ABOUT SIERRA WALDORF SCHOOL
Our Mission Statement
Sierra Waldorf School is committed to providing a Waldorf education to children which develops their capacities for thinking, feeling, and willing, while nurturing and honoring their spirit, soul, and physical bodies.
Our Vision is
Our children are at the heart of all we do. We prepare students to participate in the world as confident, free and responsible individuals.
We offer an integrated, comprehensive, whole-child curriculum promoting social inclusion, lifelong learning capacity, and lively group participation.
We sustain a healthy, safe, and respectful school culture.
Our compassionate community is dedicated to the task of social renewal in the world.We foster social renewal within our school community and beyond.
Our Values are
We stand for…
Using the anthroposophical insights and indications of Rudolf Steiner as the foundation of our pedagogical and organizational work.
Deepening our understanding of human development and Waldorf education so that we conscientiously bring an integrated and comprehensive curriculum to children.
Sustaining a school culture of inclusion and servant leadership that is healthy, safe, respectful, responsible, and compassionate.
How we operate as an organization and interact with our community…
We sustain a three-fold organizational structure (Faculty, Administration, and Parents) that conscientiously supports healthy business practices, decision-making, strategic planning, responsible communication, and transparency of philosophy and practices.
We make Waldorf education accessible to as many children and families who are willing to value and support it.
We attract and retain qualified teachers and staff who work out of a commitment to anthroposophy and an inner path of development.
We offer adult education to deepen our understanding of child development and the spiritual three-fold nature of the human being.
We participate in the international Waldorf movement.
OUR CAMPUS
SWS is situated on the site of the former Rawhide School built in 1875 for the families of a thriving gold-mining community. The one-room school house continues to be used for eurythmy, music education, drama presentations, and community meetings. It is surrounded by classrooms built by Columbia Unified School District when they used the site, as well as classrooms built by SWS.
Our Nursery and Parent Tot Program share their own yard, our two kindergartens share a yard, as do our First and Second Grades. Our bur- geoning community garden borders the parking lot and is clearly visible from the road. It has become an “eye-catcher” and a centerpiece of the school. On the northern and eastern edges of the valley we are bordered by lava table mountains, and to the south and west, rolling foothills. Directly across the road is a working cattle ranch.