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December 14, 2011
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 Eighth Grade Gratitude for Cedar Springs
At our "rainy day" assembly on November 18, the Eighth Graders presented something they put together, a speech piece to express their feelings of gratitude as they approached Thanksgiving Day. The only parameter they worked with was that it had to be about our school and community. Here is what they shared:
I am grateful for:
"...the basketball program."
"...all of the activities and field trips that support our learning."
"...the Administration, Staff and Faculty that keep the school running so well."
"...the time our teachers take to prepare our lessons."
"...a kind and loving class teacher."
"...my awesome friends."
"...Mr. Taylor's microwave oven."
"...teachers who bring us food and treats."
"...the physics and chemistry blocks in the Upper Grades."
"...the community's support of our fundraising efforts."
"...the wide perspective on the world that Waldorf brings you."
"...the music program."
"...the whole community and their dedication to the school."
"...THE TEACHERS....all of them!"
"...my siblings and my friends."
"...teachers with a sense of humor."
"....hot lunch days.
Thank you all, from our hearts to yours. We have great gratitude for where we are and what we are doing, RIGHT NOW! |
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE EIGHTH GRADE!
Eighth Grade Handmade Truffles and Homemade Frozen, Ready to Bake Apple Pies for sale, Friday December 16, 12 - 2 pm and Saturday, December 17, 10 am - 1 pm. Delicious treats or gifts for the holidays!
THE CSWS CHILDREN'S STORE IS COMING: December 16
ENVELOPES DUE TO YOUR TEACHER: December 15
Dear Parents of First through Fifth Graders,
The Cedar Springs Children's Store is one of the most memorable events of the year and is rapidly approaching on Friday, December 16. During the school day, children from Grades One through Fifth (no grown-ups allowed!) will enter through a magic doorway to find the wonders within. This holiday gift shopping experience is designed just for them. The younger children will be accompanied by Angel Guides from the Eighth Grade. Gift wrapping will be provided by the Sixth and Seventh Grades. The older children may shop at the end of the day after their duties are done and will not receive a flyer or envelope.
A few notes to help your children enjoy their visit:
- Please use the envelope that will be sent home on December 8to create a list of people for whom your child will be shopping. For example: Mom, Dad, Grandma Sue, Dan (brother, 8 years old), etc. Please remember that the Children's Store is a delight for your child if the list is short and simple.
- There is a $25.00 maximum spending limit per child, and while most of the items are $2 or $4, no item is more than $8. Money will be exchanged for tickets (it's more fun), Angel Guides will help with the budget, and change will be placed in the envelope and returned to your child. Older children (Sixth - Eighth) will manage their own finances and choices-and gift wrapping may not be available for them.
- Please put your child's name on the envelope, enclose up to $25.00, tuck in the envelope flap (do not seal), and return the envelope and list to your child's teacher by Thursday, December 15.
Thank you to everyone who has come forward to help prepare for the Children's Store with donations and other offerings of help and assistance. It is an honor and a pleasure to provide this service to the community on behalf of the lower grades. If you have questions, please contact the Eighth Grade teacher, Mrs. Elder.
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DON'T MISS THE HOLIDAY MARKET
THIS SATURDAY!
December 17
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Cedar Springs Waldorf School's Lower Campus
Grown ups only - no children please.
Bring all of your friends and family for one-of-a-kind, Waldorf-friendly shopping you can't find in stores!
View the line-up of vendors for this year's Holiday Market!
Note: All remaining logo wear and water bottles will be on a clearance sale. |
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
$100 for TWO tickets through December 31*
$60 per person through January 31
$75 per person thereafter
*This is an "early bird" special to thank our CSWS Community, but please spread the word to any family and friends who would like to attend at this discounted ticket price. We will be sending invitations to past auction attendees in January.
NEW THIS YEAR!
