New High School Coming to Rohnert Park

In the wake of the barrage of school closures comes news that Rohnert Park will be opening a new public Waldorf-inspired high school next fall. Credo High School will be located on the former Gold Ridge Elementary School campus.

The Waldorf philosophy supports an alternative curriculum with an emphasis on music, foreign language and a variety of skills such as bookbinding, knitting and blacksmithing. Interest is “very strong,” said school developer Chip Romer of Sonoma.

Though students continue  to take courses in art, music and crafts, the Waldorf secondary education focuses  strongly on academic subjects.

All graduates are required to complete the preparatory curriculum necessary to apply to any California State University and University of California campus.

“We will not turn people away. We cannot turn people away,” Romer said. “They will be challenged, they will be supported, but they better be serious students if they want to be with us”.

The first Waldorf school was founded in 1919 in Germany. Currently state and private schools are increasingly using methods drawn from Waldorf education.

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