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Day Out At Walden School in Louisville, Kentucky

We are having the most wonderful time visiting with our family in the USA and a particularly wonderful few hours was spent at the Walden School in Louisville, Kentucky where my grandson Johnny is in the 1st grade.

Just have a peek at these classrooms and tell me if you aren’t envious of the children that get to go to school here! It’s a wonderful and nurturing environment that encourages creativity and individuality instead of expecting each child to ‘conform’ to a methodology that might not suit their specific personality or intellect. I am quite pleased that my daughter Jennifer and her husband John are able to send Johnny to this marvelous private school.

We started our visit to the school with a meal in the lunchroom. Walden School actively encourages parents and grandparents to drop in for lunch on ANY day — not just on specific or pre-defined family days. I’ve been suffering from hideous allergy problems since we arrived in the USA due to pollen that is now ‘foreign’ to my body — so that’s why my face and eyes are so puffy in this group shot below taken in Johnny’s school lunchroom.

 

Mark, Deborah, Johnny, and his mother Jennifer having lunch at the Walden School.

Mark, Deborah, Johnny, and his mother Jennifer having lunch at the Walden School.


 
1st Grade classroom at Walden School.

1st Grade classroom at Walden School.


 
The science classroom for the elementary school. Note the 'treehouse' area in both the main classroom and this science room where students can just get away and have some quiet time.

The science classroom for the elementary school. Note the ‘treehouse’ area in both the main classroom and this science room where students can just get away and have some quiet time.


 
Another section of the science room at Walden School.

Another section of the science room at Walden School.


 
Johnny showing the koi pond filled with live fish to Mark.

Johnny showing the koi pond filled with live fish to Mark.


 
A phrase that seems to encapsulate the Walden approach to their students

A phrase that seems to encapsulate the Walden approach to their students


 
Johnny's diorama showing the cheetah that he sculpted out of clay. His accompanying report gave information about cheetahs.

Johnny’s diorama showing the cheetah that he sculpted out of clay. His accompanying report gave information about cheetahs.


 
Johnny walking back to the classroom after lunch.

Johnny walking back to the classroom after lunch.


 
Jennifer and her little man -- Johnny.

Jennifer and her little man — Johnny.


 

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