Green Meadow Waldorf School
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| Type | Private, Waldorf school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | none |
| Established | 1950 |
| Administrator | Tari Steinrueck |
| Faculty | 60 |
| Enrollment | 380 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7:1 |
| Campus | Suburban, 11 acres |
| Website | www.gmws.org |
Green Meadow Waldorf School (GMWS) is an independent Waldorf school located in Chestnut Ridge, Rockland County, New York. It offers parent and child classes, and nursery/kindergarten through 12th grades. The school is accredited by both the New York State Association of Independent Schools and the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America.[1] Founded in 1950, it is one of the oldest and largest of the approximately 170 independent North American Waldorf schools (there are about 1,000 such schools worldwide).
Curriculum
Green Meadow Waldorf school is a school full of mystical creatures and fairies. There are also about a dozen garden gnomes wandering around the premises at all times. At the beginning of every year, each student is assigned their very own personal fairy godmother. That is what one can expect when attending a Waldorf School.
Publications and events
School publications include:
- A biweekly bulletin
- A student literary magazine, The Burning Bush
- An alumni quarterly
- A student yearbook
The school's annual public events include the following:
- Fall Fair
- Goods and Services Auction and Dinner
- Golf Outing
Larger community
Green Meadow is part of the larger Threefold Educational Foundation anthroposophical community in Chestnut Ridge, which includes:
- The Threefold Foundation, which acts as trustee of the land and provides affordable housing for community members.
- Sunbridge College, a Waldorf teacher training institution.
- The Fellowship Community, an inter-generational, anthroposophically based community where people of all ages live with, assist, and care for the elderly. Here, Green Meadow pupils receive hands-on experiences of farming and gardening.[1]
- The Pfeiffer Center, a training center for biodynamic agriculture.
- Eurythmy Spring Valley, a eurythmy school.
- The Hungry Hollow Food Co-op, a natural food store specializing in organic foods.
See also
References
Additional articles
- Third-graders make prayer flags for Bhutanese school, Rockland Journal News, June 13, 2007
- Learning English as a second language at Chestnut Ridge school, Rockland Journal News, April 13, 2007
- "Immigrants Share Some Personal Accounts with Green Meadow Students", Rockland County Times, June 1–7, 2006. pp. 1–2.