratulations to all our teachers and thank you […]
