The Eugene Waldorf School is one of approximately 800 Waldorf Schools throughout the world from Japan to Brazil and from Russia to New Zealand. The community of the Eugene Waldorf School joins a global community of children, parents, teachers, and friends who have made a commitment to work toward social renewal through Waldorf Education.
Waldorf schools grew out of the philosophy of Anthroposophy (anthropos: human, and sophia: wisdom), which was developed by Rudolf Steiner.
Like most Waldorf Schools, the Eugene Waldorf School began as a grassroots initiative. In 1976 several parents wanting Waldorf education for their growing children began organizing lectures and workshops and eventually brought a trained teacher to town. This small school, then called the Cascade Valley School, opened its doors in 1980. As the school grew through the grades, a new building was found and the Dunn School on Willamette Street in southeast Eugene became our second home. In the summer of 1988 we moved to our present permanent location, the Stella Magladry School on McLean Blvd. Soon after that, in 1990, the teacher training program was started, initially at the request of parents and community members.
The Grades Building
In the summer of 1993 the high school building was built and the high school was in operation from September 1993 until August 1996. In 1998 the building was renovated to house the Rainbow Bridge Parent Child groups, the Rosebud Preschool, the Starflower Kindergarten, and in 2003, the Sunflower Kindergarten.
