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 credits |
| Mathematics | 3 years | 30 credits |
| U.S. History | 1 year | 10 credits |
| Government | ½ year | 5 credits |
| World History | 2 years | 20 credits |
| Science | 3 years | 30 credits |
| Foreign Language | 3 years | 30 credits |
| Arts/Crafts/Music | 4 years | 40 credits |
| P.E. | 4 years | 20 credits |
| Health and Safety | 2 credits | |
| Electives | 45 credits | |
| Total Required credits | 272 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 | 2010 | |
| Verbal: | 604 | 577 | 573 | 594 | 572 | 593 | 605 | 595 | 582 | 639 |
| Math: | 600 | 547 | 556 | 529 | 553 | 576 | 542 | 575 | 574 | 576 |
| Writing: | 587 | 604 | 569 | 599 | 630 | 601 | 554 | 602 | 571 | 627 |
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
The Sacramento Waldorf School uses a mixed term schedule. The Carnegie unit is used as a basis for the course credit assignments with 10 credits = 1 unit (year) if 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, Foreign Language, Math, US History, Electives): 5 credits per semester.
Atypical Courses/Electives (Health, Computer Science, Seminars): 1-2 credits per class.
College & University Acceptances
The list of the institutions to which our graduates have been accepted over the past several years:
- Alaska Pacific
- American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- American River College
- American University
- Art Institute of California
- Bard
- Beloit
- Berkeley Community College
- Berklee School of Music
- Boston University
- Brigham Young University
- *Brown
- *Bryn Mawr
- *California College of Arts
- California Maritime Academy
- California State University Bakersfield
- *California State University Chico
- California State University Humboldt
- California State University Long Beach
- California State University Monterey Bay
- California State University Northridge
- California State University Pomona (Cal Poly)
- *California State University Sacramento
- California State University San Diego
- California State University San Francisco
- California State University San Jose
- California State University San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly)
- *California State University Sonoma
- Carnegie-Mellon
- Case Western Reserve
- Chapman University
- Chapman University Film School
- Clark University
- Cogswell Polytechnical
- College of the Holy Cross
- College of Wooster
- Colorado College
- Columbia University
- Cornell College (Iowa)
- Cornell University
- Cuesta College
- *Dominican University
- Embrey Riddle Aeronautical
- *Folsom Lake
- Fordham
- George Washington Aeronautical
- Gonzaga
- Green Mountain College
- Grinnell
- *Hampshire
- Haverford
- Indiana University
- *Ithaca College
- Juniata
- Kenyon
- Lawrence University
- Lewis & Clark
- *Loyola Marymont
- MacAlester
- Marymount College
- McGill University, Canada
- Middlebury
- Mills
- Montana State
- 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
- Rice
- Richmond University, London
- Rochester
- *Sacramento City College
- San Francisco Art Institute
- Santa Clara University
- Seattle University
- Smith College
- Southern Utah
- St. John's
- St. Olaf
- St. Mary's
- Stanford University
- *Temple University
- *Trinity College
- Tufts
- Tulane University
- U.S. Air Force Academy
- U.S. International Language School
- University of Arizona
- University of Bath, England
- University of California at Berkeley
- *University of California at Davis
- University of California at Irvine
- University of California at Los Angeles
- University of California at Merced
- University of California at San Diego
- *University of California at Santa Barbara
- *University of California at Santa Cruz
- University of Hawaii, Manoa
- University of Oregon
- University of the Pacific
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Puget Sound
- *University of Redlands
- *University of St. Andrews, Scotland
- University of San Diego
- *University of San Francisco
- University of Southern California
- University of Wyoming
- Ursinus College
- Vassar
- West Texas A & M University
- Whitman
- Whittier
- Whitworth College
- Willamette
*A member of the Class of 2010 matriculated to this university or college.