One of the earliest Waldorf schools, formed shortly after 1919 in Europe.
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Founded in 1919 in Stuttgart, Germany, Waldorf schools were developed as a response to the rising industrialization and homogenization of education. Consequently, Waldorf schools were designed with a reverence for childhood, curiosity, and individuality, committed to inspiring life-long learning in all students and enabling them to fully develop their unique capacities, no matter what they are.
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After beginning in Germany, Waldorf schools spread throughout Europe and then the world. There are now over 1,000 Waldorf schools on six continents in over 60 countries across the globe. The Chicago Waldorf School is one of the largest in the United States.
The arts are fully integrated into all academic disciplines for students from preschool through high school in order to enhance and enrich each subject and offer students a variety of points of entry into new or challenging material. Waldorf students are used to being out of their comfort zone, learning to thrive in unfamiliar environments with openness, resilience, and confidence.
We believe that education is and should be joyful. Our educational model doesn’t rely on testing, it relies on first-hand experience. Mathematics, music, movement, theater, biology, handwork, writing, literature, physics, history - no matter the subject, Waldorf students engage with it head on, physically, creatively, and intellectually in order to grow their understanding of the world, each other, and themselves.