Tidewater School

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Tidewater School is an independent Waldorf school in Eliot, Maine. It was founded in 1999 by the Seacoast Waldorf Association, beginning with a kindergarten and first grade. The school currently has five early childhood programs for children ages 18 months to 6 years and grades 1-6. Tidewater is a developing member of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America.

1 Location
2 Curriculum and programs
3 Governance and faculty
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Location

Tidewater School in Eliot, Maine is situated on the southern Maine-seacoast New Hampshire border, an hour from Boston to the south and the White Mountains to the north. Portsmouth, New Hampshire is the closest city. Close to Interstate 95, the school sits on former farmland with nearly 3 acres. Faculty, board and parents have renovated a farm building into beautiful, inviting classrooms.

[edit] Curriculum and programs

Tidewater School offers the Waldorf school curriculum for preschool and elementary grades.^[1] This includes a week-long farm visit in Grade 3.^[2]

[edit] Governance and faculty

Waldorf schools are not-for-profits, governed by a Board of Trustees who oversee the legal and financial business aspects and a faculty of Waldorf trained teachers and administrators who oversee the day-to-day operations and pedagogy. Currently Tidewater has ten class teachers and assistants, five specialty teachers (Spanish, German, Movement Education, Woodwork, Strings, Handwork) and an administrator.

Tidewater School offers tuition assistance to families based on financial need. The difference between tuition and cost is made up through fund-raising, volunteerism and scholarship donations.^[3] A special diversity scholarship initiative was established in 2005.^[4]