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
Parent Discussion Group Starts February 14
Join other Ashwood parents every second and fourth Thursday morning from 8:45-9:45 a.m. in the Buttercup room of the early-childhood center to discuss parenting ups and downs, share advice, and swap stories and insights. There might even be tea and breakfast treats!...
In the Winter Garden
Early Childhood News In the winter garden, covered with snow, little seeds are sleeping, deep down below. Here come the children: 1, 2, 3. Skipping in the garden, happily. The kindergarten play yard has been a blur with busy children at work and play in the snow....
Student Writing: Peter and the Silver Spoon
Recently, two of our 7th grade students approached me about writing a story for their 1st grade buddies…Here is the result. A not-so-brief history of the Northern Mou and their stolen treasure by Mazy and Sofia Once upon a time, there was a young Mou called...
The Great Math Block Swap: What Is It?
Each year, Ashwood's grade school teachers consider whether or not to include a "block swap" in their calendar. Will it be of benefit to the students? To the school? In the past several years, the answer has been a solid "yes." So, once again, this year, we will have...
How Do Ashwood Teachers Address Conflict in the Classroom?
5 Ways We Help Students Grow in Their Ability to Resolve Differences “The answer is not the main event, the attempt to understand is.” — Kim John Payne M.Ed. Coping with the stress of conflict is becoming an...
International Postcard Exchange Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Waldorf Education
Ashwood Waldorf School is participating in a worldwide postcard exchange to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Waldorf education. Throughout the year, students in 1,100 Waldorf schools from more than 80 countries will be sending postcards to every other Waldorf...
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