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Portland Waldorf School

Portland Waldorf School

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2300 SE Harrison St, Milwaukie, Oregon, 97222, United States
(503) 654-2200 portlandwaldorf.org
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Mar 29, 2017
Portland Waldorf School is poorly organized. Their admissions process is the worst I've ever experienced. We spent four months waiting to hear if our son could join the 7th grade class. We were referred to an educational psychologist, Nancy Long as a requirement by PWS to gain entrance to the school because our son had never attended a Waldorf School. We were prepared to do anything they asked so that he could attend. We liked the Waldorf philosophy and did our research about the Waldorf methodology. The educational psychologist whom PWS referred us to, charged us a good amount of money and never produced a written report as she said she would. In the midst of this, the school said they would admit our son -provisionally. A few weeks later, after not hearing from anyone, I called the school to find out when our son could join the class. The administration didn't know what I was taking about. Then they said there would be no admittance without the written report from the educational psychologist. The educational psychologist won't return our calls, nor does she respond to PWS. They really put us on a roller coaster ride and then finally we received a letter stating that they would not be moving forward with our application. After 4 months, PWS didn't even give us any detailed reason why. We were looking forward to our son attending PWS, but after the conundrum of a matriculation process, PWS demonstrated that it was not worth the $14,000.00 per year tuition, to us. Even as we were prepared to pay it! Our son is very intelligent and fun. He would have made a lovely addition to the school. We are heartbroken and now looking for a different educational path, that is not Waldorf. I would not recommend anyone to apply for entrance to this school unless you're prepared for a long and haphazardly process with no promise of a good outcome.

Oct 12, 2016
My children love going to school each day at PWS and come home excited about what they've done, learned, or experienced after a day at school. I am so impressed with the care and support the teachers give to each and every student and feel so lucky that our family is a part of this school community!

Aug 27, 2017
This school is unbelievable unprofessional.

Oct 1, 2014
My child attended the Portland Waldorf School from Kindergarten through his senior year in high school. We could not ask for a more nurturing and supportive environment for our child. He was accepted to all the colleges that he applied to and offered scholarships by most of them. We feel very fortunate to have found such a wonderful - nurturing school for our son. The bonus is the rich applied arts programs that are missing in most public high schools. His portfolio was rich with woodworking, metal smithing, fiber arts and fine art!

May 23, 2016
This year I joined in the 8th grade coming from public school and so far it is a great school and they really make an effort to please each student, although they do struggle with a few things. I think in the grades 6-8 they have a hard time figuring out discipline for the children. Many people have been through sevral meeting and been threatened to be expelled or suspended without any prior warnings. To essentially control the kids in the higher grades they make them sighn contracts or else they will be expelled having to pay the rest of the tuition. This year our class (8th grade 2016) has had to sighn a contract with a list full of class rules and we have all been threatened to not go on the 8th grade trip if we break the contract rules a set amount of times. I have experienced a struggled with the dress code and had talked to many teachers about why the dress code is so strict in the middle school ages. From what I have noticed they tend to be very sexist and target the 8th grade. There is no leggings aloud and you will be forced to put a sweater on if your bra strap is showing. If you break the dress code three times in the 8th grade you will be suspended from school for a day, interupting your learning.

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