Programs

  • Waldorf Education Program

    SEATTLE WALDORF SCHOOL IS THE LARGEST WALDORF SCHOOL IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ENROLLING APPROXIMATELY 300 STUDENTS ON THREE CAMPUSES IN THE GREATER SEATTLE AREA. SEATTLE WALDORF SCHOOL IS ROOTED IN THE EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENTIST AND PHILOSOPHER RUDOLF STEINER (1861-1925). OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO DEVELOP FREE THINKING, MORALLY RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS WITH SUPERLATIVE INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL CAPACITIES - TRAITS THAT ARE AS IMPORTANT IN TODAY'S INTERCONNECTED WORLD AS THEY WERE A CENTURY AGO. STUDENTS GAIN A RICH AND COMPLEX UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR WORLD THROUGH MATH AND MUSIC, HISTORY AND THEATER, SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND PRACTICAL, VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, FESTIVALS AND TRADITIONS.OUR CURRICULUM ALIGNS WITH THE STAGES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND COGNITIVE AWAKENING IN KEY PHASES OF CHILDHOOD. BIRTH TO 7 YEARS, 7 TO 14 AND 14 TO 18. IN THE EARLIEST YEARS, CHILDREN LEARN PRIMARILY BY IMITATION AND ACTIVITY, AND OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS USE EXPLORATION AND PLAY AS A FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT AND CREATIVE THINKING IN GRADE SCHOOL, STORYTELLING AND ART ARE EMPLOYED AS TEACHING VEHICLES AS STUDENTS DEVELOP CORE ACADEMIC SKILLS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING AND GROUP PARTICIPATION.FINALLY IN HIGH SCHOOL, SUBJECT SPECIALISTS LEAD STUDENTS THROUGH A RICH ARRAY OF COURSES RANGING FROM PROJECTIVE GEOMETRY TO SHAKESPEARE TO THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE TO BIOCHEMISTRY. GRADUATES ARE TRULY INDEPENDENT THINKERS WHO ARE WELL-PREPARED FOR COLLEGE AND THE AWAITING WORLD BEYOND.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $7.1M

  • Program 1 [2024]

    SEATTLE WALDORF SCHOOL ENROLLS APPROXIMATELY 250 STUDENTS ON THREE CAMPUSES IN THE GREATER SEATTLE AREA. FOUNDED IN 1980, SEATTLE WALDORF SCHOOL OFFERS AN ENRICHING WALDORF EDUCATION TO CHILDREN FROM 18 MONTHS UP TO GRADE 12. LOCATED ON THREE CAMPUSES, ALL WITHIN EASY REACH OF URBAN FORESTS AND WATERWAYS, SWS SUPPORTS STUDENTS ON A JOYFUL JOURNEY THAT CULTIVATES IMAGINATION, HEALTHY SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, REVERENCE FOR THE NATURAL WORLD, AND A DEEP LOVE OF LEARNING. AT SEATTLE WALDORF SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO VIEW EACH SUBJECT THROUGH MULTIPLE LENSES: LANGUAGE, HISTORY, ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, AND SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATION, AND THEN APPLY THE KIND OF CREATIVE THINKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING THAT MAKE WALDORF GRADUATES SHINE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND.OUR CURRICULUM ALIGNS WITH THE STAGES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND COGNITIVE AWAKENING IN KEY PHASES OF CHILDHOOD. BIRTH TO 7 YEARS, 7 TO 14 AND 14 TO 18. IN THE EARLIEST YEARS, CHILDREN LEARN PRIMARILY BY IMITATION AND ACTIVITY, AND OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS USE EXPLORATION AND PLAY AS A FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT AND CREATIVE THINKING. IN GRADE SCHOOL, STORYTELLING AND ART ARE EMPLOYED AS TEACHING VEHICLES AS STUDENTS DEVELOP CORE ACADEMIC SKILLS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING AND GROUP PARTICIPATION.FINALLY IN HIGH SCHOOL, SUBJECT SPECIALISTS LEAD STUDENTS THROUGH A RICH ARRAY OF COURSES RANGING FROM PROJECTIVE GEOMETRY TO SHAKESPEARE TO THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE TO BIOCHEMISTRY. GRADUATES ARE TRULY INDEPENDENT THINKERS WHO ARE WELL-PREPARED FOR COLLEGE AND THE AWAITING WORLD BEYOND.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $8.3M