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10 Responses to “Walden Community School offers “Ecological” curriculum”

1. on August 29, 2007 at 11:01 am concerned about waldorf

   I think Waldorf ideas are cool. However, don’t forget that Waldorfians also teach Anthroposophy, also called spiritual science, which is a spiritual philosophy based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner. The teachings can be borderline cult like and one should investigate all aspects of education before they jump into a situation they may not fully understand.

   
   
2. on August 29, 2007 at 11:05 am concerned about waldorf

   Oh, my bad you were saying walden not waldorf…..who created the walden school? I saw the names but I don’t know much more than that. How much is it to attend? Who created the curriculum?

   
   
3. on August 29, 2007 at 11:13 am concerned about waldorf

   Is this school new? I tried to find out info on the educators, and the website only talks about one educator, who is part time and will deliver a baby in November. I am unable to see anything else about the educators or when the school was founded, how much it costs etc. The are a few alternative schools around one that comes to mind is run by Sue Dolamore http://www.schooldigger.com/go/FL/schools/9999914401/school.aspx

   
   
4. on August 30, 2007 at 7:38 pm Gretchen

   Maybe you should just stop by the school and ask them your questions Then you can get back to us here in the comments section.

   
   
5. on September 3, 2007 at 9:08 pm Diane

   I was able to navigate their website and yearly tuition is $650 a month or $6500 a year. I haven’t had a chance to check the school out in person yet. The only thing I didn’t understand on the website was whether the grades started at Kindergarten or 1st. As far as I could see their was no pre-K and the curriculum runs hrough middle school.

   
   
6. on October 28, 2007 at 9:56 am Pricey!!

   $650.00 per month is a lot. I think we will continue homeschooling

   
   
7. on February 21, 2008 at 12:53 pm Jan Zeiger

   That’s about average for private school. I am going back to work in August, and I’m going to explore this option for my son.

   
   
8. on September 29, 2008 at 11:37 am Roxanne Aviles

   Hello Everyone,

   I am the Administrator for Walden Community School in Winter Park, Fl. We just finished updating our entire website so there is a lot more information than there was previously. If there are any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me at 321-251-6377. As far as the questions I see posted here are a few answers:

   Tuition is $ 7,500.00/ Year or $ 750.00/ Month
   - We also offer a Part Time Homeschool curriculum
   which is $ 40.00/ Day for as little as 1-3 days/ week.

   Grade Levels: We offer curriculum for children in grades 1-12.

   Calendar: We follow The Seminole County School Calendar
   with the exception to a few days/ breaks.

   We are located at: 4595 Howell Branch Rd
   Winter Park, Fl 32792
   We just had our school house built!

   We have a wonderful staff! Here is a list of our Teachers:

   Karin Williamson - Upper School
   Gretchen McCallister - Lower School
   Kim Crayne & Byron Wilding - Art Teachers
   Paula Gale - Dance/ Theater Teacher
   Ellen Miller - Guidance Counselor/ Career Planning
   Hans Kopp - Private Professional Tennis Instructor
   * Upper school is 5th - 12th, Lower school is 1st - 4th.

   If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to contact us!

   
   
9. on September 29, 2008 at 3:18 pm Gretchen Goel

   Thanks for the update Roxanne!

   ~Gretchen Goel

   
   
10. on September 30, 2008 at 8:09 am Roxanne Aviles

    No problem!
    I hope to meet some of you someday