Parent & Caregiver Engagement

Children benefit deeply from seeing the adults in their lives working together with purpose and goodwill. This lived example teaches them how community is formed and how meaningful it is to contribute.

Volunteering at RMS

• Provide a home atmosphere which is conducive to their child’s physical, social, emotional and educational wellbeing. 

• Review the discipline policy and school rules with their child. 

• Collaborate with faculty in implementing discipline practices. 

• Ensure that their child arrives at school on time and is collected from school in a timely manner. 

• Treat teachers and staff with courtesy and respect at all times, especially in times of disagreement. 

• Attend all required class and school meetings and make use of other opportunities given by the  school to learn more about Waldorf education. 

• Contribute a minimum of 40 volunteer hours to the school

• Ensure that their child is dressed warmly and receives adequate rest and nutrition. 

• Ensure that their child receives the needed time and proper environment necessary for completing homework. 

• Be responsible for their children when on school grounds outside of school hours, when in attendance of school events like performances, and festivals.  

• Limit media, tv, screens, and gaming devices at home, especially during the school week.

In an effort to promote a screen-free environment for the children, we ask that adults be mindful of our cell-phone use on campus and at events. 

The school requests that no videography or photography occurs during the following school events, festivals, celebrations, class plays, or ceremonies. For these, the teacher may designate a parent or staff member to record or take pictures to share later. This will ensure that parents have documentation and the focus of the audience is on the event. Everyone is welcome to take photos after the play, performance or event has concluded (i.e. while the children are still in costume). 

Photography and videography will be allowed at events that are open to the public. The intention behind this policy is to support the pedagogical and educational purposes of plays, performances, festivals and school events in a Waldorf school. The primary purpose of these events is teaching, not performance. The goal of the event may be to learn to read and speak fluidly with good inflection or to expand on a topic of class study. The interaction between the children, and between the children and the audience, is a rich experience for the children. The audience’s presence, unhindered by cameras and other recording devices, is incredibly valuable.

The social health of our school community is reflected in our commitment to clear, open communication and transparency of educational and organizational structures. High levels of professional confidentiality are maintained to ensure confidence in school communications surrounding conflict resolution. 

Please note that the school differentiates between “questions” and “complaints” and accordingly handles them somewhat differently. In general: 

• “Questions” are those enquiries for which one seeks clarification, support, understanding or further information. 

Questions submitted in writing will be given to the department which is best suited for answering such inquiries and will respond within 48 hours. 

• “Complaints” relate to matters where one wishes to register dissatisfaction and/or concern. Complaints range along a continuum of seriousness from mild irritations and/or differences of opinion/outlook to serious worries. 

The manner of handling complaints can therefore vary accordingly. We see complaints as an opportunity for professional and organizational learning and are committed to ensuring that they are comprehensively followed up through the Administration Director within 2 business days of a written submission with a plan to find a resolution or the suggested resolution for the complaint.

For more details, see the family handbook.