Welcome to Whatcom Hills!
Nestled among the woods above Lake Whatcom, our historic campus in Bellingham, Washington offers a vibrant, arts-infused Waldorf education from Early Childhood through 8th Grade. We strive to inspire each child to develop a sense of wonder, community, and a joyful lifelong love of learning!
Mission
To deliver a diverse curriculum, guided by Waldorf Principles, that nurtures and builds capacities in each student so they are able to engage in the world with confidence, initiative and compassion.
Vision
To create a vibrant learning environment that contributes to the health and well being of our community, fostering wonder, reverence, purpose and lasting relationships that ripple out into the world.
Core Value Statement
May our actions convey respect, responsibility, and integrity. May we strive to ensure the physical and emotional safety of all members of our school, and in doing so, cultivate and nourish an enduring community.
Community Value Statement
Compassion, understanding, warmth, diversity, respect, generosity, community, responsibility, inspiration, creativity, commitment, transparency, clarity, sustainability, security, integrity, gratitude.
Lhaq’temish and Nuxwsa'7aq
Land Acknowledgment Statement
We, Whatcom Hills Waldorf School, acknowledge we are residing on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coastal Salish people. The Salish People are the original inhabitants of Washington's northernmost coast and southern British Columbia. They live throughout this territory and continue to have an ongoing relationship with these areas. Since Time Immemorial they have celebrated life on their land, water ways and on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of their People to perpetuate their way of life. We honor their ancestors and acknowledge the past, present and future Coastal Salish people as the original inhabitants of this land.