Exploring, Creating, and Celebrating Together

An education at Swallowtail Waldorf School & Farm is an enriching journey that begins in early childhood and culminates in the 8th grade. The arts are integrated in all academic disciplines, to enhance and deepen learning. In addition to its main campus in Cornelius, Swallowtail has a 26-acre Farm campus in nearby Hillsboro. There, social and environmental science lessons unfold, and the community gathers for celebrations throughout the school year.

Swallowtail is located about 30 minutes west of Portland, Oregon.

Swallowtail offers:

  • PreK-8th Grade

  • Parent-Child classes

  • Smaller class sizes

  • An active & supportive community

  • Outdoor education on our Farm campus

  • Academics that nurture curiosity and critical thinking

  • A vibrant arts and music curriculum

  • Spanish language instruction from Grades 1-8

  • A connection to the local and global community

Now enrolling for the
2019-20 school year:

 

Events Calendar

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Community Work Day & BBQ Picnic!
Ice Cream Social
Outdoor School: Grades & Kinder
Preschool at Main Campus
Outdoor School: Grades & Kinder
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Why Second Grade Learns About the Saints

The stories of the Saints are brought to children during second grade in Waldorf schools because they are so very appropriate, developmentally. The stories are woven throughout art, music, movement, and academic lessons.

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Waldorf 100: Learn to Change the World
Waldorf 100: Learn to Change the World

Waldorf 100: Learn to Change the World. This video looks at Waldorf schools around the world and how the curriculum brings cultural awareness to children everywhere.

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Fighting the Confidence Gap for Tween & Teen Girls
Fighting the Confidence Gap for Tween & Teen Girls

Girls’ confidence plummets during tween and teen years, but there are ways to support them during this developmental phase.

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We're counting down to the 100th Anniversary of Waldorf Education, along with Waldorf schools around the world. Today, we share photos of the traditional celebration of Michaelmas each Autumn. At Swallowtail, Grades 1-8 each have a role in the annual play, performed at our Farm campus, which portrays St. Michael helping King George slay a dragon. #waldorf100windows #waldorf100⠀ @waldorfct⠀ @mainecoastwaldorf⠀ @yycwaldorfschool
Take a look at this beautiful collection of geometric string art made by the sixth grade. Each student plotted their nail positions with a compass. #waldorf100windows #waldorf100
Pack a picnic lunch and join us for Playdate Wednesdays this summer at our main campus from 11am to 2 pm. Current and interested families are welcome!
Rain or shine, outdoor adventure awaits! Here in the Pacific Northwest, our school supplies include rain gear: boots, pants, and coats. We explore and discover the natural world in all the seasons! In addition to gaining a reverence for Mother Nature, this daily, extended time outdoors in all weather builds confidence and problem-solving skills.⠀ ⠀ #outsideveryday #waldorf100windows #waldorf100 #waldorfeducation
There are no traditional text books at Waldorf schools. Instead, students create main lesson books like this one made by a Swallowtail sixth grader learning about astronomy. Creating a main lesson book is an active, hands-on way to experience an academic lesson. Our students make main lesson books for math, language arts, history, geography, science, Spanish, and form drawing. They are beautiful, indeed, and also practical because drawing and hand note-taking assist in retention and understanding of source materials. ⠀ ⠀ Click on #waldorf100windows to see more examples of main lesson books from Waldorf schools around the world, as we celebrate 100 years of #waldorfeducation. #waldorf100
Check out the beautiful collection of handwork projects that went home with students this summer. Many of these were the culmination of an entire school year’s hard work. #waldorfeducation #handwork
Welcome, first grade! Today our rising first graders rose up to the Grades in our traditional Butterfly Ceremony. Donning their hard-earned butterfly wings, next year’s first graders ran through an arch made by their parents and all the grades students. We welcome the largest first grade class that Swallowtail has ever had!
Fifth grade botany in chalk. #chalkboardart #waldorfeducation