About our Schools

The Tomorrow River Community Charter Schools are committed to ensuring that Waldorf education is assessable to all income levels regardless of their geographic location. In partnership with the Tomorrow River School District and the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education, we are able to offer tuition-free PreK through 8th grade programming at our on-site school in Amherst Junction, WI and to Wisconsin residents via our virtual program. Our virtual program is available to PreK through 8th grade students residing outside of the state of Wisconsin on a tuition basis via our National Enrollment Program. Learn more by following the links below.

We believe that Waldorf Education is a tried and true method of educating… To support a strong foundation for intellectual learning later on, the TRCCS early childhood provides an environment and educational space where children can develop capacities for social-emotional wellbeing and healthy physical development. Rich learning experiences occur through play, exploration, and practical life skills, while the well-being (social-emotional health) is supported with a strong, predictable, daily rhythm. These key developmental factors serve as building blocks for strong engagement with academic learning as children progress through the grades. Creativity, life skills, and social intelligence are recognized as being equally important as academics and are woven into core subjects. Creativity, life skills, and social intelligence are recognized as being equally important as academics, so the arts and social emotional learning is woven into core subjects as well. Schedule a tour and discover how you can become part of this unique school community.

We believe that the strong communities form the foundation for strong schools and encourage parent involvement. Through seasonal festivals, fundraisers, fundraisers, class socials, service projects, field trips, and collaborative leadership, families have the opportunity to bond with one another building relationaships , while offering support Supports mental health, parent-teacher relationships, and …

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We are excited to share the beauty and depth of Public Waldorf education with you! Read on to learn more about this unique learning opportunity!

Virtual School

Available tuition-free to WI Residents

Learn more about our national & international option

  • Grades PreK-8th

  • Waldorf-Inspired

  • Interactive, engaging lessons

  • State-licensed teachers

Ms. Wanda does an amazing job of building a fantastic community. I can’t think of a better way to impact the world for good. I am so grateful to be part of this TRCVS community.”

— Virtual School Parent

Virtual families gather at the on-site school for a last day of school celebration.

Virtual families gather at the on-site school for a last day of school celebration.

Our on-site school is located at the Central Wisconsin Environmental Station on Sunset Lake in Amherst Junction, WI

On-Site School

Early Childhood

PreK & Kindergarten

Lower Grades

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th

Upper Grades

5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

“The teachers treat each kid as individuals and understand their strengths and weaknesses. My daughter loves the hands on curriculum style. Who wouldn't want to go to school on a lake in the middle of a beautiful woods!!”

— On-Site School Parent

Our Partner Schools

Local graduates of TRCCS may consider secondary schools in the Amherst and Amherst Junction. Central Sands Community High School offers a continuation of the public Waldorf programming, while our district, Amherst High School, offers a traditional education. Both have proven to be natural progressions for TRCCS graduates. Learn more by clicking the links below.

Central Sands Community High-School

Waldorf-Inspired 9th-12th

Tomorrow River School District (Authorizer)

PreK-12th Public School

  • TRCCS MISSION & VISION

    Developing the whole child through movement, art, and nature.

  • TRCCS MISSION

    The Tomorrow River Community Charter Schools (TRCCS) wish to develop the whole child through nature, art, language, and music in an innovative, collaborative, and supportive educational environment guided by the Core Principles of Public Waldorf education, environmental education and other proven pedagogy.

  • TRCCS VISION

    The vision of the Charter School is expressed perfectly by Liv Helmericks of Mountain Sage Community School, a charter school in Colorado inspired by Waldorf pedagogy. “Our intention is to present the world as a beautiful and wonder-filled place where anything is possible. Math IS music, science IS art, and the totality of the way the world works IS poetry. This powerful method provides all children, despite their differences, the opportunity to completely participate in their own education, cultivating compassion and respect for self, others and the natural world.”

  • DIVERSITY STATEMENT

    The Tomorrow River Community Charter Schools (TRCCS) are committed to respecting and welcoming all people. We most emphatically reject discrimination and actively work towards mutual understanding and positive engagement; embracing the principles of common humanity expressed by the Core Principles of Public Waldorf Education. TRCCS works to promote inclusivity and understanding, and our schools actively and critically examine our practices as a reflection of our changing world.

