Great Barrington Waldorf High School

The Great Barrington Waldorf High School is a small Waldorf high school located in downtown Great Barrington. I believe it is the only Waldorf high school located in Berkshire county of western Massachusetts.

The site was recently upgraded to WordPress software after running on our home-made content management system for a number of years.

Why was this done?

Wordpress offers great features right at the start, with more neat features coming in the future. We noticed an immediate improvement in hits and results in Google searches. The school Faculty Chair and parent volunteers are able to add content themselves and that tends to make Google even happier!

While we did get good use from our homemade systems 'dashboard', the WordPress Dashboard is just better at enabling people to update their websites. Constant improvements in this software, including security features, make it a reliable choice to base your website upon.

Recently added features include an integrated open source newsletter feature, google donate integration, and even more content. Most of it written by the students.

The Great Barrington Waldorf High School offers students a unique, rigorous college-preparatory curriculum that inspires purposeful activity, earnest involvement and clear thinking.

Class teachers give way to teacher specialists who lead the students through a rich and varied array of morning seminars, ranging from thermodynamics to Shakespeare, from trigonometry to the history of the modern world.

In addition to the seminar subjects, the students work through a college preparatory curriculum in mathematics, English, and a foreign language.

Music, drama, eurythmy, fine arts, orchestra, physical education, and practical arts provide our teenagers with additional opportunities for creative expression and demanding activity.