Our weekly Bulletin newsletter will be sent on Thursdays this year. We look forward to connecting with you and sharing windows into our school happenings.

It's been a great start to the school year and the excitement of being in the new gym is palpable. We hope to see all of you in person at our gym opening this Saturday, September 9!

New Family Orientation

Saturday, Sept 9 from 4-5pm

We look forward to welcoming all new families with an orientation hosted by the Administrative Faculty and the Parent Leadership Group (PLG). Following the orientation, we will join the Welcome Picnic.

Welcome Back & Gym Opening Picnic

Saturday, Sept 9 from 4:30-7pm

We are thrilled to welcome all of our families back to school and to celebrate the opening of the John and Mary Brauer Gymnasium! Rocklands BBQ will provide the main dishes, and the Parent/Family Organization asks that everyone bring a side or dessert to share.

We still need help with setting up and cleaning up for the picnic -- please consider signing up for a shift. 

Parking will be available on the streets in the neighborhood and in The Shops at Sumner Place parking lot. Thank you to Avison Young for providing additional parking. A shuttle from WWS will run from The Shops at Sumner Place to WWS between 4:15 and 4:45 pm and again between 6:30 and 7:00 pm. If you need support for mobility, please contact Meg Kneisl.

If you have not already, please RSVP!

Morning Start Times

Children's Garden

• Seedlings
• 8:30 Classrooms Open
• 8:45 Class Starts
• Nursery
• 7:45 Early Bird Drop Off Starts
• 8:30 Classrooms Open
• 8:45 Class Starts
• Kindergarten Classes
• 7:45 Early Bird Drop Off Starts
• 8:15 Classrooms Open
• 8:30 Class Starts

Grades 1-6

• 7:45 Early Bird Drop Off Starts
• 8:00 Classrooms Open
• 8:30 Classes Start

Grades 7-12

• 7:45 Drop Off Starts
• 8:00 Classrooms Open
• 8:15 Classes Start

Afternoon Pick Up Times

Children's Garden

• Seedlings & 1/2 Day - 12:30
• Full Day - 3:00

Grade 1

• 3:00 Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri
• 12:30 Wed (optional half day)

Grades 2-12

• 3:00

After School Program

From 3-6pm

Drop-Ins

$25/day Drop-In Rate (as space is available). Drop-Ins will be billed at the end of each month.

Email both aftercare@washingtonwaldorf.org and your class teacher for day-of drop ins.

Full Year Discounted Rates: $3,000 for Children's Garden Students and $2,700 for Grade 1-6 Students

If you are planning to add a full year of our After School Program, please email Chiedza Mazonde to add the charges to your contract.

Lunch Program

Lunches started yesterday from Yay Lunch! 

Yay Lunch meals are pre-ordered through the Yay Lunch app or website by WWS families. Food is delivered, individually labeled, to our school and delivered to students for lunch time. This meal service option is available for students in Nursery - Grade 12. 

Make an account with Yay Lunch for your family today! Click here for a YayLunch FAQ.

To install the app, look for the blue banner at the bottom of their website homepage (pictured here).

Other Questions?

First, check ParentSquare for posts from your teachers, your 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:

• Children's Garden - Cecilia Berg-Benson
• Lower School - Christen Leonard 
• High School - Bonnie McClelland

Christen Leonard - LS Coordinator

Laur Garner - Operations Manager 

Cecilia Berg-Benson - CG Coordinator

Bonnie McClelland - HS Administrator

September

8/ Friday

• Rose Ceremony, 2pm (G1 & G12 Parents/Guardians Only)

9/ Saturday

• New Family Orientation, 4-5pm
• Welcome Back & Gym Opening Picnic, 4:30-7pm

12/ Tuesday

• Middle School (G6-8) Parent/Guardian Evening, 7pm

14/ Thursday

• G3 Parent/Guardian Evening, 7:30pm

18/ Monday

• Craft & Conversation, 8:45am

19/ Tuesday

• G4 & G5 Parent/Guardian Evening, 6:30pm
• Trustees Council Meeting, 7pm

20/ Wednesday

• Songbirds Parent/Guardian Evening, 7pm

21/ Thursday

• G12 College Night, 7pm
• G9, G10, G11 & G12 Parent/Guardian Evening, 7pm

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

Parent-Child Classes will be held on Saturdays this fall with WWS teacher Katrina Hampton.

There are 4 spaces left!

https://www.washingtonwaldorf.org/curriculum/parent-child-classes/

Dates: Sept 30, Oct 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov 4

Time: 9:30-11:30am

Age Range: 18 to 36 months

Please note: One adult may attend each class session per child. It is fine to alternate (for example, caregiver 1 comes on Sept 30, caregiver 2 on Oct 7, and so on).

Contact enrollment@washingtonwaldorf.org with questions.

Thanks to everyone who helped to make the outdoor gear shop happen on the first day of school!

The Outdoor School Shop has extended our community's 15% discount. Use the code wawaldorf at checkout.

