Running Rivers School

Purpose The purpose of Running River School, in Sedona, AZ, is to provide an affordable independent elementary education. Our integrative and experiential educational environment strongly respects the child as a unique individual with multiple intelligences. We recognize that academic and social growth of the child take place through developmental stages and that learning should happen in ways, and points in time, that are most fitting for the child to flourish as a whole human being. The multiple aspects of human development supported by Running River School include the physical, both brain and body, as well as the emotional and mental. This whole-child approach fosters a life-long love of learning, a deep sense of self, compassion and social integrity. These holistic goals, combined with academic success, will serve both the child as an individual and the larger community to which they will eventually belong. To accomplish these goals, Running River School follows a model inspired by Waldorf education.