Waldorf High School Education

High school is the time when young people begin to take charge of themselves and of their destinies—the Waldorf high school curriculum fosters such activity by nourishing awakening capacities for objective judgment and by giving expression to the all important life questions that stir so deeply in the souls of young adults: “Who am I?” and “How can I make a difference?”

Waldorf education is based on a comprehensive curriculum that spans the years from early childhood through grade twelve: educational seeds sown in the early childhood program and cultivated in the elementary years blossom fully as clear and creative thinking in the high school years.  Monadnock Waldorf High School offers all the young adults of our community, including those without prior Waldorf experience, a high school program that will provide them the tools they will need to meet the ever-changing world with the inner strength to create a positive and self-directed future.

The high school teachers at Monadnock Waldorf School recognize that behind every question posed by the adolescent stands an inner quest. An interdisciplinary curriculum is the framework of this quest for meaning. Thus our high school program is built on:

Academic excellence.  Our high standard of quality in education, well established in our lower school, continues to be central to an expanded Waldorf high school curriculum.  Our trained and experienced teachers set challenging expectations, which they support their students to meet and exceed.

Awareness and sensitivity to the developmental needs of adolescents. The educational program is designed to meet the changing capacities and interests of students as they move from year to year in their high school experience.

Human relationships and social awareness. Social awareness and community service—both local and global—are actively developed in concert with intellectual, artistic and reasoning capacities.

The arts as a path toward deepening both intellectual understanding and self-reflection. The high school curriculum offers music, theatre and movement as well as graphic, sculptural and practical arts as a vital component of the curriculum.  The arts blocks teachers are masters of their disciplines, and teach out of their own artistic explorations.