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November 30, 1980

A school with a difference

Tel. 985-2131

Waldorf offers alternative education

Photos and story by TERRY PETERS

Nestled among the trees on St. Christophers
Road in Lynn Valley, the Waldorf school sits un-
noticed by the many North Vancouver residents
who pass by. No sign announces it's presence to
the traffic on Lynn Valley road but it’s there and

going to stay.

This school 1s one of £80
Waldorf schools around the
world, all working within the
broad framework of an
established Waldorf school
plan’ Each school ts) in
dependent and non
sectarian and responsible for
adjusting its) program = for
local conditions and needs

The Waldorf movement
dates back to 1919 when the
Austnan) philosopher = and
scicenust Rudolf Steiner was
asked by the Waldorf
Astoria Company of Ger
many to bring a acw school
into being for the children of
tts employees. both

management and workers
At that time this was a
revolutionary concept in
education

The thoroughness and
convincing pnaciples which
Dr Steiner applied to the
ncw school caused it to be an
ummediate success Based on
the view that man ts an
being whose cx
penence of Ife ois mot
confined to the
world of | the
Waldorf
provides a

evolving

everyday
senses the
curriculum
balance of
humanities, sc tences and the
arts

Phe first Waldorf = kin

dergarten established here
was in West Vancouver in
1970, with another one
starting in North Vancouver
the following year In 1971
the Waldorf grade school
opened on the North Shore
with grades one and two
Phe long-term plan calls for
a full t2-grade school At
present the schoot has
classes in grades one to ane

A school for  oormal
children, Waldorf is open to
any child) whose parents
want this allernative in
education The decision to
accept a new entry into a
class is made by the teacher
after an interview has been
held with the child and with
the parcnts Since the
teacher will stay with the
same class from grade one to
eight. he of she will have the
best understanding of that

class
Coming from another
school to the Waldorf

School poses few academic
problems, although
sometimes help is required
in languages) French and
German are taught from the
first grade. A lot depends
upon the support of the
parcats and their willingness
to understand the Waldorf

approach
While being very much an
individual thing, gencrally

students have no difficulties
transferring from Waldorf to
another school The student

soon adjusts to a

new
system, although some
differences are apparent
One grade cight Waldorf

graduate, attending a
public high school, said she
found that the importance of

CONTINUED ON PAGE C4

Now

LEADING THE Grade 6
and 7 class in song is
Waldorf teacher Narijn
Eterman. Music plays a
strong part in the curri-
culum at the Waldorf
school and ail the
children get involved with
it. For more photos see
pages C4 and CS. (Terry
Peters photo)

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