New Location
This year's event will be in a beautiful new location in El Dorado Hills (right behind the movie theaters): Lakehills Covenant Church
New Dinner Format
Enjoy a "walking dinner" throughout our Enchanted Forest beginning when doors open until our Live Auction (around 8 pm). We enjoyed serving you a sit down dinner in the past, but many of you said you'd like to eat earlier and wanted to mingle with your friends. So, this year you can eat while you shop and earlier in the evening! We'll have a scrumptious bounty of gourmet appetizers and dinner offerings available while you shop, topped off by delectable desserts - all lovingly prepared by our CSWS chefs and select restaurants. Open seating will be available during our Live Auction, so you will not need to reserve seats this year.
More Tickets Available
Last year due to our sit down dinner format we were limited to 160 guests, but this year we can have up to 200. Invite your friends and family!
Tickets can now be purchased online on our Enchanted Forest Auction Webpage.
Gift Cards will also be available for purchase at the CSWS Holiday Market or through the Development Office.
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Want a FREE Ticket to the Auction This Year???
You can win one by helping out the Prize Patrol Team and  participating in our next and LAST contest before this year's Auction.
The community member to bring in the highest value of donated items by December 22 (the last day of school before Christmas break), will win a free auction ticket! So let's all work on getting those donation forms into the Development Office before the break! Donation forms can be picked up in the Development or School Office.
Congratulations to Kari Benton for winning the first contest and receiving her free auction ticket! Thanks for all your hard work Kari!
Here are some of the items we are looking for:
- Time Shares or Family Cabin Getaways in places like Hawaii, Tahoe, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Napa or Vegas.
- Work Parties (weed whacking, gardening, fence building, etc.)
- Progressive Dinner/Mystery Dinner/Homemade Dinners
- Organic anything, meats, produce, eggs, etc.
- Skydiving/Hot Air Balloon Rides/Plane Flights
- Custom-made items
- Waldorf one-of-a-kind art, handcrafts and supplies
- Tutoring, Professional Services, etc.
Contact Prize Patrol Chair, Lynnette Long for more information and prize ideas: 916-508-5469 or sydne1@earthlink.net
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 Exciting News from the
National Gardening Association!
Last Spring, CSWS received a grant from the National Gardening Association and Home Depot. The National Gardening Association just announced that they have selected one of our gardening pictures to appear on the cover of their Annual Report. The photo of Macy Battershell was taken by CSWS parent Tim Mayhew; thank you Tim for the beautiful picture of Macy in gardening class.
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School Photos Online
My online shopping cart accepts PayPal and major credit cards (you don't need to have a PayPal account.) If you need to pay by check, or have any questions-- please contact me at wendy@wendybaker.com or call (916) 956-7632. Thanks so much for the opportunity to photograph these great kids! ~ Wendy http://wendybaker.com
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 Welcome to Another New Kindergarten Family!
A warm welcome to Max Tudhope and his parents Marcelle and Bryan who recently joined Miss Veronica's Lily Kindergarten!
We still have openings for this school year - tell your friends.
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR
Next Open Classroom Tour:
Tuesday, January 10
Beginning at 8:30 am in the Kindergarten Courtyard
R.S.V.P. to Lynn Morgan to sign up for a tour.
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 Basketball News
Reminder: If you know you need to stay late after school, please don't park on the basketball court so practices can begin right away. Thanks from your Basketball Coaches.
This year, Cedar Springs has two Boys Teams: an Eighth Grade team and a Sixth- Eighth Grade Team and one Sixth-Eighth Grade Girls Team. Our first practice game will be against the El Dorado Adventist School on Tuesday, Jan. 3 in their gym. The girls will play at 4 pm and the boys at 5 pm.
League play starts on Saturday, Jan. 7 at Sacramento Waldorf School. Games schedules will be posted on our school calendar. All community members are welcome to cheer on our teams - GO CSWS HAWKS!
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Shopping Online for the Holidays?
You can earn Cedar Springs Waldorf School some extra cash while you shop.
How? Well, it's super easy, and it doesn't cost you anything but a few seconds of your time. When you shop online, take those few seconds to click on the eScrip Online mall link before you head into your favorite online retailer. You can find that link on each Update, and it is also conveniently located under the giving tab at the CSWS website at www.cedarspringsonline.com. Once you've done that, you're ready to shop. With over 1000 stores (including Amazon, REI, Magic Cabin, and the Apple Store) you should be able to find one that suits your needs.
