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Honolulu Waldorf School, is a private co-educational high school located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The lower school campus (home of Early Childhood through Grade 8) has been situated at 350 Ulua Street in Niu Valley for over 50 years. As of May 2009, the high school campus was located in the Honolulu suburb of Kahala. As of August 2009, the high school was relocated to an oceanfront property at 5257 Kalanianaole Highway in Aina Haina.
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History
The high school began in 1994 with its first freshmen class. It graduated its first class of seniors in 1998.
Curriculum
As a part of Waldorf education, the Honolulu Waldorf School teaches what is developmentally appropriate beginning in the early childhood and ending at Grade 12.
In the high school, the academic year is apportioned into three to four week blocks called Main Lessons, whereby a subject such as science, history, math or English is taught for two hours every morning. Throughout the year students are presented a range of topics including oceanography, Shakespeare, botany, foundations of democracy, comedy and tragedy, Faust, zoology, biochemistry, physiology and analytical geometry (Brodeur-Adamo)
Administration
Instead of school policies and curricula being created and maintained by a principal, the entire faculty administer the school through communal discussions and consensus decisions (Brodeur-Adamo).