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The campus spans twelve-plus acres with dedicated parkland in Bethesda, Maryland. The campus address is 4800 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD 20816, and serves Preschool through Grade 12 on a single site. Spaces support the arts, music, theater, and crafts such as woodwork and handwork. Outdoor education and movement are integrated into the curriculum.
Athletic team experiences are an essential part of development, and every student may participate in cross country, soccer, basketball, softball/baseball. Coaches help students develop self-discipline, athletic skills, and good sportsmanship. Teams compete in the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference. The program begins in the fifth grade, with fall sports for 6th–8th and high school, winter basketball for 5th–12th, and spring softball or baseball for 5th–12th.
A Waldorf curriculum centers on daily Main Lesson blocks where a subject is studied intensively for three to four weeks. In the Lower School, geography, history, geometry, perspective drawing, and the sciences are taught in developmentally appropriate ways. The program also includes Spanish, handwork, woodwork, Eurythmy, instrumental and vocal music, outdoor education, form drawing, and art. Starting in the sixth grade, mathematics and English are taught by specialists, with an active Middle School outdoor program. Beginning in the Middle School, keyboarding, word processing, and computer research skills are introduced, while Lower School restricts device use during the day. Each class has a dedicated teacher who stays with the group for multiple years.
Wednesday Afternoon High School Clubs are offered on a trimester schedule with clubs including Entrepreneurship, Cooking, Digital Content Creation, Digital Photography, Mindfulness, Newspaper, Personal Finance, Podcasting, Political Discourse, Printmaking, Sports Psychology, Studio Art, Theatre, Yearbook, and Yoga. After School Music Clubs meet in the Music Room from 3:15 to 4:15 pm. All Strings Club provides teaching, practice, coaching, and ensemble opportunities for Grades 4-8. The cello club offers extra tutoring outside of class time, and there are additional Irish music offerings such as Friday Traditional Irish Music Club.
Washington Waldorf School, located in Bethesda, Maryland, provides an education based on the Waldorf Steiner curriculum for students from eighteen months through twelfth grade. The curriculum integrates arts and physical movement into daily academic lessons; for example, students learn mathematical patterns through rhythmic movement and geometry through precise form drawing. In the lower school, a class teacher typically stays with the same group of students for multiple years to provide continuity. The high school features a four-year lab science sequence and specialized blocks in humanities. A distinctive feature of the school is the "Handwork" and "Practical Arts" program, where all students learn skills such as knitting, sewing, and woodworking to support cognitive and fine motor development. Facilities include specialized spaces for orchestra, a woodworking shop, and outdoor gardening areas. Students study both Spanish and German beginning in the early grades. The school operates as a co-educational day school.
