What The Kolisko School Offers

Waldorf/Steiner Early Childhood Program in SY 2008-2009: Provides a nurturing environment based on an understanding of the young child's special developmental needs before the age of seven. Modeled after a good home environment. The mixed-age kindergarten has the advantage of being even more like a large family; older children provide a model for the younger ones and help them, while the little ones bring a softer element to the 5 and 6 year olds.

Waldorf/Steiner Education Grades 1 to 4 SY 2008-2009: A 'Renaissance' education where children take all subjects and do not work only on areas in which they excel. The approach to learning is in a holistic way - arts, humanities and sciences are viewed as interwoven with one another, not as a separate fields.

Subjects taught are presented in a lively pictorial way, because the elementary school child learns best when information is artistically and imaginatively presented. During the rest of the day, special subject teachers fill out the rich curriculum by teaching foreign languages, Filipino orchestra, and other subjects.

Emphasis on moral qualities such as truth, beauty and goodness which are not proselytized but experienced in the way the classroom and school is built and cared for, in the actions of the adults around them, and in the content and approach in delivery of the lessons.


Steiner Education - for the world

Acclaimed by UNESCO as education for the new millenium, the Steiner/Waldorf movement has more than 900 independent Waldorf/Steiner schools and 1,600 early childhood programs on five continents. Each initiative is started by individuals or groups within the community. The Kolisko Foundation for Education-The Kolisko School for Steiner Education started this way.

Not only is the Steiner Education truly global in its scope, but also in its approach. Wherever

approach. Wherever it is found, the Waldorf curriculum cultivates within its students a deep appreciation for cultural traditions from around the world, while all the while being deeply rooted in its local culture and context.

Testimonials on the Waldorf/Steiner Education

"If I had a child of school age, I would send him to one of the Waldorf schools."
- Samuel Bellows, Author and Nobel Laureate

"Being personally acquainted with a number of Waldorf students, I can say that they come closer to realizing their own potentials than practically anyone I know." - Dr. Joseph Weizenbaum, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

"Waldorf education addresses the child as no other education does. Learning, is imbued with life and so with joy, which is the only true basis for later study. Such students possess the eye of discoverer, and the compassionate he study. Such students possess the eye of discoverer, and the compassionate heart of the reformer, which when joined to a task, can change the planet." - Dr. Arthur Zajonc, Associate Professor of Physics, Amherst College

"After having done thorough research into the neurological aspects of cognition, movement and maturity, it was a great pleasure to discover that that a curriculum so unexceptionable from a neurological point of view actually existed. With all my heart, I support the efforts to make Waldorf education more generally known." -Dee Joy Coulter, Ed.D., Univeriity of Colorado"

I fondly call my son 'baby magnet'. Notwithstanding his exuberance and being an only child, he has consistently, since the age of 5, shown care and empathy for any younger child that comes within close range. Little kids follow him around in complete trust and he is quick to defend the vulnerable. I believe Waldorf has significantly contributed and molded his strong and compassionate leadership skills, a keen eye for detail and beauty in any environment, creative and strong analytical skills, a confident and almost gleeful approach to math, and emotional and interactive resilience. I am therefore confident of his future and wish Wadlorf education to be experienced by other children." - Evangeline Navarro, Lecturer - Finance, University of the Philippines

Through the years, I watched my 3 children (and I, alongside with them) grow into individuals who nurture a reverence for life and a genuine love for learning in a Steiner School. Once, my daughter Samantha (now age 12) was working on her math exercises at home, she exclaimed, "when I am close to an answer, I can almost taste it!". As my children continue to flourish in a Steiner school, I am confident that their lives will unfold in a beautiful way that they will inspire others through the way they live their lives and extend the blessings of Steiner Education to the people whose very lives they touch." - Maria Lourdes R. Medrano, Pediatric Dentist, Waldorf-educated Teacher, Steiner-inspired Child Care Program