Washington Waldorf School
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox school/short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The Washington Waldorf School is a private K-12 school in Bethesda, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C., on a 6-acre campus the school rents from Montgomery County.
As a Waldorf school, the curriculum is based on the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner. Washington Waldorf School is one of over 1000 Waldorf schools worldwide and 150 Waldorf schools in North America.
The school has one of the few outdoor kindergarten programs in the Washington, D.C., area.[1]
History
The Washington Waldorf School was founded initially as a grade school in 1969 in Washington, D.C., and in 1982 moved to its current six-acre campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The high school was added in 1984 and graduated its first 12th grade in 1988.[2]
The school is accredited by Association of Independent Maryland and DC Schools[3] and the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America.[4] The school's sports teams (baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, and softball) compete in the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference.[5] The school mascot is the Red-Tailed Hawks.
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Washington Waldorf School: About Us. Accessed 2009-04-17.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ AWSNA Member School List. Accessed 2009-04-17.
- ↑ Mitch Rubin, Jeff Seidel, Washington Waldorf goes back-to-back, The Washington Post, May 3, 1999. Accessed 2009-04-17.
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Official web site
- The Waldorf Method, The Washington Times, June 1, 2003. Accessed 2009-04-19.
Template:Bethesda, Maryland Template:Montgomery County, Maryland Schools Script error: No such module "Coordinates".