Mission

Detroit Waldorf School is a nonprofit educational community whose mission is to inspire and empower a diverse population of students to reach their fullest potential as creative, collaborative, and responsible global citizens.

Vision

Our vision is to provide an unparalleled Waldorf education in Detroit and to be a model for accessible, sustainable, and adaptive Waldorf education worldwide.

Values

Exceptional Education

We offer a rich, rigorous, and well-rounded education preparing students to enter adulthood with the confidence and knowledge needed to meet the opportunities of the 21st century.

Honoring Childhood

We honor, nurture, and respect childhood, upholding the image of every child as competent, capable, and integral members of our community and the world.

Nature and Play

We believe that time outdoors in all types of weather allows for valuable learning opportunities and that self-directed play and exploration are essential activities in our educational environment.

Innovative Teaching

We practice a phenomenological, hands-on, and relationship-based approach to teaching, nurturing the innate developing capacities of our students in age-appropriate and inventive ways.

Ethical Community

We seek to cultivate respect, care, and empathy in all that we do, we believe that diversity, in every sense of the word, enhances our learning environment, and we strive to foster equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging for all members of our community.

Accreditation

Detroit Waldorf School is fully accredited by ISACS (Independent Schools of the Central States), AWSNA (Association of Waldorf Schools of North America), WECAN (Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America), and is a member of  NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools).