What If School Didn’t Need a Screen?
At Mountain Laurel Waldorf School, learning is hands-on, screen-free, and rooted in imagination — from early childhood through 8th grade.
What If School Didn’t Need a Screen?
At Mountain Laurel Waldorf School, learning is hands-on, screen-free, and rooted in imagination — from early childhood through 8th grade.
When Children Are Present, They Thrive
Research links rising screen time in schools to declining test scores and creativity. Waldorf education is built on the opposite: learning through making, doing, and connecting with the world around them.
The result is children who are curious, confident, and genuinely alive to their education. And when they leave us, they’re exceptionally well-prepared – academically, socially, and as human beings ready to meet the world.
A School Built for the Whole Child
Founded in 1983 in New Paltz, NY, Mountain Laurel has spent more than four decades proving that children don’t need screens – they need space to imagine, create, and grow.
Our curriculum engages head, heart, and hands at every stage. They don’t consume their education. They live it. And when they leave us, they’re exceptionally well-prepared — academically, socially, and as human beings ready to meet the world.
In Their Own Words
In Their Own Words
“When children are media-free, they have the freedom and capacity to have creativity come from a place within them.”
— Theo Lundin, Grades Teacher
“We want active participants – people who grow up and feel like they belong in the world and can see what needs to be done in the world and do it.”
— Veronica Kent, Early Childhood Teacher
Curious what this could look like for your child?
Share your info below and we’ll be in touch – and we’d love to see you at our Open House on Saturday, April 11.