Berkeley Rose School

We have 2 kids at Berkeley Rose (a preschooler and a Kindergartener) and I feel great about the level of attention and care that goes into their education. The emphasis on social learning, play, creativity, and wonder is awesome. Our kids learned how to make friends, tell stories, respect themselves and each other. It is definitely a stretch to pay for private school for us but we consider it an investment in the future of our kids’ happiness and mental health. This is a new school and they are working out the kinks, and there is a big emphasis on parent involvement. If you are at all considering Waldorf education I encourage you to visit the school. They really attend to all levels of the child’s physical, emotional, and spiritual development that we did not see in the more academic/​testing focused schools.

My 2 ½ year old daughter has been attending Berkeley Rose since the fall. I honestly can’t say enough wonderful things about the school, its hardworking volunteer parent faculty or the teachers. They are caring, welcoming and foster a wonderful sense of community.
Each day at Berkeley Rose is full of song and joy, storytelling and nature. The children bake bread, make soup and garden. And through their play and daily rhythms they learn kindness, compassion and self-​confidence. The teachers truly love their children and support both their social and emotional growth.
The classrooms are light filled and peaceful, the garden simple and sweet. There is a lovely and gentle calm at Berkeley Rose and I feel so lucky to have my daughter be a part of it each day.
Please check out this is a wonderful video about Berkeley Rose…

My child has been at this school for almost three years and I am literally almost brought to tears when I drop her off in the morning. The level of care that is provided is so far beyond the education I received and what I have seen happens in other schools.
As a Waldorf school, they support kids to use their imagination and dream in a way that has been shown to actually make kids better at problem solving and more prepared for success in our current world.
If you aren’t familiar with Waldorf, here is a great article that was recently in the San Francisco Magazine:
It is a start-​up school that is being run by a few very dedicated, but over worked and unpaid moms. As such it doesn’t have all the polish and there are hiccups, but they are well worth it in my experience.