Richmond Waldorf School

Walk into Richmond Waldorf School and it won’t take long to realize that you’re in a truly unique educational environment. Maybe it’s the scent of fresh bread baking in our Early Childhood classrooms. Perhaps it’s the sound of the 4th graders practicing violin or the 1st graders stomping out a series of rhythms as they learn their multiplication tables. Or it could be the sight that becomes familiar to every Waldorf parent— joyful and eager children at the start of the school day, crowding happily at the door of the classroom as they wait to be greeted individually by their teachers.

At Richmond Waldorf School, all students experience and learn a variety of activities and skills, all of which are woven into the curriculum. Everyone participates in class plays, woodwork, and handwork, plays an instrument, sings in the choir, practices drawing and painting, and much more (all within their appropriate stages of development). This allows each child to fully develop and explore his or her own unique skills and capacities in an inclusive and encouraging environment.

Just as importantly, lessons connect meaningfully across the curriculum and build cumulatively through the grades, so that children develop a deep awareness of the forms, shapes, and patterns that weave together art and mathematics, language and history, music and games. A reverence and appreciation for the gifts of the world around us is also central to a Waldorf Education; special events, activities, and celebrations throughout the school year help ground the school community in the rhythms and cycles of the seasons and the natural world and to traditions with deep roots in human culture.

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