“When children relate what they learn to their experience, they are interested and alive, and what they learn becomes their own. Waldorf Schools are designed to foster this kind of
learning.”
-Henery Barnes, longtime Waldorf teacher and former AWSNA Board chair
As students reach adolescence, they are met with more rigorous intellectual content, a growing understanding and respect for the world around them, and a spirit of exploration.
Seventh Grade:
- Renaissance History (including: Age of Discovery, The Reformation)
- World Geography: Cultures
- Physics: Mechanics
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Anatomy
- Health and Nutrition
- Creative Writing
- Pre-Algebra and Arithmetic
- Language Arts: Strong focus on Composition and Literature
- Eighth Grade:
- History: American, Modern World, and Revolutions
- (French and American)
- Organic Chemistry
- Physics: Hydraulics
- Physiology
- Meterology
- World Geography: Economics and Trade
- Language Arts: Short Stories (focus on American)
- Geometry (Platonic Solids)
- Algebra
Eighth Grade:
- History: American, Modern World, and Revolutions
- (French and American)
- Organic Chemistry
- Physics: Hydraulics
- Physiology
- Meterology
- World Geography: Economics and Trade
- Language Arts: Short Stories (focus on American)
- Geometry (Platonic Solids)
- Algebra
