8th grade Curriculum
Besides the prerequisite practice lessons in language arts and arithmetic, our Waldorf students have the pleasure of enjoying two lessons per week in the following subjects:
Spanish, Handwork; hand sewing (cross-stitch, embroidery, and other stitches), four needle knitting, and machine sewing, Woodwork (learning how to make useful and imaginative items through the proper use of hand and machine tools), Flute and Recorder, Strings Orchestra, Gardening, Games and Sports.
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WRITING, READING, SPELLING, VOCABULARY; EXAMINING THE SHORT STORY AND WRITING THEIR OWN SHORT STORY; LETTER WRITING; STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE; RECITATION AND ACTING
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GEOMETRY: MEASUREMENT OF SURFACES AND VOLUME; MATHEMATICS: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF ARITHMETIC, ALGEBRA, AND GEOMETRY; GRAPHING
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PHYSICS: ACOUSTICS, THERMODVNAMICS MECHANICS, ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM, BUILD A MOTOR, HYDRAULICS, AERODYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; HUMAN ANATOMY
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THE FRENCH, AMERICAN AND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS TO THE PRESENT; GEOGRAPHY AS RELATED TO WORLD ECONOMICS; CURRENT EVENTS; WORLD WARS AND PEACE INITIATIVES.
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MACHINE SEWING; DARNING; ARTISTIC HAND-SEWING; SOAPSTONE CARVINGS; WOODWORK
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SINGING; ORCHESTRA: ELIZABETHAN MUSIC, AMERICAN MUSIC, SYMPHONIC FORM; POEMS WITH CONTRASTING MOODS
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GAMES; SPORTS
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SPANISH
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PAINTING: HIGHLIGHTS AND SHADOWS IN PORTRAITS AND LANDSCAPES