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Green Meadow Waldorf School
Green Meadow Waldorf School derives its life and nature from an understanding that each human being is a unique individual, with spiritual, moral and physical relationships to the earth and to society. Our intent is to foster self-reliance in our students, along with consciousness of their rightful relationship to others. We want them to develop the capacity for creative and independent thought as well as the discernment to act in a free and morally responsible way. Our curriculum affords them the practical skills and knowledge necessary to meet the challenges of their next steps in life, but our success as educators is measured by more than what our students know or what they can do now. We are concerned with how they continue to develop throughout their lives.
Within our school community and in our classrooms, we strive to create a cultural and social learning environment which enriches and inspires our students, colleagues, parents, friends and alumni. Working together with parents, we hope to foster an understanding of and support for Waldorf education in our school and in the wider community.
The Green Meadow Waldorf School is affiliated with the international association of Waldorf Schools, one of the largest school movements in the world. Waldorf education, founded by Rudolf Steiner in Germany in 1919, is dedicated to the effort to guide the spirit in the human being to discover the spirit in the universe. The identity of every Waldorf school is profoundly affected by the spiritual values at the core of Waldorf pedagogy. The faculty draws on Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophy for its insight into human development and its grounding in the spiritual core of Christianity, without an ideological or denominational character. There is no wish to impart any particular religion to the students, nor are there devotional services of any kind offered. Green Meadow is open to children of all backgrounds, and the curriculum is rich in the teachings of the many great religious traditions of the world. Through their experiences in the classrooms and in the celebration of the seasonal festivals of the year, students are enabled to develop understanding and respect for the diverse cultures of the world. Drawing primarily, but not exclusively, on Judeo/Christian traditions, the festival assemblies celebrate our common humanity, not our separateness in belief or practice. Students from many religious and cultural backgrounds have been educated at Green Meadow, finding their essential spiritual nature uniquely recognized and honored, with their private beliefs respected.
In a concerted outreach and parent education effort, we at Green Meadow will dedicate ourselves to bringing to the wider community an awareness of Waldorf education and of our school's programs. Offering a developmentally appropriate curriculum which educates children to realize their potential and their humanity, we will aspire to serve those families who are drawn to this vision. We are planning a phased expansion of our buildings to meet current programmatic needs.
As one of America's largest and oldest Waldorf schools, the Green Meadow Waldorf School transforms the "student experience" from being solely intellectual into one that educates the whole child. Since 1950, Green Meadow's dedicated faculty and staff have been preparing students to meet the challenges of the future. The uniqueness of our integrated curriculum lives in its developmental nature, which provides students varied learning experiences appropriate for their age and growth. Green Meadow is one of more than 850 schools worldwide which hold in common the aims of the original Waldorf school - to nurture a clear and responsible sense of self in all students, heightening their awareness of the larger world and their part in it.
We strive to foster in ourselves and our students a sense of goodness toward our fellow human beings, to cultivate a deep appreciation of beauty in all things, and to spark the desire to seek truth.
This classical education instills balance and wholeness, mobility of thought, artistic sensitivity, individual judgment, and the courage to act, producing graduates who are prepared not only to meet the future but to shape it.
Within our school community and in our classrooms, we strive to create a cultural and social learning environment which enriches and inspires our students, colleagues, parents, friends and alumni. Working together with parents, we hope to foster an understanding of and support for Waldorf education in our school and in the wider community.
The Green Meadow Waldorf School is affiliated with the international association of Waldorf Schools, one of the largest school movements in the world. Waldorf education, founded by Rudolf Steiner in Germany in 1919, is dedicated to the effort to guide the spirit in the human being to discover the spirit in the universe. The identity of every Waldorf school is profoundly affected by the spiritual values at the core of Waldorf pedagogy. The faculty draws on Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophy for its insight into human development and its grounding in the spiritual core of Christianity, without an ideological or denominational character. There is no wish to impart any particular religion to the students, nor are there devotional services of any kind offered. Green Meadow is open to children of all backgrounds, and the curriculum is rich in the teachings of the many great religious traditions of the world. Through their experiences in the classrooms and in the celebration of the seasonal festivals of the year, students are enabled to develop understanding and respect for the diverse cultures of the world. Drawing primarily, but not exclusively, on Judeo/Christian traditions, the festival assemblies celebrate our common humanity, not our separateness in belief or practice. Students from many religious and cultural backgrounds have been educated at Green Meadow, finding their essential spiritual nature uniquely recognized and honored, with their private beliefs respected.
In a concerted outreach and parent education effort, we at Green Meadow will dedicate ourselves to bringing to the wider community an awareness of Waldorf education and of our school's programs. Offering a developmentally appropriate curriculum which educates children to realize their potential and their humanity, we will aspire to serve those families who are drawn to this vision. We are planning a phased expansion of our buildings to meet current programmatic needs.
As one of America's largest and oldest Waldorf schools, the Green Meadow Waldorf School transforms the "student experience" from being solely intellectual into one that educates the whole child. Since 1950, Green Meadow's dedicated faculty and staff have been preparing students to meet the challenges of the future. The uniqueness of our integrated curriculum lives in its developmental nature, which provides students varied learning experiences appropriate for their age and growth. Green Meadow is one of more than 850 schools worldwide which hold in common the aims of the original Waldorf school - to nurture a clear and responsible sense of self in all students, heightening their awareness of the larger world and their part in it.
We strive to foster in ourselves and our students a sense of goodness toward our fellow human beings, to cultivate a deep appreciation of beauty in all things, and to spark the desire to seek truth.
This classical education instills balance and wholeness, mobility of thought, artistic sensitivity, individual judgment, and the courage to act, producing graduates who are prepared not only to meet the future but to shape it.