High School
Founded in 1973, Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School is part of the worldwide Waldorf movement. The high school curriculum at Hawthorne Valley offers a unique opportunity for a practical, aesthetic, and academic education.
The goal of Hawthorne Valley Waldorf High School is to develop true education through the harmonious integration of the fundamental human capacities of thinking, feeling, and willing. Its purpose is to develop the free individual, whose thinking is clear, vital, and creative; whose feeling is imbued with compassion, courage, reverence for life, and enthusiasm for learning; and whose will is practical, capable, and active.
The curriculum of a Waldorf school is based on the developmental stages of the young person. Out of each teacher’s own initiative and sensitivity, the subject matter is shaped to make it come alive, so that the lesson suits the background, ability, and individual qualities of a class. Such freedom affords the teachers great challenge and stimulus.
The aspiration of Waldorf education is to develop the full creative potential of each individual.
Click on a grade for an explanation of each year’s goal and curriculum:
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“Teachers in Waldorf high schools consciously nurture the idealism and individuality emerging in the adolescent. Rudolf Steiner holds that the adolescent wants above all to find meaning in the world and to sense that he can affect the world in a positive way. These aspirations must be nourished for the teenager to develop into a mature, healthy adult.” AWSNA |