Founded in 2001, the St. Michael Steiner School offers Parent & Child groups, Kindergarten and Classes 1 to 12, providing for children and students from birth to 18.
“Our schools are having a crisis in values. Half the children fail according to standard measures and the other half wonder why they are learning what they do.
Among the alternatives, the Waldorf school represents a chance for every child to grow and learn according to the most natural rhythms of life. For the early school child, this means a non-competitive, non-combative environment in which the wonders of science and literature fill the day without causing anxiety and confusion. For the older child, it offers a curriculum that addresses the question of why they are learning. I have sent two of my children to Waldorf schools and they have been wonderfully well served.”
Raymond McDermott, Ph.D., Professor of Education and Anthropology, Stanford University
“Steiner Waldorf Education addresses the child as no other education does. Learning, whether in chemistry, mathematics, history or geography, is imbued with life and so with joy, which is the only true basis for later study. The textures and colors of nature, the accomplishments and struggles of humankind fill the Waldorf students’ imaginations and the pages of their beautiful books. Education grows into a union with life that serves them for decades. By the time they reach us at the college and university level, these students are grounded broadly and deeply and have a remarkable enthusiasm for learning. Such students possess the eye of the discoverer, and the compassionate heart of the reformer which, when joined to a task, can change the planet.”
Arthur Zajonc, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physics, Amherst College.
