First Home Games & Gym Plaque Dedication

Friday, Dec 1 from 1:15-7:30pm

Join us tomorrow when the WWS Red-Tailed Hawks will play their first official home games in the John and Mary Brauer Gym! 

View the online invitation and RSVP

The program begins at 1:15 pm and games run until 7:30 pm. The event will begin with a plaque dedication to recognize the many donors who made the Room to Move Campaign a success. This will include short remarks by our Head of School, Lelia True, and the campaign’s leadership. 

The event schedule:

1:15 pm: Short Program & Plaque Dedication

1:30 pm: Middle School Girls v. Field

2:30 pm: Middle School Boys v. Field

3:30 pm: Varsity Girls v. Field

4:45 pm: Junior Varsity Boys v. St. Anselm’s 

6:00 pm: Varsity Boys v. St. Anselm’s

Dinner will be available for purchase from 7 Starr Wings beginning at 3:00 pm and ending at 7:00 pm, including gluten free and vegetarian options. In addition, the first 200 guests will receive a special giveaway, a Red-Tailed Hawk branded spirit towel, provided courtesy of 4imprint. The newly formed Booster Club will be selling commemorative t-shirts to mark the occasion. 

Please come out and join us in cheering on our teams at their home games!

Don’t Miss the Waldorf Store Aftersale! 

The shopping fun continues, and there are lots of great items left! Sales in the Store at the Bazaar were down from last year, and we hope to make it up in the aftersale, so please support WWS and shop for the holidays in the Store! The store is stocked with beautiful handwork by members of the community, as well as a wide assortment of Waldorf toys, craft kits, art supplies, games, and items for the home.

TOMORROW is the last day for in-person shopping in the school Entrance Hall during drop-off (8:15-10:15am) and with special extended hours during the first home games in the gym (1:30-6pm).

Starting Saturday at 8am the store will be available online for local pickup only. After this week, you can continue to shop online through midnight on Dec 15, picking up your purchases at the school through Dec 22.

Join Us to Learn More About the Lower/Middle School

Saturday, Dec 2 from 10am-12pm

Current and prospective families are welcome to join us for a weekend open house highlighting our programs in Grades 1-8.

The morning will include teaching demonstrations, a chance to interact with teachers and a Q&A time with teachers and admin faculty.

We know it's a particularly busy time of year please RSVP to let us know if you are interested.

Current Families please RSVP in ParentSquare.

Prospective Families Register through Ravenna - Bring a friend!

December

1/ Friday

• First Home Games and Gym Plaque Dedication, 1:15pm (see above)

2/ Saturday

• Lower/Middle School Open House, 10am (see above)

5/ Tuesday

• Panel Discussion: Learning to Read in a Waldorf School, 7pm (see below)

6/ Wednesday

• Evergreen Spiral - Community Walk, 3:15pm (see below)

7/ Thursday

• High School Open Morning, 8:45am

9/ Saturday

• Children's Garden Open House, 10am

12/ Tuesday

• MS/HS Morning Tour for Prospective Families, 9am

13/ Wednesday

• CG-G5 Morning Tour for Prospective Families, 9am

16/ Saturday

• Seasonal Sing-Along

View the Calendar of School Days for the 2023-2024 School Year

Panel Discussion and Q&A: Learning to Read in a Waldorf School

Tuesday, December 5, 7-8:30pm

WWS Auditorium and on Zoom (Zoom details to follow)

Waldorf’s approach to literacy is designed to foster life-long, passionate readers and recognizes that there is a continuum of development. Not all students read on the same timeline. Some parents wonder if their child who is already reading will be bored and others wonder when their child will read.

• The PLG, in collaboration with the Children's Garden and Lower School faculty, invites you to a panel discussion and question and answer session to learn more about the Waldorf approach to teaching reading.
• Teacher panelists from the Children’s Garden and Lower School will illuminate the Waldorf approach, and parent panelists will share their experiences.
• Please submit your questions for the panelists in advance.

Evergreen Spiral - Open to the Community

Wednesday, Dec 6 at 3:15pm

The event is free, but reservations are required.

Spaces typically book quickly. 

Our sincerest gratitude to everyone who helped make this year’s Bazaar a success! A very special thank you to Jesse Travis, the P/FO Chairperson, who led the charge with her amazing organizational and volunteer management skills. Not only did she get the entire Waldorf Store’s inventory into the Square app for ease of check out, she is also managing the aftersale tirelessly! She had grace under pressure, and seemed to be everywhere she was needed, exactly when she was needed! 

Major thanks also go to Meg Kneisl, the Assistant Director of Development and Events, who stepped into planning her first Fall Bazaar with capable dedication and a can-do attitude, managing the entire vendor component, plus so many other details, small and large!

A big thank you to all of our P/FO volunteers and faculty for working tirelessly during setup. Thank you to Dawn Beckman for managing all the advance ticket purchases. Thank you to Alia Goodyear for designing the Bazaar artwork for the postcards, signs, and t-shirts. Thank you to Laur Garner for maintaining and charging our fleet of iPads and troubleshooting setup. Thank you to Cara Llewellyn for creating the beautiful signs for the Bazaar, Sylvie McNamara for organizing, and Claudia Berg and Cecilia Berg-Benson for hanging the signs! Thank you to our high school students, for managing the big furniture moves quickly and efficiently. Thank you to Aglaia Benni for preparing the snacks for Preview Night so beautifully, and leading the floral decorating team. A special thank you to Judy Grossman for playing lovely harp music during Preview Night, which truly elevated the experience.

