Charlottesville Waldorf School

One more post to celebrate our 8th grade grads this year! Welcome to the CWS Alumni!

The annual graduation cake from Chandler’s Bakery is a highlight each year - we love supporting local businesses as part of our community celebrations!

We are so grateful to the families who choose waldorf education for their children!

We have seen how our CWS graduates leave our school with a desire to continue learning and with curiosity about the world that leads them on many different interesting and fulfilling paths. We have seen how their confidence leads to entrepreneurship, to leadership, and to adventures around the world. And we are honored to be a part of what inspires this work our students go on to do in their lives!

Right now we are getting very close to reaching our $100,000 goal for the Annual Fund that supports the day-to-day operations of Charlottesville Waldorf School. Thanks to the generous $10,000 matching donation offered by a member of the community, each donation made until the end of June is effectively doubled.

Now is an excellent time to show your support for CWS: for the students who are learning to make the world a better place, for the teachers who bring so much creativity and thoughtfulness to their lessons, for the admin and staff who care for the infrastructure, and for the parents, guardians, and extended families who also find meaning in being part of this school community.

Donate today at www.cwaldorf.org/spring-match-challenge >>>

Every gift, at every level, counts toward reaching our financial goals and also counts as a gesture of your belief and confidence in the importance of Waldorf education in Charlottesville.

Spring Match Challenge - Charlottesville Waldorf School Join Us in Celebrating Our Next Chapter Every gift to the CWS Annual Fund will be doubled through June 30! A generous donor has offered a $10,000 matching gift to the Annual Fund, doubling every contribution made through June 30. Give now > Help us fully unlock this matching opportunity before June....

Congratulations to our grade 8 class of 2026! We are so proud of this group of students and grateful to the many teachers who brought them through the years to this day. Nearly all of this years graduating class began at CWS in early childhood, several even attended parent and child classes together! Most of them will be going on to the Charlottesville High School , a couple will attend Albemarle High School and one will attend an independent high school in Nova Scotia, Canada! Very best wishes to our graduates!
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We spotted some familiar faces in this article about families choosing screen-free education and lifestyle!

‘We’ve moved at least 10 times’: The drastic measures parents are taking to keep their kids off screens IN FOCUS: A growing movement advocates for kids to grow up without screens and believes social media poses a grave threat to their well-being. Parents tell Rhian Lubin how they’ve moved out of state t...

It's Summer Reading Season! The Garden has free little libraries on both sides of the stream. Stop by to pick up a book, drop off stories, or enjoy a read surrounded by nature in the nooks and benches of the Garden.

We believe reading outside would be the perfect optional challenge to add to your summer reading log and receive more prizes this summer!

See more information about the free summer reading challenge here: https://jmrl.org/challenges

Exploring school options for your child?

The best way to understand Charlottesville Waldorf School is to experience it in person! Join us for a campus tour and admissions information session to meet faculty and staff, visit classrooms, ask questions, and learn more about Waldorf education for early childhood through middle school students.

Come see what makes our community so special.

Upcoming Admissions Information Events:

Tuesday, June 9, 9:00am
Thursday, June 18, 3:30pm

Learn more and register here: cwaldorf.org/admissions/tours-and-open-houses

The Pentathlon or Greek Olympics is an exciting spring event for which our fifth grade students at Charlottesville Waldorf School were preparing for much of this year in their movement classes. Learning to throw the discus and javelin, practicing racing and long-jump and upright wresting, the students learned technical skill and also worked on their form since judging at the event is for both truth and beauty. Meeting students from other Waldorf schools and making new friends is a highlight of this trip and we are so happy to have such a wonderful group of regional Waldorf schools who join together to make this event happen! Congrats to our movement teacher, Emma Deane, for leading the CWS fifth grade students this year!