How do we measure and support academic growth?
Arcadia Sky promotes a superior level of academic achievement with a curriculum inspired by Waldorf education. The curriculum of Arcadia Sky Community School articulates State Standards for Academic Excellence with a methodology rooted in the work of Dr. Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Waldorf Education. Subjects are integrated into thematic units called “blocks,” enhanced by an emphasis on music and art to gently guide the natural imagination and creativity of children toward the abstract processes of reading, writing, arithmetic, and then onward to critical thinking and problem-solving.
This approach engages the whole child – head, heart, and hands – to instill academic excellence, independent thinking, a sense of social responsibility, and motivation for life-long learning.
Individual progress is determined by assessment of class work (main lesson books, art, special projects, practice papers), demonstration of oral skills (reading, presentations, acting) and consideration of standardized testing results. Our multi-sensory approach to learning recognizes the importance of the whole child and supports healthy growth and progress in all areas – academic, artistic, social, emotional and physical.
