Our Programs
If you are interested in finding out more about our programs, or are ready to apply, please fill out an inquiry form and we will contact you within 1 business day.
We are excited to offer our Parent Child and Early Childhood Programs and Grades 1-6 for the 2025 - 2026 school year. We are fortunate to have small class sizes, ample indoor classroom spaces, and our thoughtfully designed playground space offers plenty of outdoor space to accommodate our many outdoor programs.
Click here for more info about our:
Outdoor Preschool for 2 1/2-4 year olds
Family Day 2026
Join us for an immersive open house experience and bring a friend!
January 24, 2026
10am-12pm
Family fun for all ages:
-Visit classrooms where there will be crafts representing different grade levels.
-Outdoor crafts in the kindergarten play yard
-Open play time in the preschool play yard
-Warm refreshments and an open fire.
Our grade school curriculum delivers a classical education, teaching the traditional academic subjects (like mathematics, language arts, science) through an interdisciplinary approach that weaves in storytelling, movement, music and the arts every day. The Waldorf curriculum consciously strives to develop the whole child, not just intellectually, but also physically, emotionally, socially and spiritually.
Founded in 1999 by a group of committed parents and teachers, Madrona School, a waldorf school, is celebrating its 25th school year. The school now serves 72 children in Parent-Child, Preschool, Kindergarten and 1st through 6th grades. Set amongst towering trees, tucked away in the heart of Winslow on Bainbridge Island, our school integrates a classical education with movement, the arts, and the wonder of nature, to meet each student's developmental needs.
Waldorf pedagogy is a developmentally appropriate, experiential, and academically rigorous approach to education. It integrates the arts in all academic disciplines for children … to enhance and enrich learning. Waldorf education aims to inspire lifelong learning in all students and to enable them to fully develop their unique capacities.
Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility -- these three forces are the very nerve of education." -Rudolf Steiner, founder of Waldorf education
105 Winslow Way West, PO Box 11371, Bainbridge Island WA 98110 | 206-855-8041 | office@madronaschool.org
Running, jumping, tumbling, climbing, balancing, wrestling, and pushing/pulling/carrying heavy objects are all examples the kind of deep, physical play that helps develop their sense of proprioception which opens pathways to physical, emotional and intellectual learning.