Waldorf School of the Peninsula

Specialties

Beginning with the intimacy and warmth of our parent-​toddler classes, progressing through our joyful nursery and kindergartens to the challenging and experiential curriculum of our grades, and culminating in the academic and artistic rigor of our high school, Waldorf School of the Peninsula offers an exceptional education for your child from toddler to young adult.

Our school fosters the capacities needed for a successful, purposeful, and joyful life, ignites intrinsic passion for learning, and inspires responsibility for self, community and the world. These include confidence and self-​discipline, the ability to think independently and work with others, mastery of analytical and critical faculties, fluency with creative and artistic expression, and reverence for the beauty and wonder of the world.

The skills children need to develop today to succeed are vastly different to those needed just a decade or so ago. For our children to lead successful lives in any sector of our society– i

History

Established in 1984.

Waldorf School of the Peninsula was established in 1984 to provide children in the fast-​paced, technology-​oriented culture of Silicon Valley with a holistic education that addresses the heart and will as well as the mind. This whole-​child approach, which allows young people to blossom as their physical, cognitive, emotional and moral capacities unfold, is the cornerstone of both our curriculum and environment.

Waldorf School of the Peninsula currently serves approximately 320 students in our nursery through high school programs. We are located on two campuses: early childhood through 5^th grade in Los Altos, and 6^th grade through high school in Mountain View. Since opening our high school in 2007 we have graduated three senior classes. Waldorf high school graduates have an established reputation for critical, analytical, and imaginative thinking and are highly sought after by leading colleges and universities throughout the country.