Charlottesville Waldorf School
Preschool in Charlottesville, VA 22901
The Charlottesville Waldorf School offers an education based on Rudolf Steiners description of human development that informs our understanding of the child and the imagination as the foundation of the intellect. We incorporate current educational research and provide children academic, social, and artistic experiences that help them become dynamic, self-reliant, and socially responsible adults.
- Child Ages:
- 3 years - 14 years
- Rates:
- $$$
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Virginia Department of Social Services
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
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The curriculum of Waldorf schools grows out of the work of Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian scientist, philosopher, and educator who founded the first Waldorf school in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1919. While linked by Steiner’s educational philosophy, each Waldorf school is autonomous and independently run. The faculty and staff work together to administer the school.
What sets the Waldorf curriculum apart is not necessarily what is taught but how it is taught. True learning is a process of discovery that engages the whole human being. Instead of passively receiving information, Waldorf students are involved in a dynamic process of exploration, both of the world and of themselves.
Waldorf education strengthens the child to meet not only the challenges of school but also of life. To face their futures with confidence, students need to develop a capacity for clear thinking, emotional stability, intellectual flexibility, and moral values. Our objective is to help all students to blossom into young adulthood with a balanced capacity for both thinking and feeling, so that they are prepared with self-confidence and inner resources to accept responsibility and to take their places as creative, self-directed members of society.