WSL News and Current Events
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We invite parents with children birth – 10 years old to come see what a difference Waldorf education can make in their child’s life. Attending an Orientation Tour on a typical school day is a prerequisite to submitting an application for admission. Tours begin at 9:00am and end at 10:30am with time available afterward for additional Q&A and application submission. Tours are all adult (nursing babes-in-arms are welcome). Children visit the school as part of the application process.
We are currently accepting enrollment applications for Grades 1-5, Kindergarten, Nursery, and Parent-Child. Contact us by email or call 327-0122 to receive an information packet and make a tour reservation.
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Waldorf in the New York Times
A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute
LOS ALTOS, Calif. — The chief technology officer of eBay sends his children to a nine-classroom school here. So do employees of Silicon Valley giants like Google, Apple, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard.
This is the Waldorf School of the Peninsula, one of around 160 Waldorf schools in the country that subscribe to a teaching philosophy focused on physical activity and learning through creative, hands-on tasks. Those who endorse this approach say computers inhibit creative thinking, movement, human interaction and attention spans.
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Watch these video clips of Waldorf Schools in the news
- The Waldorf Way: Silicon Valley school eschews technology
- Silicon Valley school: No computers in classrooms
For Forest Kindergartners, Class Is Back to Nature, Rain or Shine
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Fat, cold droplets splashed from the sky as the students struggled into their uniforms: rain pants, boots, mittens and hats. Once buttoned and bundled, they scattered toward favorite spaces: a crab apple tree made for climbing, a cluster of bushes forming a secret nook under a willow tree, a sandbox growing muddier by the minute.
They planted garlic bulbs, discovered a worm. The rain continued to fall. It was 8:30 a.m. on a recent Wednesday, and the Waldorf School’s “forest kindergarten” was officially in session. Read the rest of the story →
About Waldorf
The Waldorf School of Louisville is an independent, private school that offers a developmentally appropriate, experiential approach to education. We integrate the arts and academics for children from preschool through grade 5. The aim of the education is to inspire life-long learning in all students and enable them to fully develop their capacities. Learn more about the school →
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