Leaders of Tomorrow Brochure
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Colleges & Universities Where Our Students Study The World Needs Heroic Fulbright Fellows Dickinson College Penn State University Rebecca Brubaker ‘02 Drew University Prescott College Thinkers Deshka Foster ‘03 Drexel University Princeton University John Graham ‘97 Earlham College Rhode Island Art Institute Kristoffer Neville ‘94 Eastman School of Music St. Andrew’s, Scotland Alicia Warner ‘93 Eckerd College St. John’s College Kimberton A. Christian Warner ‘95 Elon University St. Mary’s College of Maryland Embry-Riddle Sarah Lawrence College Waldorf Rhodes Scholar Evergreen State College Savannah College of Art & Rebecca Brubaker ‘02 Franklin & Marshall College Design School Franklin Pierce University Skidmore College Insight Fellow Goucher College Smith College Rebecca Brubaker ‘02 Green Mountain College Sonoma State College Guilford College Stanford University Colleges & Universities Hampshire College SUNY - Purchase Antioch College Haverford College Swarthmore College Bard College Hiram College Temple University Barnard College Indiana University of PA University of Chicago Bates College Ithaca College University of Cincinnati, Bennington College Juniata College Conservatory Bentley College Kenyon College University of Colorado Bloomsburg University Landmark College University of Maine Boston University Lebanon Valley College University of Massachusetts Brown University Lehigh University University of Montana Bryn Mawr College Lycoming College University of New Cambridge University Macalester College Hampshire Clark University Marlboro College University of Pennsylvania Colby College Maryland Institute, College of Art University of Pittsburgh College of the Atlantic Massachusetts Institute of University of Puget Sound Investing in the College of Santa Fe Technology (MIT) University of Tampa Columbia University Millersville University University of Vermont Cornell University Moore College of Art Warren Wilson College hearts, minds and Curtis Institute of Music Moravian College Wesleyan University Dartmouth University Muhlenberg College West Chester University leaders of tomorrow. Deep Springs College Northeastern University Westminster Choir College Delaware County Oberlin College Wheaton College (MA) Community College Oxford University Yale University Kimberton Waldorf School PO Box 350 l Kimberton, PA 19442 610.933.3635 x108 www.kimberton.org www.Kimberton.org Dialynn Youngs ‘06 Christiaan Adams ‘92 Jesse Harrington ‘94 The World Needs Heroic Thinkers Parents everywhere are con- smart. And rote memorization integrate art and academics in a cerned about preparing their won’t get you there. But inspira- methodology that adds richness children for the future. So why is tion will. to both. We develop analytical it that so many schools end up thinkers with imaginative minds draining the imaginative abilities Inspired children and young men capable of producing prolific, of the students they seek to and women are engaged learn- life-changing ideas. These are educate? With all the emphasis ers. They are involved learners. the young people who will define on testing, what is it that’s really They are interested learners. And the world of tomorrow. And they “Kimberton, with its liberal arts being learned? With all the when they graduate from will do so by redefining “It was my years at Kimberton Waldorf “Kimberton helped me to develop a School that cultivated the love within curriculum, stretched our emphasis on “the basics,” why Kimberton to attend some of the broad, holistic view of the world, everyone’s conception of intelli- me not only of learning, but especially including the ability to see and under- imaginations. The stories, the are so many college freshmen nation’s leading universities, they gence, acumen and originality. the study of the human condition in stand the connections between many mythology, all combined to create a required to take remedial do so as creative thinkers whose theatre and literature. The clarity of my parts of life. In both my studies vivid visual imagination—invaluable for coursework? It’s time to rethink capacities for both analysis and Twenty Kimberton students from thirst for literature and theatre blos- and research at MIT, I was able to what I do! The teachers there helped us think outside the norm, thinking. Creativity is the new imagination are not only trea- the class of 2009 received nearly somed by reading first Parzival and benefit from many of the principles I Hamlet in 11th grade, followed by stretch mentally.” smart. Conceptual thinking is the sured, but sought. learned through Kimberton’s holistic $700K in scholarships and Goethe’s Faust in my senior year.” approach to knowledge, exploring the new smart. The ability to synthe- awards to study at the nation’s connections among disciplines.” size disparate ideas is the new At Kimberton Waldorf School, we top universities and colleges. Sarah Lawrence College Bennington College, Theatre Mary Livingston Griggs and Google.org Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Mary Griggs Burke Scholarship Lehigh, Environmental Engineering Arts, MFA Oxford University MS MIT, Engineering Sculptor Dan is working on the V-22 Osprey at “With the liberal arts curriculum and “Waldorf education taught me to look “Children need to be active and use “The values I learned at Kimberton have “Waldorf education opens the student Boeing Philadelphia. He is currently focus on understanding rather than for connections between events and their hands at a young age. I think been many and varied. The friendships I to experiences and teaches the writing his first piano concerto, is in talks simple memorizing, we were engaged topics that shed light on the issues in Waldorf education’s approach and developed continue to thrive. The skills, student to understand that he or she to score two feature-length documenta- in the ideas and problem solving - the question. I was exposed to an in- philosophy are exactly how children the lessons, the concepts are all with can go out and do practically ries, and is working steadily on many abstract and the practical. In simplest comparable breadth of experiences, should be taught.” me -- on a daily basis, and I treasure anything in the world!” other orchestra and ensemble pieces. As terms, Kimberton gave me a chance to topics and ideas so that I kept craving those memories.” homage to his time at Kimberton, Dan fall in love with the process this same exposure long after I left.” Co-founder QD Vision, Inc. Stanford University wrote a piece for the school’s orchestra of learning.” Oberlin College Owner, Soil Solutions LLC Fulbright Fellow called “Dawn of Time.” 4-year scholarship recipient BS in Plant Science Columbia University Chemistry and Theatre majors Applying to Medical School Swarthmore College MS in Soil Management Studying Childhood Malaria in Lehigh University Majoring in History and Theory of MIT, Ph.D., Chemistry Fulbright and Insight Fellow Malaysia and Africa BS, Mechanical Engineering Architecture and Art History Rhodes Scholar BA, Music, Composition & Conducting Daniel Halle ‘03 Kathryn Minogue ‘00 Rebecca Brubaker ‘02 Jonathan Steckel ‘96 James Fisher ‘84 Deshka Foster ‘03.