On a cold, November day, a group of very excited students from Otto Specht School and Endeavor 21+ entered Tiger Schulmann’s Martial Arts Headquarters in Elmwood, NJ, admiring the equipment, the framed magazine covers and photos of champion fighters trained by TSMA.

After a lovely mild and bountiful summer the medicinal garden continues to grow medicinal herbs and flowers, which will be transformed into various products in the weeks to come. 

This year marks 100 years of Waldorf Education. Worldwide, Waldorf Schools and related institutions are being asked to come together in celebration of the first 100 years and to look towards the next 100 years of Waldorf Education and beyond.

Sunflowers don’t grow in the deep shaded forest; they grow where conditions meet their needs, where they can become, with all the potential that once was locked inside the hard shell of a seed.

Some of the students in the Garden House High School program are approaching graduation from High School and  are ready to transition into programs that will prepare them for adult life, with more focus on independent living and job skills.

In the nearly 10 years that I have worked at Otto Specht School, I have grown quite accustomed to speaking and writing about the unique approach of the Otto Specht School,  the benefits of Waldorf Education, and the incredible unfolding we see in our students year after year.