Ashwood Waldorf School is an independent, pre-K through eighth grade learning community. Ashwood offers a rigorous, classical education structured around the stages of human development. Our professional faculty is devoted to challenging and engaging each student through a curriculum that integrates science and mathematics with literature, history, and the arts. Ashwood graduates are vibrant, balanced and confident individuals with the initiative to learn, adapt, and thrive in a changing world.
Early Childhood
Our early-childhood teachers create a warm, caring atmosphere that nurtures each child’s initiative through creative play and fosters healthy social experiences.
Grade School
Central to Ashwood’s philosophy is a desire to honor childhood and make learning joyful. Individual achievement gives way to the quality of our students’ relationships with their teachers and classmates.
Middle School
Through each of the main lesson subjects teachers lay the groundwork for the deepening and widening of the students’ understanding of the world and their unique place within it.
Campus News
Seeding the Future
New video celebrates 100th anniversary of Waldorf education. "Seeding the Future" provides a glimpse into the principles of Waldorf education, an education that fosters concern for others, connection to the world, and the capacity to be in service to society. This...
Serve-A-Thon Raffle: Five Chances to Win
This year's Serve-A-Thon raffle will offer five chances to win. You heard that right, we are giving away five bundles worth $250+ of goods, services, and experiences. Here are a few of the local businesses that have donated to our raffle: Farnsworth Museum • 40 Paper...
After-School Ultimate Disc Club Starts May 1
Join us for Ultimate Disc this spring beginning on Wednesday, May 1! Open to all 4th-8th graders in the midcoast, this after-school program is coed and no experience is needed. You will learn all the skills and rules you need to play. Your skills are sure to improve,...
Who’s Woods Are These?
I Think I Know! A sudden April storm surprised us with a Monday snow day. Back at school on Tuesday, we marveled at the beauty of the Ashwood campus, suddenly transformed from muddy browns to shimmering white. The woods were especially magical. The tree faces were...
Open House & Pancake Breakfast a Sweet Success
On Saturday, April 6, 2019 Ashwood Waldorf School hosted its fifth annual Open House & Pancake Breakfast. I was fortunate enough to flip pancakes for all of the wonderful children and adults who visited the school that day. There were current Ashwood families as...
Summer Camps at Ashwood!
Two great camps! Choose from ultimate disc or circus arts—or do both camps. No experience necessary. All students, grades 4–8 are invited. Teachers: Rose Swan, Ashwood movement teacher; Jeremy Clough, Ashwood class teacher. See our flyer, below, for more information...
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