Sacramento Waldorf High School Profile
Waldorf Education fosters a questioning and striving intellect, as well as a life-long love of learning. The Sacramento Waldorf School offers a carefully designed curriculum of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, which educate the entire human being – mind, body, and heart. Our rich and rigorous curriculum is enhanced by the beauty of our 22-acre campus on the American River.
Graduation Requirements
| English | 4 years | 40.0 credits |
| Mathematics | 3 years | 30.0 credits |
| U.S. History | 1 year | 10.0 credits |
| Government | ½ year | 5.0 credits |
| World History | 2 years | 20.0 credits |
| Science | 3 years | 30.0 credits |
| Foreign Language | 3 years | 30.0 credits |
| Arts/Crafts/Music | 4 years | 40.0 credits |
| P.E. | 4 years | 20.0 credits |
| Health and Safety | 2.0 credits | |
| Electives | 45.0 credits | |
| Total Required credits | 272.0 credits | |
These graduation requirements meet, and in many cases exceed, the entrance requirements of the University of California system, Ivy League colleges, and other selective schools. Students on modified programs may receive a diploma if minimum California state coursework requirements are met.
College Board Scores (Mean S.A.T. I/II Results for year)
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Verbal: | 604 | 577 | 573 | 594 | 572 | 593 | 605 | 595 | 582 |
| Math: | 600 | 547 | 556 | 529 | 553 | 576 | 542 | 575 | 574 |
| Writing: | 587 | 604 | 569 | 599 | 630 | 601 | 554 | 602 | 571 |
| Math Level 1C: | 597 | 546 | 522 | 511 | 571 | 641* | 552* | 520* | 683* |
| *Math Level 2C | |||||||||
Accreditation
Sacramento Waldorf School is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and by the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA), of which it is a full member.
Grading
| A* - Superior 4 points | D - Below Average 1 point |
| B - Good 3 points | F - Failure 0 point |
| C - Average 2 points | H - Honors** 1 extra point |
| * A+ receives 4.3 grade points | **Honors courses are offered in 12th grade. |
Explanation of Credits
Many major subjects in the curriculum (Humanities, and some Math and Science), are organized into periods of four-week concentrated study called "Main Lesson" blocks. Credits are given according to the length of the block as follows:
3 week block = 2.5 credits
4 week block = 3.3 credits
Ongoing "Track" classes include Mathematics, Science, English, Foreign Language, Art, History, Study Skills, Music, Computer Technology, and Movement; and are given credit as follows:
One period 2x/week = 2.0 semester credits or 4.0 per year
One period 4x/week = 5.0 semester credits or 10.0 per year
Double period 2x/week = 5.0 semester credits or 10.0 per year
College & University Acceptances
The list of the institutions to which our graduates have been accepted over the several years:
- American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- *American River College
- American University
- Bard
- Beloit
- Berklee School of Music
- Brown
- *Bryn Mawr
- Boston University
- Brigham Young University
- California College of Arts
- *California Maritime Academy
- California State University Chico
- California State University Humboldt
- California State University Northridge
- California State University Pomona (Cal Poly)
- *California State University Sacramento
- California State University San Diego
- California State University San Jose
- California State University San Francisco
- California State University San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly)
- *California State University Sonoma
- Carnegie-Mellon
- Case Western Reserve
- Colorado College
- Chapman University
- Chapman University Film School
- Clark University
- Cogswell Polytechnical
- College of Wooster
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- *Cuesta College
- Embrey Riddle Aeronautical
- Fordham
- *Folsom Lake
- George Washington Aeronautical
- Grinnell
- Hampshire
- Haverford
- Indiana University
- Ithaca College
- Juniata
- Kenyon
- Lawrence University
- Lewis & Clark
- *Loyola Marymont
- MacAlester
- McGill University
- Middlebury
- Mills
- Mt. Holyoke
- New York University
- North Carolina School of the Arts
- *North Carolina State, Fayetteville
- Oberlin
- *Occidental College
- Pace University
- Pacific College
- Parsons School of Design
- Pitzer
- Pomona
- *Prescott College
- Reed
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Richmond University, London
- Rice
- Rochester
- San Francisco Art Institute
- Santa Clara University
- Seattle University
- Smith College
- *Stanford University
- St. John's
- *St. Mary's
- *Southern Utah
- Tufts
- Tulane University
- *University of California at Berkeley
- University of California at Davis
- University of California at Irvine
- University of California at San Diego
- University of California at Santa Barbara
- University of California at Santa Cruz
- University of California at Los Angeles
- University of Arizona
- *University of Hawaii, Manoa
- *University of Oregon
- University of the Pacific
- *University of Puget Sound
- *University of Redlands
- University of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Air Force Academy
- U.S. International Language School
- University of Bath, England
- University of San Diego
- *University of San Francisco
- University of Southern California
- Vassar
- *West Texas A & M University
- *Whittier
- *Whitman
- *Whitworth College
- Willamette
*A member of the Class of 2008 matriculated to this university or college.