Lake Champlain Waldorf School is Vermont’s oldest and largest Waldorf School, founded in 1984. Our well-established K-12 school is both grounded and innovative; we are deeply rooted in the traditional Waldorf curriculum while also reaching into the future through an educational emphasis on social, racial, and environmental justice. We offer a vibrant learning community on two campuses in northwestern Vermont.

The Turtle Lane Campus, home to the Early Childhood and Lower School (grades 1-6), is located on 22 acres of forested Nature Conservancy land with many opportunities for outdoor education and exploration, literally at its doorstep. Since September of 2020, we have made use of our outdoor classrooms whenever possible as a complement to our beautiful classroom building (with new state-of-the-art ventilation systems). We also have a formal pedagogical relationship with a biodynamic farm just a short walk from the school.

The Upper School (grades 7-12) is just five minutes away at the Bostwick Road Campus. Adjacent to the Shelburne Museum, the Upper School facility features a beautiful post and beam design with a large Great Hall, professional kitchen, science lab, fine art room, textile arts room, woodworking room, and beautiful light-filled classrooms with views of the Adirondack Mountains.

We are a close, collaborative, and dedicated group of class teachers, subject teachers, and administrators, working to develop new models of instruction that serve the students of the 21st century. We are dedicated to supporting and promoting the qualities at the heart of our mission: creativity, compassion, collaboration, and innovative problem-solving. We are a member of AWSNA and WECAN and accredited by NEASC.