High School Mathematics

The Mathematics program at Sacramento Waldorf High School awakens an awareness of and appreciation for the predictable patterns and structures present in the universe. Through the mathematical topics presented, the students develop healthy, orderly thinking. The Math Department strives to maintain wholeness in the approach to the teaching of mathematics and integrate mathematical concepts into other areas of study. In the Tenth Grade, students survey the school campus and create maps in their study of Trigonometry, and they work with numerical relationships in their study of basic programming in Computer Science. In Projective Geometry, students move their thinking into and beyond infinity as they grapple with non-Euclidian geometric concepts. Homework is assigned regularly to promote healthy study habits and independence. Students complete four years of Math while in high school; classes are 50 minutes long and are taught four days a week.