PORT HADLOCK — The North Olympic Peninsula’s only Waldorf School — located on an 81-acre organic, “biodynamic” farm in Port Hadlock — is undergoing some changes.
Two managers have joined the staff at Sunfield Farm and School and both want to infuse the school and farm with their energy and passion for education and farming.
Jennifer Conway is the new school administrator at Sunfield. She will replace Abby Jorgensen, who has been at the school since the beginning.
Jorgensen is leaving, but only for a year.
“I’m definitely coming back,” Jorgensen said.
“I am definitely committed to the school. It’s just time to take a break.”
Jorgensen is moving with her family to Monduli, Tanzania, where she will teach English to Maasai girls at a boarding school for high school girls.
Jorgensen was one of the founders of the East African school in 1993, and said she is excited to return to see the growth that has taken place.
“Some of the girls who were there as students are now there as teachers,” Jorgensen said.
“It’s exciting to go back and be a teacher and teach with them.”
Jorgensen said she also plans to work on her master’s thesis while she takes time off from Sunfield.
“I’ll miss this land and, of course, the people,” she said.
“But the connections are strong enough, and a year just flies by.”
