Walden Winter Frolic

Events
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Please join us for a rollicking, frolicking good time at our annual Winter Frolic on Saturday, December 3rd at 2:00-5:00 p.m. Take a pause to enjoy the spirit of the season. BRING A FRIEND and join us for an afternoon of frolicking fun! * Gift-making and craft activities for kids of all ages * Highlights [...]

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Walden’s 13th Annual Gala Benefit and Auction

Events

We are definitely Mad about Walden and plan to whoop it up 1950’s style! November 19, 2011 7:00–10:00 pm Walden parents Christa Rybczynski and Lawrence Grown are again hosting at their award-winning store Metro Lighting. We’ll bring our progressive Walden ethos to the style of the 1950s! Be sure to get your tickets early to [...]

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Gift for Walden’s Future

News & Announcements

Walden is thrilled to announce that we have received a truly extraordinary gift from Walden parent Jeremy LaTrasse. Jeremy, who was part of Twitter’s original team, has donated Twitter stock to Walden with a current value of approximately $2 million! The purpose of this restricted gift is to help achieve an important long-held goal of [...]

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Walden Annual Back-to-School Clothing Swap

Events

Time to clean out your drawers and closets to get ready for the new school year. The lovely sweater that’s been sitting at the bottom of the drawer for two years needs to come out of hiding and keep someone else warm this autumn. There is bound to be a yummy something to replace it [...]

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Graduation 2011: A Jar of Paper Clips

Philosophy/Curriculum
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Upper Group teacher Jon Patmore delivered the following speech at the 2011 Walden graduation ceremony on June 15, 2011. It nicely captures key aspects of Walden’s philosophy. -Vicki Edge This is a jar of paper clips. I’ve got two questions for you about the contents of the jar, and I want to use each of [...]

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