Nowhere else but Waldorf
Waldorf School at Moraine Farm is an independent, private school located in Beverly, MA North Shore Boston.
We offer Parent & Child, Mommy and Me Classes, Nursery, Preschool, Kindergarten through Middle School, Grade 8.
Through a multi-dimensional, experiential and challenging curriculum, Waldorf School at Moraine Farm helps students discover and develop their individual capacities so they can fully engage in the world and contribute meaningfully to society. We aim to cultivate clarity of thinking, compassion and moral strength, and purposeful action in our students.
Our campus, nestled on historic Moraine Farm, offers students acres of woodlands, grassy meadows, shores of Wenham Lake, farmland and gardens. Our love for the outdoors is shared by both students and parents. We ensure that every school day, regardless of the weather, includes plenty of outdoor time for exploration and imagination.
Our holistic approach helps students to grow and flourish intellectually, emotionally and socially.
Early Childhood
In Nursery through Kindergarten, through daily rhythms of free play, nature/outdoor time, storytelling, visual arts, handwork and practical activities, children explore their creativity, develop their gross and fine motor skills, and create a strong foundation for their emerging literacy and math skills.
Parent and Child classes offer parents, grandparents and caregivers the opportunity to learn about child development in young children. Class meet weekly for bread baking; free play and movement; circle; songs; and nature activities in a home-like environment.
Elementary School
Our deep and varied curriculum includes age-appropriate, academic work, as well as rich artistic exposure to make learning an adventure, not a chore. In the classroom and in our natural surroundings, a classical education — science, math, social studies, humanities and the arts — is integrated and taught in an active and stimulating way. Students learn through experiences that feed their senses, foster their creativity and lend a global perspective to their thinking. Everything from the introduction of the alphabet to the Pythagorean theorem is taught with depth and relevancy to our world.
Middle School
Early adolescents crave challenging academics, connections to the world, and relationships with adults they admire.
We offer a rigorous and well rounded middle school curriculum, along with opportunities for self-directed exploration. Our teachers have the flexibility to investigate subject matter above and beyond the norm — whether physics, algebra, or Shakespeare–we help young people stay active and engaged. All of this prepares students, both intellectually and emotionally, for the challenges of high school, college and beyond.
This school redefines modern education by utilizing a tried and true methodology of teaching and engaging the whole child. They genuinely love children and treat them with enormous respect. Children blossom into their full potential here and develop a life long love of learning.
This school has been an incredible blessing for my son and our whole family. Each time I read an article about the latest “cutting edge” research about the best ways to teach children and “new” information about how children learn, I see yet again that the Waldorf Curriculum has been following these best practices for the last 150 years. The curriculum incorporates so much hands-on, experiential education and teaches the child to think deeply and critically, rather than just to recite facts. Cannot recommend this school highly enough.