Antioch School Section

• Antioch School to secure land

  By Reilly DixonOctober 30, 2024

  

  After months of uncertainty, The Antioch School — touted as the “oldest democratic school” in the country, with 50 students currently enrolled — is set to expand its footprint by over five acres.

• Antioch School Nursery teacher passes torch

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 1, 2024

  

  “Throughout her decades as Nursery teacher, Ann Guthrie has maintained her scientist’s curiosity, remaining interested, she said, in the personalities and temperaments of each of the students she has shepherded as they grew within the Nursery program before moving on to Kindergarten.”

• Storytellers to headline Antioch School Scholarship Gala

  By Lauren ShowsApril 13, 2024

  

  The Antioch School Scholarship Gala returns Saturday, April 20, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Foundry Theater at Antioch College. Headlining this year’s event are Sam Bartlett and Omopé Carter Daboiku, each of whom will bring their distinctive brands of storytelling to the Foundry stage.

• Guy Davis to headline Antioch School Scholarship Gala

  By Lauren ShowsApril 16, 2023

  

  The Antioch School will hold its Scholarship Gala fundraising event at the Foundry Theater on Friday, April 21. Headlining this year’s gala event is Grammy-nominated blues musician Guy Davis.

• Antioch School turns 100

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 27, 2022

  

  Those emotions ring true for the Antioch School community as well, as the school looks back on the 100 years since its founding in the fall of 1921 and looks to the future in a world where its supporters believe the school’s version of child-centered education is needed more than ever.

• Antioch School plans for in-person restart

  By Carol SimmonsAugust 11, 2020

  

  As the new academic year approaches, the Antioch School — the local independent day-school for pre-K and elementary school-aged children — is planning to open its doors, and its many windows, for in-person classes this fall.

• Antioch School‘s online learning curve

  By Lauren ShowsMay 28, 2020

  

  Communities of all sizes and natures have had to redefine what it means to be together in the long weeks since the coronavirus pandemic has forced people to remain physically distant. The Antioch School community is no different in this regard, and has worked together — from a distance — to maintain the closeness at its core.

• New Antioch School YG teacher— Drawing on music, outdoors

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 30, 2020

  

  With the first half of the academic year under her belt, Elaina Vimmerstedt, the Antioch School’s new Younger Group teacher delights in the daily life of the 98-year-old independent elementary school off Corry Street.

• New teacher joins Antioch School

  By Carol SimmonsSeptember 13, 2018

  

  A burst of activity at the Antioch School early last week, including a succession of deliveries of snacks and other classroom essentials, signaled a new academic year was soon getting underway at the oldest democratic school in the country.

• The Antioch School presents ‘The Wizard of Oz’

  By Megan BachmanApril 26, 2018

  

  “Wizard of Oz” is the latest theatrical production of the Antioch School Older Group.