In the winter of 1984, a small group of parents and friends from the Mount Washington Valley and its surrounding areas recognized that the true meaning of education is to lead out (e-ducere), rather than to put in, and that a meaningful education is dedicated to awakening the faculties that lie dormant within each child. The questions that remained were, where do such schools exist and how to find them?
One member of this original group of parents, Dr. Michael Glick, of Ossipee, was familiar with the Waldorf School movement, which was initiated by Rudolf Steiner in 1919 and is based on the conviction that a truly holistic pedagogy should encompass the education of the heart, hands and mind. Dr. Glick arranged to have several trained and experienced Waldorf teachers travel to the Conway area. Over a period of many months these educators gave talks and workshops answering any questions that people had concerning the Waldorf approach. Naturally, the question of how to start a Waldorf School came up. The response was always the same; in time and with a lot of hard work. Within a year a kindergarten/preschool program, serving 15 children, was started. Through an energetic spirit and an abundance of love and enthusiasm, our school has grown to our present size which serves 112 children with 21 faculty members.
The White Mountain Waldorf School is at an exciting crossroads as we continue to grow and develop our new campus. We look forward to having your family as part of our community as we grow into an AWSNA (Association of Waldorf Schools of North America) supported grade school.
In the winter of 1984, a small group of parents and friends from the Mount Washington Valley and its surrounding areas recognized that the true meaning of education is to lead out (e-ducere), rather than to put in, and that a meaningful education is dedicated to awakening the faculties that lie dormant within each child. The questions that remained were, where do such schools exist and how to find them?
One member of this original group of parents, Dr. Michael Glick, of Ossipee, was familiar with the Waldorf School movement, which was initiated by Rudolf Steiner in 1919 and is based on the conviction that a truly holistic pedagogy should encompass the education of the heart, hands and mind. Dr. Glick arranged to have several trained and experienced Waldorf teachers travel to the Conway area. Over a period of many months these educators gave talks and workshops answering any questions that people had concerning the Waldorf approach. Naturally, the question of how to start a Waldorf School came up. The response was always the same; in time and with a lot of hard work. Within a year a kindergarten/preschool program, serving 15 children, was started. Through an energetic spirit and an abundance of love and enthusiasm, our school has grown to our present size which serves 112 children with 21 faculty members.
The White Mountain Waldorf School is at an exciting crossroads as we continue to grow and develop our new campus. We look forward to having your family as part of our community as we grow into an AWSNA (Association of Waldorf Schools of North America) supported grade school. 
