What Parents Say About Our School

“We care that our daughters are surrounded by kindness and strength, intelligence and sensitivity…and fun. We care that they are seen and loved for who they are. We desire for them that they are guided into becoming more of who they are rather than being molded into someone else’s perception of what is “right”. These are the gifts Rosemary Garden gives to our family. We could not ask for a better teacher than Anne savage. Our older daughter is flourishing. So will, one day, our younger one.”

--Joshua Rosensweet and Jen Trujillo

"I chose a Waldorf education for my child because I think it is the most holistic, wholesome form of education available. Children are truly honored as they grow. The care a class teacher has for his/her class as the teacher travels with the children through to 8th grade has a rich, lasting supportive effect on the children who eventually become young adults and must negotiate their way in the world.

My child had been in the public school system for pre-school, kindergarten and first grade. He was pulled out of the classroom 5 days a week sometimes twice a day for therapy. He felt different, children chided him for being different and I watched him become more and more introverted. His demeanor was one of a very sad lonely child. Waldorf education has opened the door to self fulfillment, self confidence, and has empowered him to succeed and take chances. His creative juices are flowing; He now loves going to school. He is a very happy kid!"

--2nd Grade Parent

"After seeing how children in our society are crippled, targeted, and spiritually drained, I decided we must protect, preserve and cherish the miracles who have graciously chosen us."

--1st Grade Parent

"The Waldorf experience is, in my mind, the best form of classroom education there is. It is worth sacrificing for; it is worth not home schooling for. The strengthening of will that happens in the waldorf-educated child is found few other places in our culture.

Contemporary children’s wills—which are defined as the ability to set oneself on the path toward doing, and then accomplishing---are generally deteriorating in our culture. But the will of the waldorf-educated child grows in strength with every year they participate in this kind of education. cont.

I was a home schooling mom of six children for fifteen years. We left the home school lifestyle so that my youngest child could participate in a Waldorf classroom. Though we used Waldorf insights in our home school, and while I deeply value the wonderful experiences my family had at home, I know that several of my children would have benefited greatly from the order and rhythmic beauty of the Waldorf classroom and community. Had they developed the will forces strengthened by time in a Waldorf classroom, they likely would not have struggled so in adolescence.”

--N.N.L, Waldorf Mother of six, ages 7-22

"The Sarasota Waldorf School has become part of our family…a home away from home for our children. We [my family and the school] enjoy a positive, nurturing give and take relationship. As a result we all grow, supporting and inspiring each other throughout the process. What I feel for this school is so pure and strong that there is no question in my mind that this is where we belong."

--Kindergarten Parent

"We chose waldorf education because it educates the whole child – meaning the heart as well as the mind. Through a gentle, natural process that enables the true spirit and beauty of the child to shine through."

--1st Grade Parent

"Waldorf education is not just okay, it is ideal. Where else are you going to find a school that provides instruction in 2 foreign languages from 1st grade on, instruction in all of the fine and practical arts and teachers who themselves are artists? Presenting all academic material in an engaging and artistic manner? At the Waldorf School all children’s academic and artistic gifts are unfolding in a balanced and harmonious way."

--2nd Grade Parent