Founded in 1994, Taos Country Day School is an independent, non profit school serving approx. 130 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grades. While embodying the heart and soul of a pioneer school, our program features a Waldorf curriculum, experienced staff, and a strong parent community. Taos Country Day School has twelve full time teachers, seven specialty class teachers, and administrative staff. Our curriculum integrates academic studies with art, music, drama and multicultural studies.
We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis for enrollment for pre-K through Grade 8. Full details of our application process can be found in our Admissions section. Alternatively, please call 575 751 7750 to make an appointment to visit the school and meet with some of our faculty members.
- Students and Staff around the Magic Grove
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide a comprehensive education based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner that engages and nurtures the child physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. We seek to cultivate each student’s individual gifts, to encourage independent thinking and imagination, and to foster a life-long love of learning. Our goal is to enable students to become balanced, vigorous, life-affirming, and compassionate individuals who are able to meet the challenges of their lives and times. We advocate respect and understanding of all cultures and the natural environment. The school provides a non-competitive, physically and emotionally-safe learning atmosphere that encourages community involvement.
Learning Sustainability & Stewardship of the Land
The “Magic Grove” is a beautiful piece of land bordering the Taos Pueblo with a magnificent view of Taos Mountain. A grand willow tree welcomes all with its spreading branches. These and the other acres will be used for orchards, biodynamic farming, and outdoor education.
Making a Difference … One Tree at a Time
Designed to create awareness of local food sustainability and stewardship, the orchard project will preserve local apple tree varieties and the stories told by the elders that tend them. Students in 5th through 8th grade, along with an orchardist have grafted 425 heirloom apple trees.
Outdoor Education
Our school is located in the Sangre de Christo Mountains of the Southern Rockies, near the Rio Grande Wild Rivers area. The immediate proximity to numerous national forests, parks, wilderness areas, and protected rivers gives us the opportunity to take Waldorf education to the outdoors.
Sharing Our Community
Making Ethnic & Economic Diversity Sustainable. We strive to keep our annual tuition low to make our program available to as many students as possible. Our goal is to reflect the ethnic and economic diversity of our tri-cultural community. Thirty-five percent of our families receive tuition assistance. Outreach to our sister school in Peru is important to our community. Program founders from Peru have visited and shared native dance and music with our students. Their students have attended classes at our school for six weeks, and enjoyed skiing for the first time. Each year, we raise money and send Waldorf school supplies to our friends in Peru.