Our Curriculum
A Waldorf education, grade by grade — grounded in academics, art, movement, and the natural world.
Our school recognizes that children pass through distinct stages of development, so both the subject matter and the method of teaching are age-specific. What sets the Waldorf curriculum apart is not necessarily what is taught but how it's taught — teachers carefully balance academic, artistic, and practical activities to prepare students for life, not just for tests.
The Class Teacher: In the elementary years, a Class Teacher ideally advances with students across several grades — in some cases from First all the way through Eighth. This continuity lets teachers understand each child's strengths and plan lessons that reach and motivate them individually.
Main Lesson: Each day begins with a two-hour Main Lesson, a deep dive into one academic subject for three to four weeks at a time. Over eight years, students cover more ground than a conventional curriculum, in a way that's meaningful, experiential, and age-appropriate.
Not ready to enroll yet? Our Summer of Wonder Camp is a low-commitment way for your child to experience this approach firsthand.
Seedling & Early Childhood
From our youngest learners through Kindergarten, the focus is imitation, imagination, and unhurried, rhythmic days.
Seedling Class
We're here for you from the start.
Our approach is human-centered and holistic, nurturing each child's physical, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual development. The Seedling program fosters natural curiosity and reverence for the world around them — through unstructured play, a warm rhythm of the day, and daily time outdoors in our play yard and the wooded Baxter Bog.
Early Childhood
Purposeful work and play.
Our joyful, mixed-age Kindergarten bridges early childhood and elementary school. Through a screen-free, child-centered, play-based program, children develop cognitive, physical, and social skills while building a positive relationship to learning — through purposeful work (baking, gardening, crafting), a rich language and storytelling curriculum, and weekly hikes through Baxter Bog.
After Care available for Kindergarten (ages 4–6), Monday–Friday until 5:30pm.
Grade School — Explore the World
A well-rounded, interdisciplinary program blending language arts, science, math, social studies, world languages, arts, music, and movement. All grades run 8:30am–3:00pm, Monday through Friday.
Middle School — Experience the World
Hands-on projects, service learning, and collaborative work prepare students to observe carefully, think critically, and stay curious — laying the foundation for high school and beyond.
Specialty Subjects & Outdoor Education
A few threads run through every grade. Here's what they mean in practice.
What is Eurythmy?
Eurythmy is an art in which the human body recreates in space the sounds of speech and the tones of music. Through it, children develop imagination, concentration, and presence of mind, while learning to recognize their part in a social group. For young children, a fairytale becomes movement — the sound "f" becomes the darting fish; as students grow, the movements grow more complex, culminating in performed pieces in the upper grades. (Thanks to Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School for this description.)
Outdoor Education & the Natural World
Children interface with nature from an early age through recess, outdoor play, bog walks, gardening, class wilderness trips, and traditional outdoor-survival skills. Nearby Baxter Bog serves as an outdoor classroom for walks, science study, and exploration — our students help maintain its trails and have created educational panels for visitors. Movement Education for grades 1–8 regularly takes place at Baxter Bog, Goose Lake, and Russian Jack Park, and includes cross-country running, skiing, orienteering, and snowshoeing. Waldorf education, through AWSNA, has been recognized by the Captain Planet Foundation's Green School Award for its environmental stewardship.
Festivals
Celebrating festivals is a meaningful way for children and the school community to attune themselves to the rhythms of the year, through stories, songs, performances, and community get-togethers.