Highland Hall Waldorf School

Located on a secluded 11-acre campus in Northridge, California, Highland Hall Waldorf School is an independent alternative school serving children from nursery through grade twelve with additional Parent and Child classes. Established in 1955, the school is the first Waldorf school in the western United States and is one of approximately 1000 Waldorf schools worldwide. The curriculum is based on the work of Rudolf Steiner. It is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Association of Waldorf Schools in North America.

Highland Hall offers a balanced, comprehensive curriculum that weaves academics with the arts to inspire our students to become passionate learners by way of experiential learning. Blending the humanities and sciences with music, foreign languages, practical arts and movement, each year’s curriculum is designed to successfully engage the children at every developmental stage through project-based, hands-on learning. The Waldorf curriculum moves from imagination and movement in early childhood through increasingly academic and artistically created lessons in the lower school, then on to intellectually challenging lessons in the high school. Students are provided with a solid academic foundation and the ability to think creatively, ask questions and explore answers in a broad, interdisciplinary way.

Experienced faculty and staff are committed to educational excellence in a school environment that respects cultural diversity and individual differences. The curriculum is college preparatory, and graduates are accepted in many of the finest colleges and universities domestically and internationally. Studies at Highland Hall cultivate a reverence for the earth and respect for its people. Highland Hall prepares graduates to be flexible, creative problem solvers able to communicate effectively and ready to make a difference in the world.

Highland Hall Waldorf School was originally founded in 1955 in North Hollywood, California. It is the oldest Waldorf school in the western United States. In the early 1960s, Highland Hall outgrew the North Hollywood location and the administration decided to build a new campus on a hill in Northridge, California. The school currently resides at this location. The campus is naturally divided into three parts: the Early Childhood Center (including the Parent/Child class, nursery school, kindergarten classrooms, play areas and gardens), grades 1-8, and the high school (grades 9-12). Additional facilities on the 11-acre campus include a biodynamic farm (including vegetable beds, orchard, chicken coop and tended bee hives), gym, sports fields, wood/stone shop, art rooms, science lab, archery range, a bookstore/gift shop, and on-campus parking.

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