The Shining Mountain Middle School uses an innovative approach to Waldorf Education by having middle school teachers take over from the grades teachers at sixth grade. They then take the students for three years, sixth to eighth grade. Watch this video to learn more about the middle school journey.
I witness the child taking off the protective hood of childhood.
Shining Mountain Waldorf School is one of the first Waldorf schools in America to alter the traditional grade 1 to grade 8 teacher cycle. At Shining Mountain, there is a grade 1 to grade 5 teacher cycle and a grade 6 to grade 8 teacher cycle. This change was made to better meet the needs of the burgeoning adolescent, through dedicated teachers, a support team (made up of class and subject teachers) and a curriculum aimed at nourishing and challenging the students.
