The Waldorf School of St. Louis

"We researched for better school options for our child and it all lead us to Waldorf School of St Louis!!! We are coming up on an entire first year for our child and she has absolutely flourished as a person!!!"

"I am huge fan of the Waldorf School of St. Louis. My children have attended the school for more than a decade. They are thriving intellectually, socially and emotionally. There are a lot of misconceptions about Waldorf education and the academics but we have found it academically rigorous and challenging for both of our children who are quite different learners. They are engaged deeply with the content and cannot get out of the car fast enough in the mornings. Kudos to the strength and depth of the Waldorf curriculum for meeting children where they are AND achieving high academic standards without the stress and anxiety. Graduates of the school are doing impressively well at a wide variety of high schools from public to magnet to private. While the campus may underwhelm some, stick around and you will see why most come to LOVE it. It's more than worth the cost of admission!"

"If you love your children and really care about what kind of person they are going to be when they grow up, then you should have them in this school as soon as possible. In every way, I can see this school's influence on the personalities of my children. They are at peace (No bullying there), they are curious, they are healthy, and they are polite. I do my part but let's be honest, the teachers are spending more time with my boys than I do sometimes. We all know public schools are behind the times, and it's true money is a consideration, but you owe it to yourself and your children to research this place before you put them in what will be the single most important influence of their young lives right behind their parents. I'll be the first to admit, some of their stuff might seem a little "out there" at times, but that's because we look at it from the perspective of an adult. From the perspective of your child, it's magical, it's wondrous, and that's what matters. I can feel good knowing that as a Dad, I helped give my kids the best possible start in life by enrolling them in this school. Thank God their Mom knew about it, or I would have missed out. Hopefully this review will do the same for someone else."

"Average, but different. It is a unique place to send your child or children if you are wanting them to truly learn to 'be a child' and not get mixed up in all of the media and over exposure that we see in the world today. Young children benefit greatly from this experience as they aren't pressured into testing, learning in a desk from textbooks, following guidelines set forth by the state as to where they need to be at a specific moment in their education or even "traditional" ways of learning that most people are accustomed to. However, be very careful going towards the age of intermediate level of learning because the academic focus really is not there. Not if you are wanting to then send your child to another type of school for the middle / high school years. There is not a school in the area that will be anything like this for the upper grades. You would almost have to send them or move them to the coasts to find a Waldorf high school or collage. Finally, be wary of the communication that you would receive within the school, a consistent struggle in my opinion. Ask and you may or may not receive as there is not a Principal to go to & have issues addressed, only office workers."