Special thanks to our Activity Coordinators, who put in extra time and without whom we simply couldn’t have the Fall Bazaar: Robin Leake and Cindy Rupert for their tireless dedication to the magical Crystal Cave, Lilli Kuth, Marlies Analbers and Remy Jokhoe for the wondrous Enchantment Shop, Hannah Cooke and Maria Alonso for reimagining the Fishing Cove and Castle Catapult in new spaces, Jenia Beer for creating a beautiful space for Silk Painting, Eric Quirk for all the work that went into the catapult kits for Wood Craft, Joy Shchupak for adding her special touches to the new Suncatchers and Windchimes activity, Susan Peckham for her steady guiding hand in producing Candle Craft, Lindsey Simpson for the glorious tap-tapping of Copper Lanterns, Torie Gorges for so capably stepping in to take on Hand & Face Painting, Laurelle Lo for giving G7 and G8 their own hangout space in the Lounge, Madelaine Johnston and Sila Ataca for managing the indispensable Snack Shop, and Yukiko and Brett English for taking on the entire Gear Shop. 

Thank you to our very own Chef, Eron Picus, for volunteering his time to create a delicious seasonal menu for the Bistro. Thank you to Sarah Heirman, Christian (CJ) Leonard, and Shelly Hackman for selling out of all the wonderful sweets at the Patisserie, and to everyone who baked and contributed those delicious treats! Thank you to Stephanie Hanson for her vendor meal delivery services and helping oversee furniture moving.

Thank you to Susan Fuller for coordinating the musical performances, and thanks to Jane Christenson for announcing the musicians. Thank you to all of our wonderful musicians who lent their time and talent to entertain us during the Bazaar, including: Sven Abow, Backyard Band, Capitol Sound Suzuki Strings, Brad Clark, Casey Didden, Laura Knutson, Bill Merkel & the Waldorf “Trio,” and Melissa Wilets. 

Thank you to all of our Children’s Garden Faculty, for their hard work in bringing the lovely Puppet Show and Tiny Story Time to life. Thank you to Dulce Govea Aguilar for bringing Bilingual Story Time to the Bazaar as a new addition this year. Thank you to the people who played the role of Pocket Wizards to delight our youngest attendees.

A big thank you to Bonnie McClelland, for dreaming up a great plan to maximize the impact our wonderful high school students made. Thank you to all the high school students for attending their stations with their parents and guardians during the event. Thanks to the lower school students who painted faces and guided younger children through the Enchantment Shop. 

Thank you to Ram Mosher for teaching us how to crack a geode with a pipe cutter. Thank you to Chiedza Mazonde for preparing the cash boxes and for all the tedious tallying after the Bazaar. Thank you to Lelia True for helping to go through a whole box of forms at the end of the Bazaar.

Finally, a big thank you to the Parent/Family Organization, and each and every parent and guardian who volunteered their time to make the event a success! The Bazaar is a very special event, and our community’s volunteer spirit creates so much magic for everyone!

View the 2022-2023 Annual Report

Parents Council of Washington

The Parents Council of Washington invites you to our fifth annual Lower and Middle School Forum: Raising A Kid Who Can: Simple Strategies to Build a Lifetime of Adaptability and Emotional Strength

Tuesday, Dec 5 at 7pm

At the Lowell School

1640 Kalmia Road, NW, Washington, DC 20012

The Parents Council of Washington is pleased to welcome the authors of the recent book Raising A Kid Who Can. These three mental health professionals, whose work focuses on children, parents, and families, will offer neuroscience-based advice and easy-to-implement strategies that are useful and usable at any stage in a child's life. This forum is geared for all Lower and Middle School parents, faculty, staff and administrators. Please submit in advance any questions you may have.

Register

This is our first year as a member of the Parents Council of Washington (PCW). PCW brings together representatives from DC area independent schools and provides a speaker series for member school families. If you attend any events and have feedback, please let us know.

If you are a current family - first, check ParentSquare for posts from your teachers, departments (Children's Garden, Lower School, High School), and the administration.

If you cannot find the information you are looking for on ParentSquare, please email your department coordinator/administrator or our Operations Manager:

• Children's Garden Coordinator - Cecilia Berg-Benson
• Lower School Chair - Janet Dunwoody
• High School Administrator - Bonnie McClelland
• Operations Manager - Laur Garner

Crafting Retreat House in Ohio

From Alia Goodyear, WWS Family, Alum, Faculty

A college friend opened this crafting retreat house and it seemed like a good one to pass on to my WWS community...

The Wolfangel Retreat is a quilting /knitting retreat located in Anderson Township, OH. It can accommodate 10 crafters in a lovely light filled space.

Learn More:

https://wolfangelretreat.com/

Holy Nights Journal - Sacred Nights of Winter

During this darkest time of the year, when the outer world appears to sleep, our inner life awakens. Working with the Holy Nights, or “Time Between the Years” as it is sometimes called, is a potent way to connect more deeply with your awakening True Self. 

The Holy Nights journal, Sacred Nights of Winter, is now available to order. It's designed to support you in not only cultivating your inner life, but also in creating a personalized map to guide you through the coming year’s opportunities and challenges. 

“The journal was one of the most impactful and life-changing journeys I have ever undertaken. I had no idea what to expect, but each day opened my eyes to something I had never known or experienced before.”   ~ Ash-Lee J., Loveland, CO 

This year’s theme is Living Aligned with Nature. We need to be paying more attention to our role as beings of Nature to bring greater peace to this troubled world!

You’ll receive an invitation to a private online community (off of social media) with additional video teachings for each of the Sacred Nights of Winter, as well as free domestic shipping, all included with your journal.

www.KimMarieCoaching.com/SacredNights

Questions? Contact Kim@KimMarieCoaching.com. 

Cello for Sale

From Cindy Martin, WWS Alum Family

Selling a full size cello made by Anton Schroeder in Germany. In very good condition with a bow and a case. Appraised at $1,200.

Please contact Cindy Martin at Cindyb.martin@verizon.net

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