Prairie Hill Waldorf School

Welcome to PHWS!

Prairie Hill Waldorf^®School uses proven learning techniques based on insight into brain and physical development, kinesthetic learning and emotional intelligence. Our world-renowned curriculum responds to the inquisitive and inquiring mind of the child at each stage of development. Prairie Hill Waldorf School is committed to academic excellence in order to foster the capacities of thinking, feeling and willing, preparing your child for an ever-changing world.

Waldorf Education Turns 100!

Prairie Hill Waldorf^®School is proud to share with you the new Waldorf100 video celebrating 100 years of Waldorf Education around the world. We invite you to share it broadly!

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Why Waldorf

The Waldorf^®method of education draws out the child’s inherent curiosity and love of learning through teachers who have a profound reverence for the child as a unique human being, our aim is to graduate students who are capable of independent critical thinking.

Programs

From infant to Grade 8, Summer Camps, extracurricular activities; Prairie Hill
offers comprehensive quality programs.

Who We Are

Prairie Hill Waldorf School (PHWS), founded in 1987, is an independent, nonsectarian, nonprofit school serving children from infancy to through Grade 8, and offers the internationally acclaimed Waldorf curriculum.

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NOW ENROLLING

Wonder Garden, Kindergarten, Grades 1-8, and Playgroup Classes

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"My friends – everybody loves me. "
Kindergartener

"The balance of intellectual, cultural and physical learning. "
Parent

"Raising chickens, making things."
Third-grader

"The way the children are allowed to grow at the speed that is appropriate for them"
Parent

"You get to learn useful real things like pumpkins--to actually make a pumpkin pie, to figure our how much pumpkin it takes to make a pie. "
Fifth-grader

"My teacher…how she sings...how we have outside time in different places."
Kindergartener

"Prairie Hill nurtures imagination and a sense of wonder. "
Parent

"We do a lot of art. You get to stay with your teacher 1st - 8th grade, and you get to do different things like woodworking and painting."
Sixth-grader

"We get to sing every day"
Kindergartener

"Friends, handwork."
Eighth-grader

"The educational system stresses development of the child and how they think not What to think."
Parent

"My class is like a family. "
Fifth-grader

"The morning verse. It makes me feel better inside."
Second-grader

"Lots of space and time to explore outside. The festivals, handwork, eighth-grade buddies."
First-grader