About
A feeling first. A place second.
Our historic main campus is located in the thriving Eat Street neighborhood just south of downtown Minneapolis, a short walk from Fair Oaks Park, the Children’s Theater Company, and the world-renowned Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Every school day, we welcome the company of more than 230 students, from 18 months to eighth grade.
Aside from our rich Waldorf curriculum, students also enjoy a lively calendar of cultural events and the most outdoor time of any school in the city. We strive to create and nurture a diverse learning community of children, teachers, families, and staff; recognizing and valuing individual differences while promoting and celebrating the richness of our multicultural, multi-ethnic society.
We are a fully accredited member of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America and the Independent Schools Association of The Central States. We have been recognized for our commitment to sustainability and environmental education through the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools award and numerous grants.
Above all, we’re proud of our graduates. Not just what they achieve in high school, university, and beyond, but of how they do it—finding and following their own path, developing their own unique story.
What does the future want from us?
Our SChool
Mission
City of Lakes Waldorf School educates children to think independently, work artistically, and exercise strength of will. Through an integrated curriculum of academics, arts, and practical studies, City of Lakes Waldorf School encourages children to meet the world with reverence, nobility, and authentic action.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that our school sits on the ancestral homelands of the Dakota and Ojibwe people for whom it holds great historical, spiritual, and personal significance. We honor and express our gratitude to the land and to the indigenous people and nations, including the Dakota and the Ojibwe who have cared for these lands throughout the generations and to those who continue to do so.
We respectfully acknowledge the sacred land upon which the events and activities of City of Lakes Waldorf School take place in Minneapolis. This is the traditional homeland of the Dakhóta Oyáte (Dakota People), unfairly ceded in the Treaties of 1837 & 1851, who stewarded it for millennia.
