Portland Waldorf School

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Portland Waldorf School

Portland Waldorf School offers a vibrant, creative, and balanced education for children of all ages.

From our beautiful 7.2 acre campus in Milwaukie, our mission is to work out of the insights of Rudolf Steiner to educate children for the whole of life. We nurture the imagination, cultivate the intellect, and recognize the spirit of each child. In this way, children are strengthened individually and socially to meet the challenges of life. Portland Waldorf School was founded in 1982 as the Morning Song School. In the years since, it has steadily grown and moved through several locations in the Portland area before settling on our Milwaukie campus in 2002. In 1999, a dedicated group of faculty came together to grow Portland Waldorf High School, and today we are proud to offer a Waldorf education that spans early childhood through 12th Grade. PWS is a proud member of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) and the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN).

09/25/2026

Go Wolfpack! 🏐The excitement around our volleyball team grows by the day as we continue to add team players. Maybe it's because the varsity team dominated last week's game.✨

🏠Learn more about our approach to high school sports at the Portland Waldorf High School Open House on October 17. Hint: our motto is "No Lone Wolf," because at PWHS it's all about the pack!

Register for the Open House at the link in our bio.

09/22/2026

Happy Fall! 🍂🍁 Art is beginning to fill the halls of our Grade School. From interpretations of Hebrew creation stories and Indigenous “She Who Watches” petroglyphs, to explorations of light, leaves and mushrooms, our students are beginning the school year this season by slowing down, looking closely, and finding inspiration in the natural world around them.

This is the Waldorf way: art is woven into the fabric of learning, helping students experience ideas deeply and make them their own.

09/12/2026

✨The start of this school year marks the beginning of a very important moment for a particular group of students at our school: our seniors! These 20 very special humans received their Senior Stars at the first High School Morning Assembly, just before embarking on their senior trip, kayaking in the beautiful San Juan Islands for an entire week. ⭐️

We are all so very lucky to live in the Pacific Northwest. As the only Waldorf High School in the great PNW, a trip to one our region's most treasured destinations holds extra special meaning during their capstone year in Waldorf Education.

09/01/2026

Welcome to the PWS 2026-2027 school year! 🌹Thank you to everyone who attended our Welcome Ceremony, Morning Teas and Warming Day. The cherished Rose Ceremony tradition is a centerpiece of Opening Day ceremonies in Waldorf schools around the world, as the oldest students (in our case 12th graders) warmly welcome the new first grade students with a single rose, symbolizing their transition from kindergarten into their journey through the grades and high school. The best part is that the 12th grader who gifts the rose and the younger student who receives the rose become buddies for the school year. (Our high school teachers also offer our first grade teachers a rose, too.) 💞🌹💞🌹

08/20/2026

Our Parent & Child classes are open for registration! These popular classes for caregivers and children aged a few months to 3 years old offer a wonderful opportunity to meet other families and children and gain support and insight from an expert Waldorf early educator.
In these weekly seasonal sessions, you’ll have an opportunity to discuss child development and parenting topics, and learn how to bring the magic of a Waldorf early childhood classroom into your own home.

08/07/2026

A week exploring the element of fire at Summer Camp🔥

From flame-inspired art and turmeric anthotypes to building safe campfires, creating secret wish fire starters, and learning from the Clackamas Fire Department, each day brought new discoveries. Campers worked together to build and paint a paper maché volcano, celebrated birthdays with a colorful eruption, and collaborated on a mural that grew a little more each morning. 🌋✨

07/29/2026

More summer camp moments✨Our campers gathered flowers to create their own natural paints, then wandered to the river to search for clay!

07/25/2026

Natural dyed cloth and soaking up the sunshine at summer camp 🍃☀️

07/16/2026

Once a Waldorf student, always part of the Portland Waldorf community. 🤍

We can’t wait to welcome our alumni back to campus this Saturday, July 18, from 11:00 AM–2:00 PM for an afternoon of reconnecting, reminiscing, and celebrating the shared experiences that make PWS so special.

One of the greatest gifts of this gathering is seeing the many paths our alumni have taken and hearing how their time at Portland Waldorf continues to shape who they are and the work they bring to the world.

If you’re a PWS alum, we’d love to welcome you back. Click the link in our bio or email [email protected] to let us know you’ll be joining us.

We can’t wait to see you!💫

07/08/2026

There’s still time to join our Nursery and Preschool programs this fall! 🌿✨

We have openings for some of our youngest friends to join our warm, cozy classrooms, where imagination and growth are nurtured through rhythm, play, and a sense of home. 🤍

If you’re looking for a holistic start to your child’s educational journey, we’d love to meet you.

Click the link in our bio to begin your application today!

Address

2300 SE Harrison Street
Milwaukie, OR
97222

Telephone

+15036542200

Website

http://www.portlandwaldorf.org/

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