Calgary Waldorf School
515 Cougar Ridge Drive S.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3H 5G9
Phone: 403-287-1868 | Fax: 403-287-3414
Info@calgarywaldorf.org
SCHOOL NEWS
Accepting Applications for the 2018-19 School Year
Available places in Preschool, Kindergarten, Grades 1, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Apply now.
Click HERE for Admission Information.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The 34th Annual Waldorf Faire & Artisan Market
Saturday, November 24, 2018 — 10 am to 5 pm
Our Annual Waldorf Faire is a warm, festive, family oriented occasion that is well attended by adults and children alike. Join us for children’s activities, scrumptious homemade food and a market full of beautiful handcrafted artisans’ wares. Admission $2 and free for children under 15. Click HERE for more details. You can check out the Guest Artisan List now.
TOURS
Preschool/Kindergarten Tours
2018/2019 Schedule
Mondays – 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Nov. 12; Dec. 3; Jan. 7; Feb. 4; Mar. 4; Apr. 8; May 13 and June 3
Our Kindergarten/Preschool Tours are structured to be an adult orientation/information session. We request that children do not attend these Early Childhood Program Tours.
Grades 1 to 9 Tours
Thursdays — 9:30 am to 11:00 am
Nov. 1; Nov. 29; Jan. 10; Feb. 7; Mar. 14; Apr. 11; May 2; May 23 and June 13
We welcome Grade School students to attend our Grades 1 – 9 Tours with their parents.
All enquiries welcome call 403-287-1868
or email info@calgarywaldorf.org
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Founded in 1985, the Calgary Waldorf School is an Accredited, Full Member School of AWSNA (Association of Waldorf Schools of North America)
and a Full Member School of WECAN (Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America)
EDUCATION
Waldorf® education addresses the learning needs of the whole child, developing: clarity in thought, balance in feeling and conscience and initiative in action.
The Waldorf approach recognizes that children have distinct, age-related educational and emotional needs that unfold through stages of their development.
BALANCED
To meet these needs, the Calgary Waldorf School’s rich and challenging curriculum carefully balances academic, artistic and practical activities to stimulate intelligence and encourage creativity.
NURTURING
Our nurturing social environment helps children develop exceptional interpersonal skills, self-confidence and self-reliance, fostering their own personal integrity and sense of social and environmental responsibility.
INTEGRATED
The Calgary Waldorf School is an independent private school founded in 1985. It offers Parent and Tot programs, Preschool and Kindergarten and Grades One through Nine.
Have a look around our website to explore the unique world of Waldorf Education and discover the advantages it can bring for the growth and development of your child.
Waldorf® is a registered service mark of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) and is used by agreement of membership in AWSNA.
34th Annual Waldorf Faire and Artisian Market
Saturday, November 24, 2018 — 10 am to 5 pm
Click on the image below to get more information about this warm, festive and family oriented event.
CWS Annual Giving Campaign Kicks Off!
Click on the banner below to go to our donations page where you can easily make your Annual Giving donation.
“We shouldn’t ask: what does a person need to know or be able to do in order to fit into the existing social order? Instead we should ask: what lives in each human being and what can be developed in him or her? Only then will it be possible to direct the new qualities of each emerging generation into society. The society will become what young people, as whole human beings, make out of the existing social conditions. The new generation should not just be made to be what the present society wants it to become.”
Steiner, R. (1985). The Renewal of the Social Organism. Spring Valley, NY: Anthroposophic Press. p. 8.
Calgary born, internationally renowned architect, Douglas Cardinal speaks about Waldorf Education
Calgary born, internationally renowned architect, Douglas Cardinal was influenced by the founder of Waldorf Education. He was interviewed January 25th on CBC Radio’s “Homestretch” program. Hear what he has to say about Waldorf Education – @d_cardinal
Waldorf 100 – The Film
Alberta’s Private Schools Serve the Public Good!
Here is a short video that details how private education is funded, accountable and how it serves students!
Media Literacy or Media Addiction?
Contours of Good Governance for Healthy Childhood in the Digital World
Presentation by Paula Bleckmann
Invited by the Alliance for Childhood network group in Brussels, Paula Bleckmann gave a talk on this theme in the European Parliament.
Click HERE to download a copy of the presentation.
Jack Petrash TED Talk
Educating Children For The Journey: Jack Petrash at TEDx Rock Creek Park
PREPARING FOR LIFE
The New York Times sparked national media coverage with its front page story on why Silicon Valley parents are turning to Waldorf education.
This film picks up where that story left off. Preparing for Life takes viewers inside the Waldorf School of the Peninsula where the focus is on developing the capacities for creativity, resilience, innovative thinking, and social and emotional intelligence over rote learning. Entrepreneurs, Stanford researchers, investment bankers, and parents who run some of the largest hi-tech companies in the world, weigh-in on what children need to navigate the challenges of the 21st Century in order to find success, purpose, and joy in their lives.
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