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.
Statement of Solidarity
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
Energized for Fall Re-opening, Ashwood Welcomes New Board Leadership
by Val Shepard As excitement builds for the 2020-2021 school year, Ashwood Waldorf School is pleased to welcome a new president and vice president of our board of trustees. John Morin will take over as board president from Betsy Morrell, who has served with dedication...
Joyful Learning: A Virtual Open House
On July 15 from 7:00–8:00 p.m., Ashwood Waldorf School will host “Joyful Learning:” A Virtual Open House for adults interested in learning more about Ashwood's programs for ages 3 through 8th grade. This hour-long, informal, virtual gathering will be interactive,...
Commencement Speech Offers a Message of Hope in Unsettled Times
We’d like to share a clip from Ashwood’s recent commencement ceremony. Class Teacher, Jeremy Clough, sends off the Class of 2020 with a message of hope, acknowledging the pain, anger, and uncertainty that is around us at this time, taking a moment of silence in memory...
Class of 2020 Steps Out for Graduation
With, as they say, "an abundance of caution"—including face coverings and physical distancing—the Class of 2020 gathered with faculty on the Ashwood campus on June 5 for a live, in-person graduation ceremony. Scroll down for pictures. The ceremony began with a keynote...
The Show Must Go On! (And It Did!)
Traditionally, the last day of school at Ashwood is a festive day of sharing as we put on our annual Spring Revels at the Camden Opera House. This year, as the faculty began to wrap up a spring semester of distance learning, we were faced with yet another challenge:...
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