Teaching Kids to Love Science
We take an experiential and project based approach to science, which engages students and sparks their curiosity. It also gives them skills that will help them be more successful in life and work: exploration, critical thinking, and problem-solving through collaboration.
Want Smarter Kids? Teach Music, Not Coding
MIT’s latest neuroscience research shows that learning a musical instrument increases brain power and is far more beneficial than learning to code.
Using Arts Education to Help Other Lessons Stick
Insights from neuroscience suggest that arts education can play additional important roles in how children learn.
The Power Of Social And Emotional Learning: Why SEL Is More Important Than Ever
It’s become increasingly critical that we embrace and embed social and emotional learning (SEL) in both in-school and out-of-school environments.What does SEL focus on? The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) has established five core competencies
Why Teacher-Student Relationships Matter
Education watchers have long known that the relationship with a teacher can be critically important to how well students learn. But emerging research is giving a clearer picture than ever of how teachers can build and leverage strong relationships with their students.
Alumni Highlights, October 6, 2020
Sacramento Waldorf School graduated its first high school class in 1978, an effort that was led by long-time faculty member, Betty Staley.
Rita Keefer: Heading to College, with a Scholarship to Row
We celebrate whenever one of our students accomplishes a goal, and it’s time to celebrate Rita Keefer, a current senior who recently learned she has been accepted to Drexel University with a scholarship for rowing.
Traveling to Find Yourself: A Sacramento Waldorf School Student’s Story of Study Abroad in Argentina
I learned more in my two and a half months in Argentina than in my whole life before that. For an experience like this, you just have to take a leap into it. I was hesitant – even en route to Argentina, I had second-thoughts and was about to turn back.
Sacramento Waldorf Administrators Speak About Back to School Routines on KCRA
Administrators from Sacramento Waldorf School discuss the back to school routine, and three things parents should focus on this year.
