10th Grade

Tenth Grade:  Process

Tenth graders thinking capacities begin to loosen and flow. They see the process of transformation over time.  They wonder how the world around them – their language, laws, the earth itself, even their capacity to think – develops into what they experience today.  They have the ability to compare and find similarities where once they saw only differences.

Main Lesson Curriculum

The academic focal point of a Waldorf high school is the main lesson, a two-hour concentrated lesson a the beginning of each school day.  Each main lesson block presents one of the “core subjects,” literature, mathematics, history or natural sciences, for a period of three to four weeks.

Biology

Drama

Chemistry

History

Trigonometry

Physics

Government

Greek History & The Odyssey

Ancient History

History through Poetry

Practicum

High school students participate in a one-week practicum each year. This activity  meets the group developmentally, reinforces the curriculum, and provides experiences that will carry the students into the future.

As an extension of their Trigonometry Main Lesson, Grade Ten students band together and undertake a large surveying project on Block Island.  Here they work with precision, confidence and constant striving as they make to scale maps of the area.

Arts Courses

Each student takes four hours per week in the fine and practical arts. All students take part in chorus, which meets regularly each week.

Painting
Sculpture
Technology
Weaving
Drama: Class Play