Mission
The mission of the Eugene Waldorf School is to educate the whole child for the future, equally engaging body, mind and spirit. Our teachers foster a love of learning by enlivening the imagination, strengthening the creative will, deepening understanding and awakening a sense of community. Our academic program integrates the arts, humanities and sciences. We strive to help all children develop their unique physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual capacities. This enables each individual to responsibly enter in freedom into an ever-changing local and global community.
Values
Eugene Waldorf School Community Values read in part;
These values are dedicated to building a supportive, inclusive, and sustainable community that recognizes each member and fosters equitable and culturally responsive education. This commitment includes nurturing our diverse student body emotionally, physically, and socially through trauma-sensitive and relational practices, as well as ensuring safe and respectful environments in all EWS learning and work spaces. These values are guided by ongoing training in resilience and equity systems.
We value safety and support for all students, faculty, and staff. We recognize diverse learning styles, ethno-racial backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender expressions, and religious/spiritual faiths in both the classroom and administration. When these differences generate tension, we will employ restorative dialogue to facilitate understanding and build respect for diverse identities and cultural practices.
We value the process of recognizing our biases so as not to impose them on our school community. We respect the many differences we each bring with us. We actively promote social justice in our learning and work environments. When there is conflict in our community, we engage in relational practices to reach resolution.
We value social, physical, and emotional learning that recognizes each student. We work for equity and inclusion throughout this education by providing: clear classroom agreements that are equitably applied; spaces to learn and work that are safe and calming for all, especially those who have survived trauma; personalized educational support that attends to neurodiversity; and close family involvement throughout our community.