our mission & vision

The Community School for Creative Education partners with families and communities to provide a rigorous college-preparatory program integrated into a culturally rich, arts-infused, highly personalized curriculum Waldorf education for the diverse students of Oakland to promote equity and prepare culturally competent, well-rounded, lifelong learners to lead, contribute to, and successfully participate in our rapidly changing multicultural society.

The Community School for Creative Education envisions a future in which all children have access to quality education; all children experience success in community and career; and youth voices contribute in valued and meaningful ways to the success of a thriving, equitable, and multicultural society. Community School is an organization that stands with and for children, families and the community of Oakland and its surrounding neighborhoods. In our service, we aim to align head, heart and hand, following our Waldorf Equity-Focused Model. As Oakland and the country's first Intercultural Public Waldorf School, we partner with organizations that are aligned to our vision, mission, values and actions.

BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS

Board Public Portal Here

CSCE Board 2020-2021 Calendar Here

See Upcoming Board Meeting Agenda Here

Community Announcements

Thank you for your support over the last 13 years! We’re excited to confirm the Alameda County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve CSCE’s charter for the 2021-2026 term.

We are thankful to:

Alameda County Board of Education President Knowles, Vice President McDonald, and Board Trustees

Alameda County Superintendent of Schools Monroe

Alameda County Office of Education Executive Director and Staff

CSCE Students and Families

CSCE Teachers and Staff

CSCE Key Partners AHC and FIAEB and Many More

CSCE Community

Our team has been hard at work providing the best educational opportunities for our students, and we look forward to a strong finish to the school year and our future growth and improvement over the next five years.

If you’d like to apply for the 2021-22 school year, click here.

Congratulations to all!

Dr. Oberman and CSCE Administration

From Mills College :

Head, heart, and hand. The Community School for Creative Education (CSCE), our public school partner offering Waldorf Education in Oakland, CA, is a perfect example of the intersection of leadership and compassion toward community care. Like school leaders across this nation, new principal, Candice Paul, and Executive Director and School Founder, Dr. Ida Oberman, along with the school leadership team, staff, community, and families, found it necessary to not only figure out the continuity of instruction upon receiving the county’s shelter-in-place order but soon realized there was more to consider.

Enjoy some clips from the Celebratory 8th Grade Graduation

Change the Story/ Change the World, The Story of Community School

Interview with CSCE ED&Founder Dr Oberman

Listen to the Podcast Here

Waldorf Public Talk and Workshop Series
Join Ms. Anna Rainville's Dancing Feet and Shining Stars Around the Zoom Hearth

Veteran Waldorf Educator Ms. Betty Staley Discusses Tending the Spark - Lighting the Future for Middle School Students. Recording of talk available here.

CSCE NEWS

Award Winning School!

CSCE Wins High Growth Award
Award-Winning Public Oakland School!
CSCE Parent Wins State-Wide 2019 Hart Vision Volunteer of the Year Award!

CSCE in the Global News:

CSCE is proud to be CA/USA Center of the Global Emergency Pedagogy. With our siblings around the world we say in many languages and one voice: Crisis is a Chance

Come out on Saturday, June 26 at San Antonio Park for a walk and family fund!

Donate to Our School

Change the Story/Change the World Podcast

At the Center for the Study of Art & Community we believe that arts-centered learning is necessary for the healthy development of every child. Ida Oberman has spent the last 10 years making this a reality for public schools students in east Oakland. Hear the story and get inspired on the most recent episode of Change the Story / Change the World.

Listen to Change the Story/Change the World, The Story of Community School-Interview with CSCE ED&Founder Dr Oberman

Students will be considered for admission without regard to ethnicity, national origin, gender, disability, or achievement level. The CSCE will strive to meet the district % of sub-group representations. The Community School for Creative Education will be non-sectarian in its programs, admission policies, employment practices, and all other operations, and will not charge tuition nor discriminate against any student based on ethnicity, national origin, gender, or disability. The Community School for Creative Education is open to all students in the state of California who wish to attend the school.

Waldorf Public Charter School Open to Everyone Oakland, California

Community School welcomes you!

our mission & vision

BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS

Community Announcements

CSCE NEWS

Apply Now: Mills Waldorf Professional Development Certificate Program Summer 2021

english learner advisory committee (ELAC)

learning continuity plan

School Video

Change the Story/Change the World Podcast

We stand against racism

Photos from Community School Life

Waldorf Public Charter School Open to Everyone Oakland, California

Community School welcomes you!

our mission & vision

BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS

Community Announcements

CSCE NEWS

Apply Now: Mills Waldorf Professional Development Certificate Program Summer 2021

english learner advisory committee (ELAC)

learning continuity plan

School Video

Change the Story/Change the World Podcast

We stand against racism

Photos from Community School Life

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