“Orchard Valley creates an incredibly nurturing environment for their students. The teachers create classrooms teaming with intrinsically motivated students. My first grade son can’t wait to go to school everyday.
The revolutionary [Tiered Tuition] program means that this school is financially accessible to all and makes for a socio-economically diverse student body.”

“Waldorf has helped build me into a more confident, self assured, and imaginative person. While most schools try to morph you into their idea of what a successful person is, Waldorf has supported who I want to be…”

“Orchard Valley has given me the best education and environment that I could possibly ask for, and I feel fully prepared for my next adventure.”

“After only two weeks at play at Orchard Valley, I observed a dramatic change in my daughter. She had always been enthusiastic about the outdoors, but she suddenly insisted on it with an intense eagerness and welcomed excursions outside with a gaze of wonder and excitement that was totally new.”

“This close community has made me comfortable in who I am and has given me amazing memories. Without the support of all my teachers and friends and the close knit community which I grew up in, I would have a very different outlook on the world.”

“OVWS let me explore the outdoors and learning. It let me be creative and to have my own ideas. The Waldorf curriculum doesn’t just give you a problem and tell you you have to solve it, it gives you a problem and asks you how you think it should be solved.”

“I’m so glad I had the opportunity to come here. If I hadn’t, I doubt I’d be anything close to the person I am now. So I’d like to thank my parents for giving me such an amazing opportunity. Thank you so much, Mom and Dad, for bringing me here. I’ll miss this place.”

“When I came to OVWS, I was like a seed bursting, overflowing with life. OVWS fed this seed, this life, this light within me. I grew, fed by the gently rounded edges of painting paper, the soft dreamy colored walls, the smell of watercolor paints, and balls of yarn and knitting needles and wax crayon drawings. This school, this community, helped this seed within me to sprout and grow – from a seed into a blooming flower. You gave me the gift of this school, this education, the best gift I’ve ever been given. I want to thank my parents for making the decision 10 years ago to send me to this school. Thank you.”