Westside Waldorf School I-Sunset Campus is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 17310 Sunset Boulevard, Pacific Palisades, California CA. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Westside Waldorf School receives mixed reviews. Most parents praise the dedicated teachers, creative experiential learning approach, and strong sense of community, with several families reporting positive long-term experiences. However, some former students report serious concerns about teacher conduct, inconsistent discipline policies, and inadequate administrative response to complaints.
I attended Westside Waldorf School from kindergarten through grade 3. While I loved the school itself, the leadership and some of the teaching methods were disappointing. Unfortunately, I had experiences where I felt humiliated by teachers, which made my time there less positive than it could have been. A school should be a safe and encouraging place for students, and in that regard, this school fell short. I hope improvements have been made in leadership and how students are treated. I was a student until 2019
Our family joined Westside Waldorf School over 8 years ago. Both of our children love the incredibly dedicated and skilled teachers. I appreciate the experiential learning, which balances intellectual rigor and creative expression. Also, there is a strong sense of community at the school, including school hosted events and parent enrichment opportunities.
Westside Waldorf School has been such a wonderful place for our 7-year-old! The teachers are warm and caring, and they really make learning fun and creative. We love the close-knit community here and the way the school nurtures each child’s unique strengths.
Waldorf education has been the perfect fit for our family. Our daughter started at Westside Waldorf when she was 2, and is now in Kindergarten. The teachers know how to nurture the kids' curiosity and play and wonder, while helping them build skills and confidence. It's beautiful to watch.
Wish I could give them ZERO STARS !!! I had an ABSOLUTELY AWFUL experience !! This used to be a super sweet school with lots of nice people, but when I returned after attending a different school for four years, this place has turned into a nightmare !!! My problems started at Westside after I was there Five years and they made the wrong choice in first grade teachers. I was in a class where the teacher would walk kids up to the front and hit them (not me). The school didn't believe us so we left, but about six months later they eventually fired him. My teacher was totally incapable of teaching middle school, and when she felt that you were starting to figure that out she would humiliate you saying you knew too much, or try to give you a lecture on how drops of water are not the same as water drops. One time I was wearing clear nailpolish, and they made me take it off in front of the head of school, while she gave me a lecture on how it is harming the imaginations of the younger children. The ironic part is the second graders were wearing green nailpolish, and yet they were not made to take it off. Another time I was trying to help my friend with there school work and my teacher said infront of both of us, " Why are you wasting your time on them, they will never get how to do that. " And one other time she publicly called me the worst drawer in the class. The wood work teacher and a few others are the only great teachers left, most have left over the past year. It is just all very sad because I once considered this place my home. Everything is kept confidential and the administrators lack the skill of problem solving. They have this slip policy that literally threatens the students so that they are afraid to speak up if anything unfair happens. Not very Waldorf at all !!!! My advice to you is that if you want a caring, positive waldorf experience for your child pick a different waldorf school, that is better if it is not in Southern California !!!