WELCOME TO SUMMERFIELD WALDORF SCHOOL AND FARM

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Request our information packet and tell us about your child. We offer preschool through high school Waldorf education on our beautiful 38-acre campus and farm in Sonoma County. The school was established in 1974 and is the only school in the state with a working Biodynamic farm on its campus.

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Come and see first hand the richness and depth of Summerfield’s curriculum where experiential learning builds students’ capacities. Experience a day in the life of Sonoma County’s oldest independent school, where academic excellence is cultivated and inspired learning takes place daily.

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Thank you for considering Summerfield Waldorf as you embark on the journey of choosing a school for your family. Summerfield is uniquely positioned to engage its students and faculty, creating a learning environment that fosters the awakening consciousness and abilities of students academically, socially and artistically.
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Harvard lecturer: ‘No specific skill will get you ahead in the future’—but this ‘way of thinking’ will
Vikram Mansharamani, PhD, is a Lecturer at Harvard University Many of us have been told that deep expertise will lead to enhanced credibility, rapid job advancement, and escalating incomes. The alternative of being broad-minded is usually dismissed as dabbling without really adding value. But the future may be very different: Breadth of perspective and the ability to connect the proverbial dots (the domain of generalists) is likely to be as important as depth of expertise and the ability to generate dots (the domain of specialists). The [...]
Exploding Myths About Waldorf High School Graduates
What they really do in college, in the professions, and in personal life By Douglas Gerwin Sometimes it is assumed that Waldorf graduates are doomed to a career as artists, given the time they have spent in school learning through the arts. Douglas Gerwin, Chair of the Waldorf High School Teacher Education Program (WHiSTEP) at the Center for Anthroposophy and co-author of a new study concerning Waldorf graduates, reports on some surprising trends –– especially among the more recent alumni. In June 1943, the first Waldorf [...]
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Our Programs

Early Childhood
Our early childhood program provides children with a calm and joyful experience filled with magic and reverence.

Lower School
The lower school curriculum is dynamic and diversified, offering humanities, mathematics, science and the arts.

High School
The high school curriculum inspires students to be active in their own learning and understand how to educate themselves.
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