The Alliance for Public Waldorf Education

As a member of the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education, Tomorrow River Community Charter Schools are committed to the principles below. These principles ensure that Public Waldorf education is ever-evolving, and continuously renewed through practice, research, observation and active reflection.

The 7 Core Principles

  • 1. Image of the Human Being

    Public Waldorf education is founded on a coherent image of the developing human being.

    -Each human being is a unique individual who brings specific gifts, creative potential, and intentions to this life. Public Waldorf education addresses multiple aspects of the developing child including the physical, emotional, intellectual, social, cultural, moral, and spiritual. Through this, each child is helped to integrate into a maturing whole, able to determine a unique path through life.

    -Rudolf Steiner’s educational insights are seen as a primary, but not exclusive, source of guidance for an understanding of the image of the human being.

  • 2. Child Development

    An understanding of child development guides all aspects of the educational program, to the greatest extent possible within established legal mandates.

    -Human development proceeds in approximate 7-year phases. Each phase has characteristic physical, emotional, and cognitive dimensions and a primary learning orientation.

    -The Public Waldorf educational program, including the curriculum, teaching methodologies, and assessment methods, work with this understanding of human development to address the needs of the individual and the class in order to support comprehensive learning and healthy, balanced development.

    -Our developmental perspective informs how state and federal mandates, including curriculum sequence, standardized testing, and college and career readiness, are met.

  • 3. Social Change Through Education

    Public Waldorf education exists to serve both the individual and society.

    -Public Waldorf education seeks to offer the most supportive conditions possible for the development of each student’s unique capacities and for engendering the following qualities to work towards positive social change:

    A harmonious relationship between thinking, feeling, and willing;

    Self-awareness and social competence;

    Developmentally appropriate, academically informed, independent thinking;

    The initiative and confidence necessary to transform intentions into realities; and

    An interest in the world, with active respect and a feeling of responsibility for oneself, one’s community, and the environment.

    -Such individuals will be able to participate meaningfully in society

  • 4. Human Relationships

    Public Waldorf Schools foster a culture of healthy relationships.

    -Enduring relationships — and the time needed to develop them — are central to Public Waldorf education. The teacher works with each student and class as a whole to support relationship-based learning.

    -Healthy working relationships with parents, colleagues, and all stakeholders are essential to the well being of the student, class, and school community. Everyone benefits from a community life that includes festivals, events, adult education, study, and volunteer activities.

    -Public Waldorf education encourages collaboration in schools, within the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education, among all schools working out of a developmental approach, in conjunction with the broader field of education.

  • 5. Access & Diversity

    Public Waldorf Schools work to increase diversity and access to all sectors of society.

    -Public Waldorf schools respond to unique demands and cultures in a wide range of locations in order to provide maximum access to a diverse range of students. Schools work towards ensuring that students do not experience discrimination in admission, retention, or participation.

    -Public Waldorf schools and teachers have the responsibility to creatively address the developmental needs of the students with the most inclusive possible approaches for all learners.

    -The Public Waldorf program and curriculum is developed by the school to reflect its student population.

  • 6. Collaborative Leadership

    School leadership is conducted through shared responsibilities within established legal structures.

    -Faculty, staff, administration and boards of a Public Waldorf school collaborate to guide and lead the school with input from stakeholder groups. To the greatest extent possible, decisions related to the educational program are the responsibility of those faculty and staff with knowledge and experience of Rudolf Steiner’s educational insights.

    -Governance and internal administration are implemented in a manner that cultivates active collaboration, supportive relationships, effective leadership, consequential action, and accountability. A Public Waldorf school is committed to studying and deepening its understanding of best practices of governance appropriate to its stage of organizational development.

  • 7. Schools as Learning Communities

    Public Waldorf schools cultivate a love of lifelong learning and self-knowledge.

    -Public Waldorf education emphasizes continuous engagement in learning and self-reflective practices that support ongoing improvement. At the individual and classroom level, teachers reflect regularly on their observations of the students and of the educational process. Essential aspects of school-wide work and professional development include self-reflection, peer review, faculty and individual study, artistic activity, and research.

    -Rudolf Steiner is a primary, but not exclusive, source of guidance for developing an active inner, meditative life and an understanding of the dynamics within society.

    -Public Waldorf schools encourage all community members to engage in active and ongoing ways to enhance their capacities as human beings through self reflection and conscious social engagement.

The Tomorrow River Community Charter Schools are currently Developing Members of the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education.