Located in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, Minnesota Waldorf School is an independent pre-K through 8th grade school. We value the critical link between inspiration and education. Music, movement, foreign language, handwork, and art are thoughtfully integrated with a strong core of humanities and sciences. Our classrooms and teachers offer a warm, nurturing environment that allows children's capacities to unfold and grow, naturally. Our students rise to the challenges of learning with a sense of discovery and curiosity.

Whenever possible, teachers remain with the same class from 1st through 8th grade, allowing for growth and a deepening of the class community. Children flow from cooking and imaginative play in preschool and kindergarten, to marching math games and building projects in early grades, and then advance to scientific discovery and critical thinking in upper grades. Our school is fully accredited by the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America, as well as AdvancED. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, ability, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, nationality or ethnic origin.

- Programs from prekindergarten through 8th grade
- Waldorf Curriculum comprised of a strong core of humanities and sciences, which is carefully and creatively integrated with art, handwork, foreign language, music and movement
- Parent-Child Classes
- Preschool and Kindergarten
- Lower School
- Middle School
- Summer Camp

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2. St. Matthew's School

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St. Matthew's School, located on St. Paul's West Side, Minnesota, is a small, Catholic school that educates students from Kindergarten to 8th grade. St. Matthew's School believes in the dignity and value of each child. We believe that each child is a gift from God and a promise for tomorrow. These core beliefs have helped us shape a school environment that is second to none in its commitment to academic excellence, spiritual formation, appreciation for diversity, and one that instills a sense of responsibility for each child's place in this world.

- K through 8th Grade
- Extended Day Care
- Before / After Care
- Religious Education
- Childcare
- Home Cooked Meals
- Summer Program
- Adult Enrichment

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3. Sunny Hollow Montessori

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Located in Saint Paul in Ramsey County in the Twin Cities / Minneapolis-Saint Paul area, Sunny Hollow is an AMI (Association Montessori Internationale) accredited Montessori school providing preschool and elementary programs to children aged three through to twelve years. The school achieved AMI (Association Montessori Internationale) accreditation in 2005.

Sunny Hollow Montessori was founded in 1981 by Mary Sue Dobbin. The school is established as a non-profit organization and is directed by a volunteer Board of Directors. Sunny Hollow Montessori cultivates each child's intellectual and creative potential, appreciation of relationships in nature and society, and sense of individual responsibility. We follow the educational philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori as set forth by the Association Montessori Internationale.

The Montessori system of education is a philosophy developed around a child's natural growth. The system is based on the child’s developmental needs for freedom within limits. In a carefully prepared environment, the child is guaranteed exposure to materials and experiences through which to develop intelligence as well as physical and psychological abilities.

- Preschool programs for ages 3-6 years: The Montessori Primary environment / “Children’s House” is designed to call to the child’s specific & heightened sensitivities that characterize this stage of development

- Elementary School programs: This is the time to use one’s mind to explore all the areas of knowledge, to learn how to carry out research, and to develop creative ways of processing, exploring and expressing this knowledge.

- Before & after-school programs
- Summer programs
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