Welcome to Whistler Waldorf School

Whistler Waldorf School is a non-profit fully accredited independent school with the B.C. Ministry of Education and is a candidate school with the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America. The school was launched in 2000, through the efforts of three founding families, and has grown exponentially thanks to the support and demand from the communities of Whistler and Pemberton for another choice in education in our region.

Inspiring a Genuine Love of Learning

At the Whistler Waldorf School, students learn from an early age to engage in their own learning process. The imaginative play and grace of the early years evolves into an experience of meeting the beauty and complexity of the world with sensitivity and hope. This foundation leads to a rich academic experience that supports young men and women in realizing their full potential as students, as people, as members of the human community.
A Waldorf education fosters socially-responsible, motivated self-starters who are resistant to our social world pressures and innately respectful of others.

  • 1999

    3 families start a grassroots home school group with a Waldorf approach to learning

  • Alta Lake school opens its doors to 10 students

    2000

  • 2008

    WWS joins the Assn. of Waldorf Schools of North America & officially changes name to Whistler Waldorf

  • School grows to 80 students in pre-k through Grade 8

    2010

  • 2016

    WWS graduates its first Grade 12 class

  • Addition of Spring Creek Early Years Centre - a Satellite Pre-K Program

    2019

  • 2020

    WWS serves over 215 students from Pre-K to Gr. 12

Preparation for Life

Whistler Waldorf School (WWS) Points of Interest:
  • A non-secular, non-denominational, not-for-profit, Ministry of Ed. certified independent school
  • Approximately 200 students from Playschool – Gr. 12
  • Established in Whistler for over 20 years offering an age-appropriate and academically rich curriculum
  • One of three Waldorf High Schools in Canada
  • Offers International Exchange, International Student, and International Service Learning programs for students
  • 95% of WWS graduates attain provincial honours and go on to post-secondary including universities such as UBC, U.Vic., McGill, Berklee College of Music and many more.
Whistler Waldorf is a special place where your child will learn:
Divergent Thinking

By engaging in a broad based and rich muti-disciplinary curriculum including the humanities, math, science, arts, music, languages and practical arts.

Relationship & Collaboration Skills

By appreciating others in a nurtured and supported environment where teacher-student roles are well defined and based on trust, respect and collaboration.

Community Engagement

By appreciating their school community and the wider field of the world they live in, while they work to develop themselves as engaged citizens of the future.

Environmental stewardship

By appreciating their natural environment around them and being immersed in outdoor education activities daily, becoming future stewards of the planet.

Academic Experience

By appreciating a thorough and robust curriculum which teaches students how to apply ‘real-world’ skills and solutions, bolstering academic resilience for their post-secondary education.

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