Sep 17, 2020 | Valley Voices Blog
This year, for the first time since 1974, Hawthorne Valley did not hold its summer camps. Our campus was unusually quiet. The paths forged by campers for the last 46 years were overgrown with grasses, bushes, and weeds. Summer 2020 is not one we will soon forget or...
Sep 2, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
This summer, Hawthorne Valley was pleased to serve as a worksite for the Columbia-Greene Workforce Development’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), offering two placements to county youth. As part of the placement, the youth gained 6 weeks of experience working...
May 27, 2020 | Valley Voices Blog
This essay first appeared in Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School’s weekly newsletter. We found the insights Dr. Simon Frishkoff, HVS High School teacher, put forth so thought-provoking that we wanted to share them with our broader community. Wishing you all peace...
May 20, 2020 | News, School
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School (HVS) is pleased to announce the Class of 2020 will present their Senior Projects online on Thursday, May 21, and Friday, May 22 at 7 pm each day. “Each year, our seniors embark on an independent study of an area that interests them as...
Apr 23, 2020 | Valley Voices Blog
Spring is perhaps the most anticipated season in the Northeast. As winter drags on, we yearn for longer, warmer days of summer when we can go outside in t-shirts, work in our gardens, and enjoy being outside without thinking about bundling up in all our wintertime...
Apr 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends and Neighbors, I sincerely hope this letter finds you and your loved ones safe and healthy as we collectively navigate the disruption, anxiety, and fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. It is glaringly apparent that this crisis is affecting everyone, and...
Mar 30, 2020 | Valley Voices Blog
written by Rachel Schneider, Co-Director, The Institute for Mindful Agriculture at Hawthorne Valley I took a walk the other day. I saw a branch with new buds against a clear blue sky. A little further on, over the bridge and the clear flowing brook with a...
Mar 26, 2020 | Announcements, News
Dear Friends & Neighbors, As we continue through this week, so much has changed in the world. It begins to feel as though we are in a time out of time as our normal daily rhythms and routines are upended by the rapidly evolving state of affairs. Though so much of...
