The Waldorf School welcomes students, parents, faculty, and staff of all races and sexual orientations, and of all faiths and creeds. We respect and support each individual’s spiritual beliefs and practices.

It is a fundamental goal of our education to bring students to an understanding and experience of the common humanity of all of the world’s people, transcending the stereotypes, prejudices, and divisive barriers of classification by sex, race, religion, nationality, and ability.

This is accomplished through our carefully crafted curriculum, which gives students a deep and rich experience of selected religious traditions and cultural/historical milieus and by school-wide and individual grade celebrations of seasonal festivals.

We reject racism in all its forms, and embrace the principles of common humanity expressed by the founder of Waldorf education:

[We] must cast aside the division into races. [We] must seek to unite people of all races and nations, and to bridge the divisions and differences between various groups of people.

Rudolf Steiner, The Universal Human, Lecture 1.

Peace Circle

The Waldorf School Diversity Committee

The Diversity Committee of The Waldorf School is sub-committee of the Board of Trustees that strives to support The Waldorf School’s implementation of the principles included in the school’s diversity statement. We work to make our school a place where families, faculty, and staff of diverse backgrounds feel welcomed and valued. We work to support the school’s educational goal of bringing students to an understanding and experience of the common humanity of all the world’s people—transcending stereotypes, prejudices, and divisive barriers. The committee provides a forum for discussion, education, and exploration of issues of age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, family composition, gender, gender-identification, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status.

Educational Resources

The Committee has assembled a list of books, articles, and recordings on multiculturalism that may be useful to parents and teachers. Click here for the complete list:

Educational Resources - The Waldorf School Diversity Committee