In the 12th and final lecture of the Curative Education Course, Rudolf Steiner emphasized the intrinsic link between education and healing:

This summer, our students embarked on a magical handwork journey: sculpting their very own magic wands from natural elm branches.

As the year approached, Mr. Etropolski, like other teachers, was considering the final details in his plans for the fall. Notwithstanding that all plans must remain flexible, especially when your students come with a range of competing needs, he felt he had a pretty good grasp on what the year might look like.