Automatically use eScrip for all your online shopping: Cedar Springs doesn't have to miss out on any more contributions with eScrip's free webApp called AutoEarn. Once the app is installed on your computer, every time you shop directly at one of eScrip's online family of merchants, you will be notified that the store is a CSWS contributor. You can learn the store's contribution level instantly, and also what coupons are available so that you can save yourself some money too. You won't have to remember to enter through the school website or log in to eScrip before you shop again. Doesn't that sound easy? For more information about AutoEarn , go to http://shopping.escrip.com and click on the AutoEarn button on the top right corner.
One last reminder, eScrip is not just for gift shopping. You can make your travel plans through eScrip, too. Many hotels are part of eScrip's family of merchants, and you can book your room online and CSWS will earn.
Support Cedar Springs by supporting those businesses that give back to us. This includes our wonderful brick and mortar grocer's such as Nugget, Safeway, Raley's and SaveMart as well as the online retailers.
A special thanks for those of you who have signed up for new Scrip cards this year. If you have any questions about your cards or any of these programs, please feel free to contact me at Sabinakeller@att.net or at 530-621-3372.
Thanks, and have a great holiday!!
Sabina Keller, CSWS Scrip Coordinator
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Gifts-in-Kind
Gifts in Kind Holiday Wish List
The Cedar Springs Waldorf School is blessed with a community that is rich in skills, abilities and materials. Generous individuals from a wide berth of professions have donated goods and services to our School. From the roofs over our heads to the play structures in our yards to this very website, our School has benefited greatly from the donation of goods and services from professional architects, builders, attorneys, accountants, consultants, artists, and a host of other crafts-and trades-people. While gifts-in-kind are most common in our School Auction in the form of donated prizes offered for auction, other forms of gifts-in-kind are always most welcome and greatly needed. A partial HOLIDAY WISH LIST is below:
- Bathroom faucet with two handles
- Materials at Diamond Pacific Lumber-Redwood for playground project- (66) 2" x 6" x 8 feet and (12) 4" x 6" x 8 feet boards
- Fifteen yards of woodchips
- Rosemary and Heather plants from the Front Yard Nursery - one gallon size or purchase a gift certificate - $25, $50 & $100.
Please contact Scott Krieger in the school office at 530-642-9903 before purchasing any of the materials listed above.
Any of these gift certificates are more than welcome throughout the year as Gift-in-Kind Donations:
- Sierra Landscaping - $50, $100 & $500 - for DG, bark & gravel
- Home Depot - $50, $100 & $500 - for pipes, fittings, electrical supplies, and irrigation items.
- Office Max - $25, $50 & $100 - for office and classroom supplies
- Front Yard Nursery - any denomination
Don't forget if you have already donated an item to the school, please turn in your receipt(s) to the school office so we can account for your Gift-in-Kind.
Blessings,
Teresa G. Crowley, Fundraising Coordinator
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E-Recycling to Support CSWS
Need a few more tax deductions before the end of 2011 and clean out unwanted electronics? As part of our school's e-Recycling Program, CSWS accepts old:
- cell phones
- lap tops
- iPods
- ink jet toner cartridges for recycling.
Please place all items in the green electronic recycling container in the School Office.
 We also have a vehicle donation program through Donation Line, one of the largest and most respected vehicle donation centers in the US. If you have clear title to your vehicle -- whether it's a car, boat, truck, RV, motorcycle, jet ski or snowmobile -- just click the Donation Line logo on the Giving page of our website to start the simple process of donating your vehicle or call 1-877-227-7487. Because Donation Line is a national company, friends and family all over the US can donate their vehicle and benefit CSWS! One family called Donation Line and their vehicle was picked up two days later. It's that easy!
For more information visit www.donationline.com .
