Sierra Waldorf School was established in 1989 by a dedicated group of parents and teachers who sought a high quality learning environment for their children. After investigating various educational methods, they found Waldorf education to be relevant, effective, and time-proven, with over 75 years of successful application worldwide.

Sierra Waldorf School recognizes that the young child learns primarily through imitation and example. Great care is taken to provide an environment that brings nurturing warmth, guidance, and cooperation to a child's world of constructive fantasy and imagination. The week is rhythmically structured to include storytelling and puppetry, creative play, singing and movement, games and finger plays, art, baking, and gardening.

The goal of kindergarten is to develop in the young child a sense of wonder, an attitude of respect and a love of learning-a true readiness for the academic education to follow.

Elementary and middle school students experience a well-rounded curriculum:
An English curriculum based on the world's great myths, legends and literature.
A progressive history curriculum which includes all of the world's great civilizations and religions. A comprehensive science curriculum which surveys geography, astronomy, botany, zoology, geology, physics, chemistry and physiology. A stimulating mathematics curriculum which develops competence and confidence in arithmetic, algebra and geometry, Spanish, physical education, gardening, arts & handwork, including knitting, music, sculpture, woodworking, painting, eurythmy and drama.

Nestled in the beautiful Rawhide Valley, Sierra Waldorf School offers classes from Kindergarten through eighth grade. In the center of the campus stands the historic 1875 Rawhide Schoolhouse, which is now used as a classroom and assembly hall. The rural site, surrounded by ranch land and framed by Table Mountain.

The school is centrally located for both Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties. It is 10 minutes from east Sonora and less than 20 minutes from Angels Camp. Sonora, the county seat of Tuolumne County, is a 2 1/2 hour drive from the San Francisco Bay Area and a 11/2 hour drive north of Yosemite National Park.

We welcome inquiries about our school and would be happy to arrange for you
to visit our classrooms. We encourage you to join us at one of our festivals.
We also schedule cultural events and lectures from time to time.Please call the school office if you would like more information, or if you wish
to be added to our mailing list.

Sierra Waldorf School
19234 Rawhide Road, Jamestown CA 95327
(209) 984-0454
Email...info@sierrawaldorf.com

Sierra Waldorf School is a non-profit corporation which does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin or ancestry.

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