Shining Mountain Waldorf School

My child has gone to this school for four years. In those four years, there have been times of inspiration and magic. However, the teachers AND administration have proved incompetent in dealing with issues of bullying. At least five families that I know have left due to inaction. Things are usually swept under the rug and not made public. Only recently have they began dealing with this insidious issue, but change is slow at this school.
--Submitted by a parent

My children are supported by amazing teachers that love and respect them. My boys are honored as the individual spirits that they are. The whole child is supported, mentally, physically, and spiritually...and there is not one single worksheet, they draw, sing, play instruments, and asked to question why, to look deeper, and above all to see all people with respect, no matter of their race, creed, color, and religious beliefs...I have two boys that have not been late to school once this year, look adults in the eye, shake their hand, and speak with confidence....I am such a lucky parent, and I support this school with all my heart..
--Submitted by a parent

I have been a parent at Shining Mountain for over 10 years and fully embrace the Waldorf approach to education. The curriculum is rich with science, music and the arts. The teachers are decicated, and the school embraces the volunteer parent community. Just look at the college accpetances from this year's graduating class (2010). They include Cornell, NYU, and Stanford.
--Submitted by a parent

I've been going to this school from 8th grade until now. I am currently in 10th grade, and frankly, I love this school. I went to public school before this one, and due to the economy I am having to change back to public at almost exactly half way through this year. I'm heart broken to go, and hope to be able to return before this quarter ends. The teachers are amazing, the classes are great, and the learning environment itself is what I love the most. There are no windowless flourecent rooms with blank walls and graffiti covered plastic desks, this is as far as you can get from feeling trapped in a depressing place. If there's ever a review you have to trust, it's one coming from the student that has to spend every day there, and with those teachers.
--Submitted by a student

The phlosophy behind this school is practical and iunspirational. The teachers are committed to each individual child and are deicated to each class they teach. What a blessing it is to have found this school.
--Submitted by a parent

This is an amazing school. The curriculum is really rich and the teachers really dedicated. If you are up for a Waldorf School this one is outstanding. If you don't know much about Waldorf, learn more before signing on. It is a big commitment but very worthwhile.
--Submitted by a parent

This school has been a big disappointment, mostly because the teachers are awful (very lazy and incompetent). I can only recommend that this school be shut down.
--Submitted by a parent

Shining Moutain Waldorf School has brought confidence and a enthusiasim into life to my children. My children shadowed there after shadowing at other schools, came home from this amazing school and say'd 'mom I am so going here'. After they started going to this school they never felt the need to stay home 'sick' and were never pressured to be some one that that thay were'nt. The quality of this school is unmistkeably rich. The music and art has changed our lives dramaticly, now instead of coming home to my children watching tv I find them playing their instraments or sckething. I have found Waldorf an awesome experience and would highly reccomend sending your children there!
--Submitted by a parent