Both class and teacher are looking forward to this moment: Mr. Wilt sorted through many plays before finding this one, which alone really jumped out and spoke of his class. And his class, apparently, agrees: it is one of the very few things this year – perhaps the only thing – that they haven’t greeted with their characteristic and entirely age-appropriate response: a general groan.

Although his adolescent students are consistent and generous with their worldly groans, Mr. Wilt notes that they look older than they feel – as is their duty, right? He witnesses lots of moments of childishness (in the good sense), innocence, and a fresh quality of discovery inside their doing-their-best-to-be-really-jaded appearance.

As their teacher looks toward the group’s last year at Sunrise, he is registering the excitement of students about reaching that place that they’ve been looking up to for years. Having himself returned to Sunrise after a year away, Mr. Wilt notices that his class benefits from and radiates the warm sense of community at the school. He says his students are together: they don’t tease each other and they visibly care about each other. What a good thing to be able to say, and a prize to carry into their graduating year.

- This article was written by a Sunrise Waldorf School parent for the Daybreak Monthly Newsletter which can be viewed online at www.sunrisewaldorfschool.org

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