Garden Gate Summer Camps offer children the opportunity to experience the large exhale of a Summer spent outside at Rock Bridge State Park with friends and teachers, exploring and imagining together. Spaces fill quickly, so register soon! Contact Registration form coming soon. Adventurers: Ages: 6-9 Dates: June 17-21 Led by: Nicole Knapp-Weber and Will Scherer [...]

We open our doors to families interested in a holistic approach to the child, one that includes storytelling, imaginative play, healthy organic food, lots of time out of doors, and deep attention to the development of each child. Come and meet our teachers, bake bread with us, find out more about education inspired by the [...]

Enrolled families, join us for a night of crafting at the schoolhouse.  A wine and cheese event!

Join us in reading Creating a Home for Body, Soul, and Spirit: A New Approach to Childcare by Bernadette Raichle. We’ll meet on the Garden Gate patio on Friday, April 12th from 2 – 3 pm.  Please read the first three chapters by the first meeting.  The book looks at childcare from an anthroposophical understanding.  [...]

Join us for a fun-filled trip to Goatsbeard Farm in Harrisburg, MO.  We’ll tour the cheese making operation and pet the sweet little goats.  Bring cash or check if you would like to purchase cheese.

Join us for our annual Yard Sale fundraiser on Saturday April 6th from 8 am – 2 pm.  Sale held at 607 W. Broadway

Returning families, please send in your fall deposits.  Deposits go toward August tuition.

GARDEN GATE OPEN HOUSE: SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23, 10A.M. – 2P.M Garden Gate School – Columbia’s only preschool inspired by Waldorf – opens its doors to families interested in a holistic approach to the child, one that includes storytelling, imaginative play, healthy organic food, lots of time out of doors, and deep attention to the development [...]

Join us beginning January 4th for our upcoming Parent/Child class! Classes are Tuesdays & Fridays, January 4 – 18th 9:30am – 11:30am Ages 18 months – 3 years Parent-Child Classes are offered as five 2-hour sessions. This class offers parents with children ages 18 months up to 3 years an opportunity to experience an early [...]

We will be celebrating our Winter Spiral on Friday evening, December 14th at 5pm in the play yard. The Winter (or Advent) Spiral is a tradition for the younger grades at Waldorf Schools around the world as a way to count down the last days of darkness before the light begins to return. We will [...]