WALDEN FOUNDATION INC

What they do

WALDEN CENTER and SCHOOL is AN INDEPENDENT , K-6 SCHOOL WHERE DRAMA, MUSIC and ART SIT ALONGSIDE TRADITIONAL ACADEMIC SUBJECTS AS OUR CORE CURRICULUM. WALDENS PHILOSOPHY of EDUCATION INCORPORATES THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES (SCH O):INTEGRATING ARTS and ACADEMICS-ARTISTIC EXPRESSION is AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT of EVERY CHILDS EDUCATION. ENCOURAGING THE WHOLE CHILD- CHILDREN LEARN BEST WHEN THEIR ACADEMIC, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, and SOCIAL NEEDS ARE ADDRESSED CONCURRENTLY. SEEING CHILDREN AS INDIVIDUALS- IN DESIGNING and IMPLEMENTING CURRICULA, WE TAKE AN INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH IN ORDER to MEET EACH CHILD WHERE HE or SHE is DEVELOPMENTALLY. TEACHING AS A COLLECTIVE- THE TEACHERS RUN THE SCHOOL, WHICH PROVIDES THEM WITH AUTONOMY and FLEXIBILITY IN THE CLASSROOM and DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL-WIDE DECISION MAKING. OUR APPROACH to LEARNING ENCOURAGES CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION, and CRITICAL THINKING AS MEANS to HELP CHILDREN DEVELOP A LIFELONG LOVE of LEARNING, A STRONG SENSE of COMMMUNITY.