Class of 2020 Profile
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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 rigorous academic and art infused curriculum designed to educate the entire human being; mind, body, and heart. Graduates consistently demonstrate a high level of active engagement and achievement in their post-secondary programs of study.
| 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 | 1 ½ years | 15.0 credits |
| Science | 3 years | 30.0 credits |
| World Language | 2 years | 20.0 credits |
| Arts/Crafts/Music | 4 years | 40.0 credits |
| P.E. | 2 years | 20.0 credits |
| Health and Safety | 2.0 credits | |
| Electives | 45.0 credits | |
| Total required credits | 257.0 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 SAT of 4 Yr. college bound students, starting 2014) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018** | |
| Verbal (CR) | 595 | 582 | 639 | 603 | 570 | 595 | 648 | 628 | 633 | 633 | |
| Math | 575 | 574 | 576 | 544 | 528 | 551 | 574 | 580 | 606 | 653 | |
| Writing | 602 | 571 | 627 | 600 | 574 | 574 | 609 | 623 | 628 | 687 | |
(*Students from the class of 2017 were split between the old SAT format and the new SAT format, with fewer representatives contributing to the old SAT score means. **All students of the class of 2018 were in the new SAT format.)
| College Board Scores (Mean SAT-NEW FORMAT-of 4 Yr. college bound students) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||
| Evidence-base Reading & Writing (ERW) | 615 | 655 | 643 | |||
| Math | 569 | 599 | 646 | |||
| American College Testing (ACT) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||||||
| English | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 33 | ||||||
| Math | 23 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 26 | ||||||
| Reading | 25 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 32 | ||||||
| Science | 23 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 25 | ||||||
| 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+ | 4.3 grade points | ||||
| **Honors German 4 offered senior year | |||||
| **Honors Biology offered junior and senior years | |||||
Explanation of Credits
The Sacramento Waldorf School uses a mixed term schedule. The Carnegie unit is used as a basis for the course credit assignments; 10 credits = 1 unit (year) of course work. Credits are awarded as follows:
- Main Lessons (intensive Blocks/various subjects): 5 (105 min) periods per week/3.3 credits per class
- Quarter Courses (English, Art, Civics): 4 periods per week/ 2.5 credits per quarter
- Semester Courses (Music, World Language, Math, US History, Electives): 5 credits per semester
- Atypical Courses (Health, Computer Science, Seminars): 1-2 credits per class
College & University Acceptances
Institutions to which our graduates have been accepted over the past several years:
*Indicates where a 2019 class member was accepted.
Alaska Pacific University
American Academy of Dram. Arts
The American Musical and Dramatic Academy
*American University
American University of Paris
*Arizona State University-4
Art Institute of CA
Art Institute of Boston at Lesley
*Bard College
Bates College
Baylor University
*Belmont University
*Beloit College-2
Berklee College of Music
*Boise State University-2
Boston College
Boston University
Brigham Young University
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
*California College of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
Cal Lutheran University
*California State University:
California Maritime Academy
Cal Poly (Pomona)
*Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)-6
*Channel Islands-3
*Chico-8
*East Bay-2
*Humboldt-3
*Long Beach-4
*Monterey Bay-2
*Northridge
*Sacramento-5
*San Bernardino
*San Diego-7
San Jose
*San Francisco-5
San Marcos
*Sonoma-5
Carleton College
Carnegie-Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Catholic University
*Chapman University
Chestnut Hill College
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
*Clark University
Cogswell Polytechnical College
College of the Holy Cross
Colgate University
College of Wooster
Colorado College
*Colorado Film School
*Colorado State University-2
Columbia University
Concordia University, Irvine
Connecticut College
Cornell College (IA)
Cornell University
Cornish College of the Arts
*Dean College
Dennison University
DePauw University
*Dominican University of CA-3
*Drexel University
*Duke University
Earlham College
Eastern Washington University
Eckerd College
Embry Riddle Aeronautical
Emerson College
Eugene Lang – New School
Evergreen State College
*Fordham University
Fort Lewis College
Franklin Pierce University
Franklin University, Switzerland
*George Fox University
George Washington University
Gonzaga University
*Goucher College
Green Mountain College
Grinnell College
Hampshire College
Haverford College
Hawaii Pacific University
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
*Hofstra University
Indiana University
Ithaca College
Juniata College
Kalamazoo College
*Kenyon College
*Knox College
*Lafayette College
Laguna College of Art & Design
Lasell College
*Lawrence University
*Lewis & Clark College-4
*Linfield College
Long Island University Global Studies
Loyola Marymount University
Macalester College
*Marymount Manhattan College
McGill University, Canada
Mercer University
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
Mills College
Millsaps College
*Missouri State University
Montana State University, Bozeman
*Montclair State University
Mount Holyoke College
Muhlenberg College
National Holistic Institute (SF)
The New School (NY)
New York University (Tisch)
North Carolina School of the Arts
North Carolina State, Fayetteville
*Northern Arizona University
Northern Michigan State University
Northern Vermont University at:
Lyndon
Johnson
Northland College
Notre Dame de Namur University
*Oberlin College
*Occidental College
*Oregon Institute of Technology
*Oregon State University-4
*Otis College of Art & Design
*Pace University
Pacific University
*Parsons School for Design
Pennsylvania State University
Pepperdine University
Pitzer College
*Point Park University
Pomona College
*Portland State University
*Pratt Institute
Prescott College
*Purdue University-3
*Reed College
*Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhode Island School of Design
Richmond University, London
Rice University
Ringling College of Art & Design
*Roosevelt University
Royal Welsh Coll. Mus & Drama
*Rutgers University-2
*Saint Louis University
San Francisco Art Institute
*Santa Clara University-3
Sarah Lawrence College
*Savannah Coll of Art & Design
Seattle Pacific University
*Seattle University
*Seton Hall University
Simmons College
*Skidmore College
Smith College
Soka University of America
*Southern Oregon University-2
Southwestern University
Stanford University
St. Olaf College
St. John’s College
*St. Mary’s College of CA-5
St. Michael’s College
Suffolk University
SUNY at:
New Paltz
Purchase
*Syracuse University
Temple University
Texas Christian University
Trinity College, CT
Trinity University
Tufts University
Tulane University
Union College
U.S. Air Force Academy
U.S. International Language School
U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School
University of Alabama
*University of Arizona-3
University of Bath, England
*University of California at:
*Berkeley-2
*Davis-6
Irvine
Los Angeles
*Merced-2
Riverside
San Diego-6
*Santa Barbara-3
*Santa Cruz-8
*University of Colorado at:
*Boulder
Denver
University of Denver
*University of Hawaii, Manoa
University of Hawaii, West Oahu
University of Idaho
University of Illinois at:
Chicago
Urbana-Champaign
University of La Verne
*University of Massachusetts, Amherst
*University of Miami
*University of Minnesota
University of Nevada, Reno
*University of New Mexico
University of Northern Colorado
*University of Oregon-7
*University of the Pacific-2
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
*University of Portland
*University of Puget Sound-2
*University of Redlands
University of Rhode Island
*University of Rochester
Ursinus College
*University of San Diego-2
*University of San Francisco-3
University of Southern California
University of St. Andrews, Scotland
*University of Vermont
University of Virginia
*University of Washington-3
University of Wyoming
*Vassar College
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
Washington State University
Western Washington University
West Texas A & M University
Westminster College
Wentworth College
Westmont College
Wheaton College
*Whitman College
*Whittier College
*Willamette University
