To learn more about Whidbey Island Waldorf School or come for a tour or a walk through the Grades, please reach out through the button below.
To learn more about Whidbey Island Waldorf School or come for a tour or a walk through the Grades, please reach out through the button below.
Whidbey Island Waldorf School is led through a collaboration between Administration, Faculty and the Board of Trustees. Each part of the school has its areas of focused responsibility, and these three bodies come together periodically to forge a common vision and strategy for the thriving of the school.
Rudolf Steiner, when teaching the first Waldorf teachers in 1919, emphasized the importance of the character, inner life, and striving of the teachers as having far greater impact on the quality of the education and depth of learning of the students than subject matter or methodology.
We are fortunate at Whidbey Island Waldorf School to have faculty members in Nursery through 8th Grade and in our Special Subjects who are inspired and inspiring, active life-long learners, highly qualified, and devoted to the success of their students.
Memo Gonzalez, President
Other Affiliations: WIWS Parent
Sarah Bystrom, Vice President
Other Affiliations: WIWS Parent
Ted Bellinger, Treasurer
Other Affiliations: WIWS Parent
Susanne Schnippering, Secretary
Other Affiliations: WIWS Spanish Teacher and Substitute
Melisa Hall - Faculty Representation to the Board
Other Affiliations: WIWS 3rd Gr. Teacher
Justin MacDonald, Member at Large
Other Affiliations: New Mexico State University Professor WIWS Parent
Ed Hodson, Member at Large
Other Affiliations: WIWS Parent
David Wickwire, Member at Large
Other Affiliations: WIWS Parent
Susanne Beattie, Member at Large
Other Affiliations: South Whidbey community member
Marthe Elting, Member at Large
Other Affiliations: WIWS Parent, Barton-system Tutor
Jenny Holbrook, Member at Large
Other Affiliations: Readiness to Learn WIWS alum
Bryan McGriff , Member
Representing Whidbey Institute
Leigh Bloom, Emeritus Member
Other Affiliations: Goosefoot Community Fund Board President, Sound Water Stewards Trained Volunteer (Pigeon Guillemot Survey w/ Whidbey Audubon & Island County Marine Resources, SWS Digging 4 Dinner Classes, SWS Sound Water University, UW Coastal Observation & Seabird Survey Team, Hearts & Hammers Volunteer.
Angela Lindstrom, Leadership Team, Ex-officio
Other Affiliations: Antioch University New England Instructor for Waldorf and Renewal courses
Lori Barian, Adminstrator, Ex-officio
Other Affiliations: Board member, MaaViva: The Institute for Interconnectedness