Fall Bazaar

Saturday, Nov 18 from 10am-3pm

Preview Night: Friday, Nov 17 from 7-9pm

We are looking forward to our annual Fall Bazaar. Many hands make light work for this annual fundraising and community building event. We expect every faculty member, high school student, and parent/guardian at WWS to work a shift. Please save the date and plan to lend a hand! Volunteer sign up information is coming soon from the Parent/Family Organization.

We are currently accepting vendor and artist applications. View the Vendor Application. The deadline to apply is Friday, Sept 29.

Please contact Meg Kneisl with any questions.

DC Condo For Sale

From Tamara Minor, WWS Parent

This exquisite two-level condo with an incredibly large open floor plan allows for an abundance of sunlight. Fully renovated property with high-end fixtures and appliances. Located near 14th St,16th St and Adams Morgan restaurants and entertainment, as well as downtown DC and Silver Spring. Garage parking. $965,000

Seller will entertain all reasonable offers and incentives such as closing help to buyer and/or byer agent bonuses. Developer has made arrangement with local lender for great financing.

Learn More

Farm Fresh Products Delivered Near WWS

From Torie Gorges, WWS Faculty and Parent

Whiffletree Farm delivers orders monthly (first Tuesday of the month) to the home of a WWS family, just around the corner from the school. They offer meat, eggs, cheese, and a variety of other farm products. Items are local (Warrenton, VA), pasture-raised, non-GMO, raised with sustainable land practices.

Learn more and order on their website.

Private Violin/Viola Lessons

Julie Stoessel, violinist and former strings teacher at WWS is available for private violin/viola lessons. Please contact her through her website if you are interested. 

https://julieemilyviolin.squarespace.com/

Openings Now for the Spiritual Foods CSA!

Pick up near WWS or a location near you.

From Sunny Kaplan, WWS Alum Parent

Some shares are still available for the CSA for the 2023-24 farm year! 

Different options are: 

• school year only (Sept-May)
• full year, winter/spring season (Dec-May)
• summer/fall: (June-Nov).

What's the CSA? Spiritual Foods CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) provides biodynamic and organic veggies, fruit, eggs, bread and other seasonal staples, with most of it grown on land leased from the Kimberton Waldorf School in PA! Biodynamics, like Waldorf education, was founded by Rudolf Steiner and is a spiritual-ethical-ecological approach to agriculture, food production and nutrition. Choices for share options include: main share of veggies, fruit & supplements; main share w/out bread; or veggie/fruit only. Please visit the CSA website for more info, costs, and registration forms, or email or call Lakshmi at 301-654-4899 with questions and to check on availability. You can also reach out to Sunny Kaplan, WWS alumni parent and a WWS/CSA coordinator. 

Upcoming Sounder Sleep System® and Feldenkrais Sessions

From Alison Babil, WWS Alum Parent

The Sounder Sleep System® - An online course to Transform your Sleep

Seven Mondays, September 11 - October 30, 4:30-6pm EST (no class Sept 25).

This interactive series will teach participants simple, gentle movements that bring you from a wakeful state to a place of deep mental and physical rest. Sounder Sleep draws upon the Feldenkrais® method of movement and ancient Chinese medicine. Each class will include: a brief lecture, deeply calming Sounder Sleep movements, and Q&A. Classes are recorded. Participants will receive a handout with the movements.

Cost: $245

No refunds or transfers after September 11, 4:30pm EST.

Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® Series, Melting Freeze

An online Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® (ATM®) series for melting patterns of tension and freeze in the body/mind/heart

Seven Wednesdays, Sept 6 - Oct 18, 12-1pm EST (optional until 1:15, sharing and Q&A).

Are you a somatic practitioner or somatic client with an interest in working with freeze dynamics? Freeze shows up in many ways: body, mind, and heart. Feldenkrais® ATM classes are an incredible tool for melting freeze dynamics with presence, compassion, and easy transformation. Each class takes the student through a series of movements which create new pathways in the brain and body. The aim is greater freedom in one's body and life.

Cost: $120

No refunds or transfers after Sept 7, 12pm EST.

Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® Series, In Person

In Person Classes at the Carderock Springs Clubhouse

Seven Thursdays, Sept 7 - Oct 19, 10-11am.

Feldenkrais ATM classes, in person.

Cost: $110

(Discounted rate for Carderock Springs members, email Alison to inquire.)

No refunds or transfers after Sept 8, 10am EST.

For more information and registration, email Alison, alison@truenorthhealing.com

A limited number of discounted slots available for those who truly need it. Email Alison to inquire: alison@truenorthhealing.com

Alison Babil, GCFP, LMT, is the owner of True North Healing. She is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®, a certified Sounder Sleep System® instructor, certified in Soul Lightening Acupressure, and has been a licensed massage therapist for nearly 20 years. She works with clients in person and via Zoom, helping them transform pain, movement, and sleep challenges. For more information Email Alison

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