Profile
Sacramento Waldorf School 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 curriculum designed to educate the entire human being: mind, body, and heart. Our rich and rigorous program of study is enhanced by the beauty of our 22-acre campus overlooking the American River.
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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. 2 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 SAT Range 2012 (includes international students)
Verbal 390-760
Math 290-750
Writing 370-740
College Board Scores (Mean SAT)
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Verbal (CR) 572 593 605 595 582 639 603 570
Math 553 576 542 575 574 576 544 528
Writing 630 601 554 602 571 627 600 574
ACT (American College Testing) Range 2012
English 14-33
Math 15-29
Reading 12-35
Science 14-31
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 German 4 and Spanish 4 are offered senior year
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) 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, Foreign Language, Math, US History, Electives): 5 credits per semester
Atypical Courses (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:
*A member of the Class of 2012 matriculated to this university or college.
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*American River College Hampshire College Syracuse University |
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*American University of Paris *Hawaii Pacific University Tufts University |
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Art Institute of Boston at Lesley Ithaca College Ursinus College |
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Bates College Juniata College *University of California at: |
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*Berklee College of Music Kalamazoo College *Berkeley |
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Brown University Kenyon College Davis |
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Bryn Mawr College Lawrence University Irvine |
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Boston University Lewis & Clark College San Diego |
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Brigham Young University *Linfield College Santa Barbara |
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*California College of the Arts Long Island Univ. Global Studies Santa Cruz |
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CA Institute of the Arts Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles |
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Cal Lutheran University Macalester College *University of Alabama |
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California Maritime Academy Marymount College University of Arizona |
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California State University McGill University, Canada University of Hawaii, Manoa |
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*Chico Middlebury College *University of Nevada, Reno |
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Humboldt Mills College University of New Mexico |
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Long Beach Monterey Peninsula College University of Oregon |
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Monterey Bay *Mount Holyoke College University of Pennsylvania |
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Northridge Muhlenberg College University of Puget Sound |
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Pomona (Cal Poly) New York University *University of Redlands |
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*Sacramento *Northland College U.S. Air Force Academy |
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San Diego *Notre Dame de Namur University University of Bath, England |
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San Jose Oberlin College University of San Diego |
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San Francisco Occidental College *University of San Francisco |
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San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) Pacific University University of Southern California |
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*Sonoma Parsons School of Design University of St. Andrews, Scotland |
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*Carleton College Pennsylvania State University Vassar College |
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Carnegie-Mellon University Pitzer College *Westminster College |
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Case Western Reserve University Pomona College Wheaton College |
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Chapman University Prescott College *Whittier College |
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Chapman University Film School Reed College Whitman College |
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Clark University Rhode Island School of Design Willamette University |
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College of Wooster Richmond University, London |
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*Colorado College Rice University |
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Columbia University Sacramento City College |
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Cornell College (Iowa) San Francisco Art Institute |
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Cornell University Santa Clara University |
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Dennison University Sarah Lawrence College |
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*DePauw University Seattle University |
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*Dominican University of CA Skidmore College |
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Embrey Riddle Aeronautical Smith College |
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*Folsom Lake College Stanford University |
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Fort Lewis College *St. Olaf College |
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Gonzaga University St. John’s College |
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Grinnell College St. Mary’s College of CA |
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