Emerson Waldorf School

6211 New Jericho Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516-0275 - View a map of this schoolMap

School Notes Overview:

Emerson Waldorf School has offered a unique atmosphere of intellectual, creative and practical excellence since 1984. We provide a developmentally appropriate curriculum for Pre-K through Grade 12, fostering practical, artistic and academic skills, enthusiasm for learning, healthy self-awareness, and respect for other human beings and the world. ...

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School Overview:

 
Emerson Waldorf School
School Type Waldorf School
School Membership(s) Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools (SACS)
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America
Religious Affiliation Nonsectarian
Grades Offered Grades Prekindergarten - 12
Year Founded 1984
County Orange County, NC
Student Body
Total Students 265 students
Student Body Type Co-ed
This School
(NC) School Avg.
% Students of Color 8% 18%
Students by Grade
Nursery - 21 students
Kind - 45 students
Grade 1 - 23 students
Grade 2 - 27 students
Grade 3 - 15 students
Grade 4 - 17 students
Grade 5 - 19 students
Grade 6 - 10 students
Grade 7 - 20 students
Grade 8 - 19 students
Grade 9 - 19 students
Grade 10 - 8 students
Grade 11 - 14 students
Grade 12 - 8 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 39 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree 40%
Average SAT score 1130
Classroom dress code Casual
This School
(NC) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:6 * Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year 180 days 180 days
Hours in School Day for Students 7 hours 6 hours
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline None / Rolling
Tuition Notes Tuition adjustment available.
% on Financial Aid 20%
Head of School Joanne Andruscavage
Admissions Director Mary Leonhardi
Sport
Total Sports Offered 4
 
Sports
BasketballCross Country
TennisUltimate Frisbee

School Notes:

  • Waldorf Education provides:
  • developmentally-based curriculum
  • music and the arts for all students every day
  • cross-disciplinary approach with block scheduling
  • academic excellence without high-stakes testing
  • multi-sensory and experiential learning
  • Waldorf Education offers a time-tested curriculum with a rich blend of academics and arts. The curriculum and methods respond to the needs of the child at each stage of development and promote creativity, critical thinking and a lifelong love for learning. We provide a strong foundation in literature, foreign language, history, geography, music, fine and practical arts, mathematics, and science - the subjects today’s child needs as a foundation for tomorrow’s complex and challenging civilization.
  • Profile last updated: 02/04/2009

In the News:

  • Day Book (The Chapel Hill News)
    posted on November 11, 2009 at 07:15:21 am
    Wednesday
  • I walk the line (The Chapel Hill News)
    posted on November 4, 2009 at 07:01:41 am
    Every day I drive across the University Railway tracks four times, and every day I think about the "Whooper" passenger train, known for its distinctive whistle, that last carried people to Carrboro's station in 1938.
  • Daybook (The Chapel Hill News)
    posted on October 21, 2009 at 06:05:48 am
    Marianne Gingher, associate professor of English and Comparative Literature at UNC, will read from her new book, "Long Story Short: Flash Fiction by Sixty-Five of North Carolina's Finest Writers," at the Bull's Head Bookshop on the UNC campus at 3:30 p.m. 962-5060.
  • Millhouse Road Residents Concerned About Transfer Station (NBC 17 Raleigh)
    posted on June 17, 2009 at 06:00:51 am
    Residents in the Millhouse and Rogers Road communities told Orange County commissioners Tuesday night they should not consider Millhouse Road as a potential location to build the county's new waste transfer station. Commissioners have already decided not to put the transfer station at the current landfill's site on Rogers Road because residents have had to deal with the traffic, noise and smell ...
  • Millhouse Road Residents Concerned About Transfer Station (MyNC.com)
    posted on June 17, 2009 at 05:52:30 am
    Residents in the Millhouse and Rogers Road communities told Orange County commissioners Tuesday night they should not consider Millhouse Road as a potential location to build the county’s new waste transfer station.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (27516)
School Zip (27516)
(NC) State Average
Population (Approximate) 28,584 people 8,047,333 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 67% 24%
Population Average Age 33 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.5 persons 2.3 persons
Median Household Income $52,618 $43,285
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.6 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 28 years old 31 years old
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Zipcode (27516)


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% Owning / % Renting 65% / 35% 65% / 35%

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