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What Parents Say |
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| Madrona School welcomes families and students of any race, religion, national or ethnic origin to all of its programs, classes and activities. |
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Please enjoy
these parent quotes, then visit our school yourself
to see and hear our students as they immerse
themselves in learning...
"Madrona School is one of the best
things that has ever happened to our nine-year-old
daughter. Each morning she goes off with
enormous happiness and enthusiasm for the school
day, and each afternoon she returns home brimming
with love and joy. Her heart, mind and soul
are filled with song, myth, poetry, art, and beauty
of nature. She is nurtured, understood and
celebrated not merely as a student but as a budding
human being. Her life has been enriched in a
thousand meaningful, indelible ways and her being
has been profoundly shaped." --Robin and
David Guterson, parents of a 3rd grader.
"Our fifth grade son has come
alive scholastically in his first year at Madrona.
From botany and geometry, to ancient Greece and
Egypt, to singing, handwork and watercolor, to
friendships with teachers and students, the school
has provided him with deep and engaging experiences.
He is often inspired to work on his studies at home,
simply for his own enjoyment. At its core, the
Waldorf curriculum at Madrona nurtures the human
need for meaning, wisdom and relationship, and
because of this, children find even the most
challenging subjects to be personally relevant and
exciting to learn." --Althea and Dan Mallove, parents of a 5th grader.
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"At Madrona
School, education is not only about learning facts
and skills; it is not about passing tests (although
I have no doubt that these students would very
easily pass tests); it is not about stuffing their
heads: it is about opening their minds, and hands,
and eyes, and hearts. And you see this in the
students, in their high level of attention and focus
on their work at school...People vote with their
feet: as far as Madrona is concerned my two
daughters rush to school every day and don't want to
miss one minute of it." --Patricia
Erskine and Philippe Boucher, parents of a 3rd and
5th grader.
"My
wife and I share a deep sense of satisfaction about
our son's experiences in the grade school at Madrona.
The "normal" subjects covered in any school are
taught in creative and beautiful ways; this in
itself would be enough to attract any parent who
wants their child to experience maximum joy in
learning. The special beauty of the Waldorf
education I've witnessed at Madrona School, though,
lies in the nurturing character the students
develop, as well as the positive messages and
attitudes they absorb through the curriculum and the
many songs, poems and stories included in it."
-- Greg Miller and Dorothy Foster, parents of a
2nd grader.
"Over the course of this year,
Madrona School's strong and vital community has
become my greatest ally in my PARENTING. I find the
monthly educational presentations for parents
tremendously stimulating; keen insights often
surface in the candor of the open discussions that
follow, and I am really enjoying the supportive
personal relationships that continue to develop with
other parents and staff. This support helps me
to be both more awake to the whole person of the
child in front of me, and more fully PRESENT in the
moment." --Jennifer and David Hager,
parents of a kindergartener. |
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"What I find so wonderful about
Madrona School is that the children here really get
to be children, in a warm, loving, old-fashioned
sort of way. I love knowing that my child's
mind is encouraged to expand without the artificial
influence of media, electronics and marketing.
I love knowing that she is experiencing the
unfolding of the world through play, through the use
of her own imagination, through gentle interaction
with her teachers and the other children, and with
nature. As a parent, I find myself in a
community of engaged, like-minded parents, who
really appreciate the wonder of childhood."
-- Jennifer Mann, parent of a preschooler.
"My three-year-old gets grounded
in Madrona preschool's gentle structure. He
leaps out of bed on school mornings with a twinkle
in his eye, crowing to his older brother, 'I have
school today!' He comes home singing songs
about spring. We are pleased with the
curriculum, teachers, and larger community.
Madrona is about the ecstatic joy of learning."
--Rusty Regan, parent of a preschooler.
"I feel so comfortable and happy
sending my two four-year-olds off to preschool at
Madrona School. There is a common language
spoken here that binds school and home together.
That language is love and respect."
--Elizabeth and Adam Rabinowitz, parents of two
preschoolers.
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