Great Oak Waldorf School’s Mission:

Great Oak Waldorf School strives to balance the academic, artistic and practical realms of education while cultivating a lifelong love of learning and enthusiasm for life.

Our Values Statement:

Great Oak Waldorf School acknowledges the social, structural, and economical inequities that exist in our society. We espouse and actively support principles of human dignity and social justice and see this work as being a moral and social imperative. Our curriculum carefully examines the past and imagines a more equitable future. We recognize the value of including a variety of cultures, experiences, opinions, perspectives, and life stories in our work. In every subject there is an effort to authentically reflect the lived experiences of our students, while introducing concepts and subjects that may be less familiar. The intention of this approach is to facilitate creative, free, discerning thought and action.

We are a school community where we expect that a person from any background and with any chosen future feels respected, safe, and loved. We stand with under-represented peoples and populations with the expectations that they, and everyone, enjoys dignity, freedom, and care in this community. We stand against prejudicial and/or fanatical behavior. If divergent worldviews happen to meet here, we expect acceptance and compassion in order to ensure tolerance and harmony.

We acknowledge that our school is located on the ancestral home of many indigenous peoples, specifically the Karankawa, Atakapa-Ishak, Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan, and Tonkawa Tribes/Peoples. We are grateful to be the joint stewards of this land and intend to imbue this space with consciousness and care in honor of this land’s indigenous peoples.