Annual Giving
As our school continues to flourish, we are embarking on an exciting journey of growth and expansion to better serve all of the students, from the youngest preschoolers to the 8th graders. Our programs are enlivened, and as we look to the future, we recognize the need for more space to enrich the experiences of every child.
Davis Waldorf Elementary School is recognized as one of the area’s best private schools.
“A curriculum that balances academic rigor with educating the whole child through art and practical skills, music, movement, and social and moral development. We support the children in finding meaning and purpose in life with confidence and a sense of responsibility.”
Waldorf's Educational Philosophy
The Davis Waldorf School is one of nearly 1,200 Waldorf elementary schools throughout the world. In addition, there are over 2,000 Waldorf early childhood international programs. The first Waldorf school opened in Stuttgart, Germany in 1919 at the Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Factory when its owner, Emil Molt, asked Austrian scientist, philosopher, and educator Rudolf Steiner to create a school for the children of the factory workers. In September 2019, Waldorf schools around the globe celebrated 100 years of Waldorf education.
The aim of Waldorf education, as stated by Rudolf Steiner, is “to develop free human beings who are able, within themselves, to impart purpose and direction to their lives.” This can only be done through educating the whole child – head, heart and hands – so that each child may unfold the full range of their gifts and capacities.
It has become commonplace to accept a “great divide” between many fundamental aspects of our human nature – between intellect and feeling, body and spirit, imagination and practical ability. Waldorf education seeks to reclaim the wholeness of human potential for every child by carefully nurturing and developing the thinker, the artist, and the doer in each one. That is why the Waldorf curriculum integrates academic, artistic, and practical studies. Teachers strive to bring out these capacities in each child so each one can in time bring all the gifts of heart and mind, imagination and discipline to whatever purpose and direction they choose for their lives.
A Curriculum For All Stages Of Childhood
Waldorf curriculum unfolds throughout the stages of childhood development to provide a rich, dynamic, and multi-faceted education.
Respect for the Natural World
We cultivate an understanding and experience that nature sustains life and nurtures, heals and inspires us.
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Discover why Waldorf education is the fastest-growing, non-sectarian private school movement in the world with hundreds of schools located in over 63 countries worldwide.