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California School Picks Blackboards Over iPads Despite Being in the Heart of Silicon Valley
Waldorf School of the Peninsula students are not caught up in the gadget frenzy that has consumed so many other school children nationwide. Computers are not used in the elementary school and they are used sparingly at the high school level. See this video clip from a recent NBC report: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/45500354
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Advent Singing: Each school day through Thursday, Dec. 22, 8:15-8:30 am
All families are welcome to join us on the Knoll to sing holiday carols.
Children's Store: Friday, December 16
See information in this issue for more info.
Holiday Market: Saturday, December 17, 10 am - 1 pm
See flier in this issue.
Assembly: Friday, December 22, 11:00 am
Early Dismissal: Friday, December 22, 12:30 pm
Winter Break (NO SCHOOL): Friday, December 23-January 6
School Resumes: Monday, January 9
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (NO SCHOOL): Monday, January 16
First Grade Readiness Meeting: Saturday, January 28, 9:00-11:00 am
Parent Education for Grades 1-4, "Preserving Childhood": Monday, January 30, 6:30-8:00 pm
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Winter Break Schedule - Why the Change?
As we approach our Winter Break, families are checking the school calendar and I have been asked why the Faculty scheduled our break differently than in years past. Each summer when setting the calendar for the coming year, the Faculty consults with our sister school, Sacramento Waldorf School. Often families and/or faculty have students attending there as well and we try, when possible, to sync up our schedules. This year our break not only coincides with that of SWS, but has the added benefit (for families with students in the local high schools) of syncing up with the three local high schools, as well.
Additionally, our current Winter Break (for the first time that I can remember) allows both our Faculty and community to enjoy the complete Holy Nights prior to returning from break. The Holy Nights are those 12 days beginning on Christmas Day and ending on January 5th. There are those that view these days as offering a sacred time for personally reconnecting, renewing and recharging one's self in anticipation of the New Year.
As your Faculty, we wish you all health and happiness with family and friends over the coming break.
Paula ThompSon, On behalf of your Faculty |
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Homemade Tamales for Pre-Order
 These delicious tamales are perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. They are a unique healthy, easy to heat, quick clean-up meal option for your family and friends. To top it off, they are an economical and simple choice for a busy time of year. As an added bonus, you are helping our community of Sixth Graders (the Class of 2014) as they earn the funds to experience their class trip, while they offer this yummy opportunity for your winter celebrations.
Drop off your pre-order form to the office, or the Sixth Grade classroom by December 19
Available in Cheese, Chicken, Beef, or Pork
Cost: $12.00/half dozen
Checks payable to: The Class of 2014
Delivery date: December 22, 2012 from noon to 12:45 pm (White Feather parking area) Pre-orders must be received by December 19.
PRINT ORDER FORM
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For Rent: Approx. 1,800 s/f, 3 bedroom, 2 bath house on 2.5 acres less
than 3 miles from CSWS and 5 minutes from US-50. Will be available in
January. Rent of $1,550/mo. CSWS will receive $50 per month if rented to
CSWS family. Includes fridge, washer, dryer, central heat (propane) and air.
House has wood floors throughout, recent kitchen remodel, tile entry room,
wood deck and stone patio. Dogs OK. If interested or for more information contact CSWS Alumni Parent, John Dorst at jrdorst@gmail.com or 530-409-5930.
 
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For Rent: 3 bedroom/2 bath.. (or 2 bedrooms and an office.. set up as an office space now)..1,530 s/f. Historic home, large lot, mature trees, wood floors, high ceilings, high efficiency wood stove, about 7 minutes to CSWS...walking distance to downtown, but very quiet. Small creek in the backyard. 2875 Pleasant St. Placerville. $1,500 month, includes garbage. First and Last, small deposit to the right family. On the corner of Bedford and Pleasant. Available Spring or Summer break...possibly earlier depending on coordinating with interested parties. Contact Seventh Grade Teacher, Lisa Morgan cell: 541-654-6155.
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Looking to Rent: Small townhome, apartment, mother-in-law house, shared house, for teacher and son. Two bedroom, one bath needed in the $700-800/month range, between Placerville and Cameron Park if possible. Contact Seventh Grade Teacher: Lisa Morgan 541-654-6155 (cell) thank you!
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