Kimberton Waldorf School is dedicated to nurturing the developing child in accordance with the educational principles of Rudolf Steiner. The school supports the unfolding individuality of each child by awakening the child's capacity to meet the world, others, and the self with warmth of heart, clarity of thought, and strength of purpose.
It is also our mission to build a diverse community where the spiritual in each human being is recognized and to create social forms that ennoble human striving.
We will seek to employ individuals with a high level of competence in their fields, who have enthusiasm for working in an endeavor based on the educational and social principles of Rudolf Steiner. We strive for a diverse staff that will work out of a spirit of mutual support and collegiality.
Through deepening our understanding of the developing child and the pedagogy given by Rudolf Steiner and developed by Waldorf teachers around the world, we strive to meet the needs of the growing child in a changing world.
Kimberton Waldorf School is supported in many different ways. Financially, our support comes from tuitions, gifts, grants, and income from the school's invested funds. We seek to find mutually responsible financial relationships by:
Our community includes students, parents, alumni, staff, and friends. Our vision of community is to meet each other in such a way that the uniqueness of each one is honored, that each may find his or her way to contribute to the community as a whole. In this way, we, as a community, may be a positive influence on the larger culture.
The community of Kimberton Waldorf School practices the building of supportive and renewing relationships by: