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Master schedule & calendar: 2025-2026 [tentative]

Term 1 Fall 2025

Term 2 Winter 2025/6

Term 2 Winter 2025/6

DATES [Fridays and Saturdays]: 

Student Orientation [online]: Sept 9  7-8:30pm

Classes :

Sept 12/13, 19/20, 27

Oct 3/4, 10/11,17/18, 24/25

Nov 7 [Makeup Open Seminar from 2024/25]


FRIDAYS

4:00pm-5:00pm: Eurythmy

5:10pm-6:40pm: Music

7:30pm-9:00pm: Theosophy [Yr 1 Students]/Reincarnation and Karma Study [Yr 2 Students]


SATURDAYS

8:30am-10am: Drawing: Intro to Color Studies [Online] yr 1/Gardening [yr2]

10:10am-11:40am: Developmental Biology [Yr 1 Students]/ Perspectives on the Evolution of Consciousness Through Architecture and Art [Yr 2 students - online]

12:30pm-2pm: Three Stages of Child Development Birth to Seven [yr 1]/Working with parents and Collegial Relationships [yr2]

2:15pm-3:45pm: Morning Circle [EC yr 1 Students] or The Role of Imitation and Play [EC yr 2 Students]/Language Arts 1 [Grades yr 1 Students] or Language Arts 2 [Grades yr 2 students]


LOCATION:

Chicago Waldorf School Campus [All in person classes unless otherwise indicated]

5200 N Ashland  Chicago, IL 60640



Term 2 Winter 2025/6

Term 2 Winter 2025/6

Term 2 Winter 2025/6

DATES [Fridays and Saturdays]:

Classes:

Nov 21 [online seminar only]

Jan 9/10, 16/17, 23/24, 30/31

Feb 6/7, 13/14, 27/28

Mar 6 [online seminar only]


FRIDAYS

4:00pm-5:00pm: Eurythmy

5:10pm-6:40pm:  Music

7:30pm-9:00pm:  Biography [Yr 1 Students]/Kingdom of Childhood [Yr 2 Students]


SATURDAYS

8:30am-10am: Handwork [yr 1]/Approaches to Working With the Modern Child [yr 2]

10:10am-11:40am: Themes From Rudolf Steiner's book How to Know Higher Worlds [Yr 1 Students]/ Themes From the First Teacher's Course: 1 [Yr 2 Students]

12:30pm-2pm: Painting 1 - Wet on Wet [yr 1]

2:15pm-3:45pm: The Kindergarten Environment [EC  yr 1 Students] or Language Arts: The Art of Storytelling [EC yr 2 students] /Geography and History 1: Focus History [Grades yr 1  Students]  or  Geography and History 2: Focus Geography [Grades yr 2  Students]


LOCATION:

Chicago Waldorf School Campus [All in person classes unless otherwise indicated]

5200 N Ashland  Chicago, IL 60640

Term 3 Spring 2026

Summer Intensive 2026

Summer Intensive 2026

Dates [Fridays and Saturdays]:

Mar 13 [online seminar only] 20/21, 27/28

Apr 3/4, 10/11, 24/25

May 1/2, 8[online seminar only], 9 [CWS May Fair],15/16, 22 [online seminar only]


FRIDAYS

4:00pm-5:00pm: Eurythmy

5:10pm-6:40pm:  Music

7:30pm-9:00pm: The 12 Senses [Yr 1 Students]/ The Social Impulse of Waldorf Education and the Movement [Yr 2 Students]  


SATURDAYS

8:30am-10am: Puppetry and Handwork in EC [EC yr 1 Students] or Early Childhood Curriculum Planning Through the Cycle of the Year [EC yr 2 Students]/Chalkboard Drawing [Grades yr 1 Students] or Integrating Artistic Practice In Morning Lesson and Skills Work [Grades yr 2 Students]

10:10am-11:40am:  Central Ideas From Rudolf Steiner's book Philosophy of Freedom [Yr 1 Students online]/Themes From the First Teacher's Course: 2 [Yr 2 Students]  

12:30pm-2pm: The Four Foundational Senses [EC yr 1 Students] or Painting 2 [EC yr 2 Students]/ Dynamic Drawing and Learning to Write [Grades yr 1 Students] or Painting 2 [Grades Yr 2 students]

2:15pm-3:45pm: Practical Skills and Creative Discipline [EC yr 1 Students] or First Grade Readiness [EC yr 2 Students]/Math 1 [Grades yr 1 Students]  or Math 2 [Grades yr 2 Students]


LOCATION:

Chicago Waldorf School Campus [All in person classes unless otherwise indicated]

5200 N Ashland  Chicago, IL 60640



Summer Intensive 2026

Summer Intensive 2026

Summer Intensive 2026

 DATES: June 15-20 [Mon-Sat]


SCHEDULE for the week: 

8:15am: Gathering and Announcements

8:30am: Morning Presentation

10am:  Break

10:30am: Artwork

12pm:  Lunch

1pm:  Afternoon Session  1

2:30pm: Break

2:45pm: Afternoon Session 2

4pm:  Closing of the Day


LOCATION:

Rudolf  Steiner Branch of the Anthroposophical Society

4249 N Lincoln Avenue

Chicago, IL 60618


TUITION: $575


NOTE: Summer Intensive are requirements for the EC and Grades Teacher Training Programs but can be taken by anyone interested in joining for the week.


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The Summer Intensives and any Open Seminar Series are not included in the course of study but can be added a la carte by registering and paying for them at any time as long as space is still available. 

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