Swallowtail is part of a growing international movement of schools that embraces Waldorf education. The Waldorf curriculum is based on the work of Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), an Austrian scientist, artist, philosopher and educator who founded the first Waldorf school in Stuttgart, Germany in 1919.

The heart of the Waldorf philopsophy is that the curriculum meets the child developmentally. The very young child learns best through imitation and imagination, the grade school child through feelings and senses and the adolescent throught the intellect. The Waldorf curriculum carefully balances academic, artistic and practical activities and develops the child's self-confidence and self-reliance while fostering personal integrity and a sense of social and environmental responsibility.

Waldorf education seeks to create individuals who have a reverence for nature, a respect for others, and a love for learning.

Developing Member of Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA)

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