As American Novelist Wendell Berry wrote, “the true measure of agriculture is not the sophistication of its equipment, the size of its income or even the statistics of its productivity but the good health of the land.” 

“As a toddler, Gabriel was meeting most of his milestones, but we were worried about his speech. He was saying a few words but then he kind of stopped. He was not picking up more and not using the words that he had.”

Deb Renna joins the faculty as Head teacher of our Early Childhood program. She comes to Otto Specht with a lifetime of teaching experience: first as a preschool teacher for children with Special Needs in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and then as a kindergarten teacher at Green Meadow Waldorf School (GMWS).