Student Support

At Sacramento Waldorf School, our Student Support program assists students in the areas of Educational Support, Social Emotional Learning and Health, and Library Services.

Educational Support

Our school honors students' diverse learning styles and ways of being in the world; our Student Support program assists students with learning, behavioral, and social differences. We use a team approach led by Student Support Coordinators (in Early Childhood, Lower School, and High School) within a framework inspired by Kim John Payne's "Three Streams" work. This team approach includes teachers, parents, and outside resource providers. Faculty and professional consultants provide regular student screenings and evaluations. The Student Support team may recommend external evaluations, assessments, therapies, and tutoring. We follow ADA guidelines for independent schools by offering accommodations and program modifications.

If it has been previously established that your student needs educational, behavioral, or emotional support, we require disclosure during the application process. SWS will determine if our school has the appropriate resources to serve your child. Contact the Student Support Coordinator, Erinn Yepiz, for more information.

Social Emotional Learning and Health

Sacramento Waldorf School supports the healthy development of students through our Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Health Program led by Megan Sullivan. Megan works collaboratively with our class teachers and school counselor to create positive, warm, and engaged brave spaces for students to encounter one another and themselves. Megan’s developmentally-based SEL curriculum for Grade Six to Grade Twelve has been built over many years of teaching SEL to students both at SWS and internationally. The program is constantly evolving and changing to fit the social and emotional needs of young people navigating an ever-complex world.

Library Services

The Sacramento Waldorf School library offers services to the whole school from Kindergarten to Twelfth Grade as well as to faculty, staff, and parents. The library consists of a collection of over 15,000 books as well as maps, globes, prints, documentary photo file, and pedagogical resources for teachers. The library is served by our full-time School Librarian, Rachel Yamada. Students learn to use an index, table of contents, glossary, a variety of reference books (including encyclopedias and almanacs), the digital catalog, and how to locate books in the stacks. The library accepts donations from families, particularly children’s non-fiction, early chapter books, and Young Adult books.