SWS Communications 11/17/21 SWS Communications 11/17/21

Why Is the Sacramento Waldorf High School Experience Remarkable?

SWS Communications 3/12/21 SWS Communications 3/12/21

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.

SWS Communications 3/1/21 SWS Communications 3/1/21

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.

SWS Communications 2/19/21 SWS Communications 2/19/21

Using Arts Education to Help Other Lessons Stick

Insights from neuroscience suggest that arts education can play additional important roles in how children learn.

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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

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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.

SWS Communications 12/7/20 SWS Communications 12/7/20

Alumni Highlights, December 2, 2020

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Alumni Highlights, November 4, 2020

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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.

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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.

SWS Communications 12/6/19 SWS Communications 12/6/19

Alumni Profile - Tabor Martinsen

SWS Communications 12/6/19 SWS Communications 12/6/19

Diversity & Inclusion: Overused and Undervalued

SWS Communications 12/5/19 SWS Communications 12/5/19

Light, Reflection, and Diversity by Kat McFee, Lower School Administrator

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Confidence to Succeed in College: a Reflection a Year after High School Graduation

SWS Communications 11/18/19 SWS Communications 11/18/19

Why Waldorf’s Educational Approach Prepares Students for STEM Strength, and Lifelong Success

SWS Communications 10/22/19 SWS Communications 10/22/19

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.