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As one of the Portland area's premier private schools, Portland Waldorf School in Milwaukie offers a vibrant, creative, and balanced education for parent-child, preschool, kindergarten, elementary, junior high and high school students in humanities, math, sciences, fine and applied arts, instrumental and choral music, Eurythmy, athletics, and more. |
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With over 350 students in Parent-child classes through 12th grade, our 7.2-acre campus contains a large playing field, three playgrounds, an orchard, two creeks, riparian areas, a spring, Early Childhood and Third Grade gardens, and a large bioswale. Our historical main building was constructed in 1936 as a WPA project, and houses the lower school An adjacent blacksmithing/applied arts building was built in the summer of 2008. |
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Based on a profound understanding of human development, we are a part of the largest independent, non-denominational educational movement in the world. The fruits of Waldorf provide a detailed, richly artistic curriculum that also connects the students to nature and prepares them for the future. In addition, the curriculum strives to enhance the child's developmental phases and cultivates social and emotional intelligence. |
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Out of strong confidence in the innate power unfolding in each child, teachers cultivate three fundamental qualities that are sure bases for lifelong learning: reverence towards all that lives, gratitude and respect for the efforts and accomplishment of others, and responsibility for the child’s own free and self-disciplined action. In this way, the Waldorf teacher strives to be a worthy guide to and guardian of the unfolding gifts of each child. |
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Revision as of 18:32, 10 March 2011
| Portland Waldorf School | |
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| Address | |
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2300 SE Harrison Street , , 97222 | |
| Coordinates | 45°26′46″N 122°38′18″W / 45.446117°N 122.638257°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private Waldorf |
| Opened | 1982[1] |
| Superintendent | Diane Rowley[3] |
| Principal | Cher Levendosky[3] |
| Grades | Pre K-12[4] |
| Number of students | 363[5] |
| Color(s) | Blue and gold [3] |
| Athletics conference | OSAA The Valley 10 League 1A-1[3] |
| Mascot | Wolfpack[3] |
| Accreditation | AWSNA[1], NAAS[2] |
| Website | www.portlandwaldorf.org |
Portland Waldorf School is a private Waldorf school in Milwaukie, Oregon, United States.
The school has been accredited by the Associated Waldorf Schools of North America since 2002,[1] and by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools since 2005.[2]
References
- ^ a b c http://www.members.awsna.org/Public/SchoolListPage.aspx
- ^ a b http://www.northwestaccreditation.org/schools/Oregon.pdf
- ^ a b c d e http://www.osaa.org/schools.aspx/PortlandWaldorf/
- ^ "Oregon School Directory 2008-09" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 139. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ^ http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/sch_info_popup.asp?Type=Private&ID=A9503403
As one of the Portland area's premier private schools, Portland Waldorf School in Milwaukie offers a vibrant, creative, and balanced education for parent-child, preschool, kindergarten, elementary, junior high and high school students in humanities, math, sciences, fine and applied arts, instrumental and choral music, Eurythmy, athletics, and more.
With over 350 students in Parent-child classes through 12th grade, our 7.2-acre campus contains a large playing field, three playgrounds, an orchard, two creeks, riparian areas, a spring, Early Childhood and Third Grade gardens, and a large bioswale. Our historical main building was constructed in 1936 as a WPA project, and houses the lower school An adjacent blacksmithing/applied arts building was built in the summer of 2008.
Based on a profound understanding of human development, we are a part of the largest independent, non-denominational educational movement in the world. The fruits of Waldorf provide a detailed, richly artistic curriculum that also connects the students to nature and prepares them for the future. In addition, the curriculum strives to enhance the child's developmental phases and cultivates social and emotional intelligence.
Out of strong confidence in the innate power unfolding in each child, teachers cultivate three fundamental qualities that are sure bases for lifelong learning: reverence towards all that lives, gratitude and respect for the efforts and accomplishment of others, and responsibility for the child’s own free and self-disciplined action. In this way, the Waldorf teacher strives to be a worthy guide to and guardian of the unfolding gifts of each child.
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