A private Waldorf School offers full and part time enrollment for children 3-14.
We offer all the arts and music of Waldorf education, healthy education without technology, creative classic academic education, handwork, choir, instruments, gardening, German, Russian, and more.
Parents and teachers work together to provide rich festival and seasonal rhythm, Fridays outdoors all day in the wilds of the metro area.
Preschool and K are ages 3-turning 6 years old, play and social
based curriculum, stories, crafts, singing, games, imaginative
play, seasonal arts and cooking
Grades 1-8, Gentle imaginative introduction to academics,
playful and body-movement oriented, students create their own text
books with their own art and writing, heavy emphasis on social
responsibility, self management, critical thinking, history and
story lessons, play, as the grades increase, academic lessons
increase into very complex and advanced subjects by middle school,
advanced math and writing but with art embedded into each
block. Science, history, culture, philosphy, problem solving,
and more included in a rich educational program that moves
seamlessly between academics and imagination. Students study
in blocks of 3-4 weeks, intensely each day for 2 hours, then change
subjects, middle of day and afternoon are filled with subject
teachers and special lessons in music, choir, instruments, foreign
language, ceramics, handwork like knitting, crocheting, stitching,
sewing, doll making, games and sports, eurhythmy, cooking,
gardening, crafting, and much more. Students model, draw,
paint, sculpt, and use a wide vareity of mediums to convery ideas,
thoughts, and concepts. Each year several major plays are
produced with student help in writing, song creation, and
acting. Our seasonal focus includes Dragonfest in September,
Starry Night Lantern Walk in November, Winter Spiral of Lights,
Feburary Festival of the Bees, and Merry May Day.
The average private school tuition in Portland, OR is $11,004 for elementary schools and $14,553 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).
