Golden Bridges School educates students led by inspired and creative teachers.
Our teachers share the vision and a passionate commitment to an education that is transformative. Collectively we strive to harmonize the physical, emotional, and intellectual life of each child as we equip our students with the tools to become free-thinking, moral human beings. All of our employees are asked to actively pursue and practice anti-racism, personal improvement, and service to the school's mission, bringing energy and excitement to serve all students, faculty, and families. |
Golden Bridges School is independently incorporated and self-administered. The Administration is responsible for finance, development, business matters, enrollment, and communication. The Steering Committee, comprised of teachers and administrators, is responsible for all aspects of student life including the hiring and evaluation of teachers, admissions,
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Willow Hagge
Administrative Director
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Jessie ElliotCo-Founder,
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Lyssa Beshears
Pedagogical Director
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Our Early Childhood teachers support our children to feel nurtured, protected, and secure in a rhythm of predictable activities and loving interactions. As Waldorf trained educators, we strive to meet the unique developmental needs, capacities, and cultural backgrounds of each child. We believe play is the “true work” of the young child. Our teachers support active, creative, imaginative, unstructured play as a way of experiencing and understanding the world.
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Co-Founder, Preschool Teacher She/HerJustine is a 3rd generation, native San Franciscan. Before becoming a Waldorf teacher, Justine studied philosophy at San Francisco State University and practiced homeopathy. She is the mother of a 23-year-old, non-binary child, who inspired her discovery of Waldorf education. Justine graduated from Rudolf Steiner College in 2008 with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education. Prior to helping found Golden Bridges, she worked at the SF Waldorf School for ten years. Her passions, include dance, gardening and knitting, and Golden Bridges School, where she gets to do all of the above!
Lesley MacDonald
Kindergarten Teacher
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Preschool Teacher
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Preschool Teacher
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Beginning in First Grade, students have a class teacher who guides their learning for multiple years. Our teachers foster wonder, reverence, attention, curiosity, and confidence to form the solid foundation on which the children build their academic learning. During the daily Main Lesson, teachers provide an in-depth exploration of subjects in blocks of four to six weeks.
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Miel AlegreGrades Teacher, Class of 2030
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Lyssa Beshears
Grades Teacher, Class of 2027-28 She/Her
Lyssa brings a lifetime of experience as a student of Waldorf education herself. She attended the East Bay and San Francisco Waldorf schools. She holds a BA in Geology from Occidental College, an MS in Geological Sciences from Ohio University, and her Waldorf teaching credential from Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training. She holds numerous certificates in Social Justice training through RISE Center for Social Justice at San Francisco University. Lyssa has worked as a Waldorf early childhood and grades teacher, and in death care. She has three teenage children attending high schools around the Bay. Lyssa loves hiking, camping, gardening, crafting, singing in her husband's band, and being a proud Oaklander, where she lives on unceded Ohlone Huichin land with her family and their three cats.
German / Deutsch Abbie Coburn
Co-Founder, Grades Teacher,
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Niku Bolourchi
Grades Teacher, Class of 2026
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Specialty teachers support the core curriculum taught by class teachers. Subject classes such as Spanish, Music, Farm, and Handwork are taught by specialty teachers with expertise in their subject areas. While Main Lesson provides in-depth exploration of subjects in blocks of four to six weeks, subject classes are taught throughout the year.
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Stephanie BlairHandwork Teacher
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Golden Bridges School
415-912-8666 info@goldenbridgesschool.org 503 Cambridge Street. San Francisco, CA 94134 |
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