School Fees

Grades K-8 Desert Star Community School is Tuition FREE

A private Waldorf education has a minimum cost of $10,000 per year.  At Desert Star Community School we want to make the Waldorf curriculum available to all children.  Due to the many unique activities children participate in at our school we request all students in grades K-8 make a Student Activity Donation. 

In order to maintain a high-quality education for our students we depend on state and local funding.  The activity donations are used to support the classroom learning experience for which Desert Star School is known. Collection of these donations is essential for funding of the school operations. These donations are tax deductible.  The activity donation amount requested for this school year is $250 per student.  

The funds are allocated to pay for consumable and music items.

The donation supports: 

• Main lesson books

• Pencils

• Crayons

• Watercolor paper 

• Paints 

• Recorders (flutes) 

• Beeswax

• Yarn, clay and other art materials 

• Class project materials 

• Workbooks 

Please note the activity donations do not cover extracurricular activities, field trips, class trips or special events.  More substantial class trips generally involve fundraising to reduce the required parental contribution per student.