Established in 1996, Richmond Waldorf School is a not-for-profit, independent school offering a parent/toddler program (18 months to 3 years old), mixed-age kindergarten (2½ to 6 years old), elementary school (grades 1-5), and middle school (grades 6-8). We are one of over 1,000 Waldorf schools worldwide that offer a holistic-inspired approach to education that cultivates a lifelong love of learning.
Richmond Waldorf School welcomes students, families, faculty, staff, and guests of all races, ethnicities, cultural and religious heritages, socio-economic backgrounds, geographic origins, gender identities, sexual orientations, and family structures. We educate our students to respect the dignity of all people and we reject discrimination in all its forms. We seek to create, embrace, support, and nurture a diverse and inclusive community where everyone feels respected, connected, honored, and valued.
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“The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility—these three forces are the very nerve of education.”
—Rudolf Steiner
Tonight kicked off our year long Parent Education series! This first session covered the “basics” of Waldorf Education, with our College Chair, Jenny Dilworth, as the guest speaker. It was such an inspiring and reflective conversation. If you missed it, we will be sharing out a video of the session in the coming days.
Have you heard the news? Our very special parent & child Sprouts program has returned!
Here’s the details:
🌈 Children ages 18 months- 3 years welcome, with a guardian
🌈 Classes taught by a Lead Teacher and an assistant
🌈Saturdays 9-11am
🌈Sprouts I: Sept 18-Oct 16
5-week session, $250
🌈Sprouts II: Oct 16-Nov 20
6-week session, $300
Space is limited, click the link in our bio or contact Valerie Hogan at vhogan@richmondwaldorf.com for more information!
With our first full week of the school year behind us, campus has sprung back to life! Beautiful projects are popping up everywhere.
Spied hanging out to dry near our garden beds today, the 5th graders’ hand dyed yarn was on display for everyone to enjoy. Can’t wait to see what they plan to create with it! Aren’t these colors gorgeous?
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Yesterday morning, our Grades students began their first day of the new school year by welcoming the 1st graders with a Rose Ceremony.
This Waldorf tradition, of each 1st grader being handed a rose from their new teacher and passing through a beautiful arch, symbolizes the enormous transition children make moving from their Early Childhood experience into the Grades.
Each 1st grader also meets their 8th grade “buddy”, who will help guide them through the year. At the end of the year, the ceremony reverses, with each 1st grader handing their 8th grade buddy a rose at graduation. 💫 🌹
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As our amazing faculty makes their final preparations today to welcome back our students, we share with you the closing verse recited at each of our faculty meetings:
This is our school, let peace dwell here
Let the room be full of contentment.
Let love abide here, love for one another,
Love of humankind, love of life itself.
Let us remember,
That as many hands build a house,
So many hearts make a school.
See you tomorrow morning, RWS! 🌈❤️
Next week, we will joyfully welcome our students back to campus for Richmond Waldorf School’s 25th year in operation!
The unwavering support of our community throughout the decades has taken us from our humble beginnings around a kitchen table, to our current beautiful building and this year’s record enrollment of students.
This year, we celebrate!
See you soon, RWS! 🌈
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