School Director
Urvi MorrisonWelcome, everyone, to Waldorf School at Moraine Farm!
Now more than ever, the world needs independent thinkers who have a true interest in humanity and who are capable of creatively meeting the challenges of this time.
At Waldorf School at Moraine Farm, we help our students explore their world by asking challenging questions and helping them find meaningful answers. In the process, they develop a passion for learning and an instinct for independent thinking that lasts a lifetime.
How do we achieve this? Through three approaches:
- Through Arts. We weave arts and creativity into all our academic disciplines – from nursery through eighth grade – to enhance and enrich learning. You’ll find that music fills out hallways, paintings line our walls, and movement and rhythms shape our days.
- Through Nature. We integrate nature into our curriculum, with students often spending the majority of their day in outdoor classes. Tucked into 200+ acres of Frederick Law Olmsted-designed meadows, pine forests, and lakes, our campus is a natural classroom.
- Holistically. Waldorf teaches through a whole-child model, commonly known in Waldorf circles as “head, heart, and hands.” We engage students intellectually, emotionally, and physically through our balanced, practical, and integrated curriculum. Students at WSMF develop confidence as independent thinkers, creative doers, and stewards of our earth.
It is an honor and privilege to serve as School Director at Waldorf School at Moraine Farm. With a 35 year history in Massachusetts’ North Shore behind us, we have decades of rich and child-centered experiences ahead of us.
Are you interested in learning more? Schedule a visit or send me an email – or reach out to our admissions director. We’d love to talk with you!
With love and gratitude,
Urvi Morrison
Welcome
Urvi Morrison
It is a great pleasure to announce that Urvi Morrison is joining Waldorf School at Moraine Farm as School Director.
Urvi brings high-caliber organizational leadership blended with educational experience –both in the classroom as a middle school teacher and as a member on multiple private school boards.
“Today I walk with a lighter step. Why, do you ask? A new member of our community has agreed to join us on our collective journey to discover and re-discover what a Waldorf education means in our time. This is the same journey that a small number of us began in the mid-1980s. Let us all accompany Urvi Morrison as she takes the next steps with us. Welcome, Urvi!” —Karl Pulkkinen, founding school member

New Director
Press Release
Beverly, Massachusetts—Waldorf School at Moraine Farm has announced that Urvi Morrison has been hired as the new School Director. Urvi comes to the Waldorf School at Moraine Farm from Washington, D.C., where she was the CEO and Founder of Strategic EdTech, a company providing services and leadership to institutions responsibly developing their educational technology. She also served as President and Founder of SET Lab, a nonprofit 501c3 organization fostering the next evolution of educators.
As School Director, Urvi will ensure that the school stays true to its mission to deliver a high-quality Waldorf education to its students, while she simultaneously pursues a sustainable strategic direction; achieves and maintains the school’s financial health and stability; and implements priorities and policies set by the board. Ms. Morrison will provide leadership to the school as a whole, supervising and guiding the work of all administrative staff, partnering closely with faculty leadership, and supporting the faculty in its work with students.
“We are excited to welcome Urvi into the Waldorf School at Moraine Farm family as our School Director, “ said Theresa Riddle, Board Chair. “Urvi’s background as CEO of an educational technology company coupled with her experience as an educator and private school board member will help lead the Waldorf School at Moraine Farm into a thriving future and help us continually adapt to what a true Waldorf journey means in our time.”
“I am honored and humbled to be given the opportunity to join this truly beautiful school! I was overcome by the warmth and openness of those I met during the search process, and the subsequent welcome I have received since joining has been truly inspiring, “ said Urvi Morrison, Waldorf School at Moraine Farm’s new School Director. “I cannot wait to meet the entire community and to dig deeper into how best I can contribute to the organizational growth and learning within this precious, unique academic community!”
The four-month long selection process of choosing a new School Director was deeply collaborative, with participation from faculty, staff, current parents, alumni parents, alumni, board representatives, and external community members.
In the 2019/2020 academic year, the school was co-led by Theresa Riddle, Board Chair, and Heather Collis Puro, Interim Faculty Director and faculty member.
“In addition to her incredible leadership skills, Urvi brings a light and energy to our school that inspires us all, “ said Deann Reyes-Wangh, faculty member and search committee co-chair. “Her passion for innovation and respect for Waldorf education will serve our students, our families, and our faculty and staff at a critical time in our growth. We are fortunate to have someone of Urvi’s caliber leading our school into the new academic year and beyond.”

Community
Testimonials
Caroline
I’m excited by Urvi’s experience as an entrepreneur, leader in education, and commitment to learning. I think her energy and skill set can elevate our school community as we strive to broaden our reach and impact.
—Caroline Clark
C. Horner
A life-long learner and outdoor enthusiast, Urvi brings the strength of her experiences in education, technology and science, and business along with her joyful excitement about this position and the sense of connection and groundedness that she already feels. Throughout this process, she has been consistent in her deep, thoughtful research about our school and the Waldorf curriculum, as well as anthroposophy and it’s spiritual underpinnings. Urvi has already developed ideas for our strategic imperatives to help bring our community into a stable place of thriving. As the world shifts and changes with COVID and the anti-racism movement, Urvi brings an approach balanced with awareness and openness, ready to be a partner on our journey. She is a light and I am thrilled to welcome, and be an ally to, such a dynamic and curious thought leader to our community.
—Caroline Horner
WSMF parent, former Interim School Director
Karl
Today I walk with a lighter step. Why, do you ask? A new member of our community has agreed to join us on our collective journey to discover and re-discover what a Waldorf education means in our time. This is the same journey that a small number of us began in the mid-1980s. Let us all accompany Urvi Morrison as she takes the next steps with us. Welcome, Urvi!
—Karl Pulkkinen
WSMF founder, Alumni parent
Deanne
Urvi is brilliant, inspiring, has great energy, and will bring innovation while still staying true to what Waldorf education is all about. She’s a life-long learner and is going to bring great energy to our school and community!
—Deann Reyes Wangh
Faculty Member, parent
Teri Riddle
“We are excited to welcome Urvi into the Waldorf School at Moraine Farm family as our School Director. Urvi’s background as CEO of an educational technology company coupled with her experience as an educator and private school board member will help lead the Waldorf School at Moraine Farm into a thriving future and help us continually adapt to what a true Waldorf journey means in our time.”
—Teri Riddle
Board Chair
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Members
Search Committee
Community Reviewers:
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Kate Barrett
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Tina Blythe
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Marc Hazel
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Nathan Kono
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George Mcwilliams
- Tibor Nemes
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Karl Pulkinnen