WSOC Newsletter

We had a wonderful and enthusiastic crowd of parents, students, alumni, grandparents, as well as our construction partners for the Dedication Ceremony last Friday. For those of you who missed it, there is a more comprehensive recap to come, with lots of photos. For now, please accept our sincere gratitude for your support of this milestone event.

CAROUSEL OF POSSIBLE DREAMS UPDATE

Congratulations WSOC! Thanks to our spirited team of riders, excellent community support, a very generous $10,000 matching grant, and some good fortune...WSOC earned $20,300 at this South Coast Plaza event, and was the leading fundraiser for the evening. Wow! A huge thank you to everyone for your heartfelt support and to our team of riders willing to go round and round for our cause. Thank you to Annie Stawicki, Wende Zomnir, John LaLonde, Paul Conolly, Rachel Hulan, John Telfer, Brooke Tomblin and Denise Ogawa.

THANK YOU FESTIVAL OF CHILDREN VOLUNTEERS

A heartfelt thank you to our committed group of volunteers for staffing the WSOC booth at South Coast Plaza for the month of September. The Festival of Children staff are big fans of our booth and commented we have the best volunteers around. We agree. Thank you to: Amy Rasmussen, Maria Reynolds, Jaime Stahl, Renee Boblette, Teresa Shoda, Lynette Anderson, Cynthia Baker, Kai Kaiser, Deb Johnston and Geraldine Strub.

OCTOBER HOT LUNCH SIGN UPS

Don't forget to sign up for hot lunch for October.

Now introducing a new 2 day option.

Last day to sign up is Sunday, October 2!

Don't delay, order NOW!

For more info, click here!

VISITORS

Just a reminder, if you are visiting the school for any length of time, you MUST check in to the front office and get a visitor pass! This is for the safety of our school and children! Thank you!

PARENT EDUCATION EVENTS

Painting Workshops with Angelika Kolbe

October 3 - October 7, from 8:30 - 10:30

In the Company of Angels Garden

Angelika will lead adults in an engaging painting workshop. In addition to being a Waldorf class teacher for 16 years at the Waldorf School in Marnburg/Germany, she taught drawing and painting to high school students. Trained at the Academy of Fine Arts at the University in Hamburg/Germany, we are lucky to have her with us for an entire week. Please take the opportunity to join Angelika for these painting sessions.

To cover the cost of materials, each session is $10.

Cash only please.

Parent Education Event

with Daniel Bittleston

"Rudolf Steiner and the Waldorf School"

October 3, 7:00 p.m.

Eurythmy Hall

We are fortunate to welcome guest speaker, Daniel Bittleston, who will lead us in an engaging workshop. Please plan to be there for a lively event.

For more information on Daniel Bittleston, click here.

PARENT AND CHILD PROGRAM

There are just a few spots left!

Parent and Child classes

Classes start next week, Oct 4-7:

Tuesday through Friday

9:00 - 10:30 am

In our newly-created Parent and Child classroom and beautiful, private garden

For more info, please click here!

PARENT ASSOCIATION NEWS
Have you been at WSOC long enough to remember The Parent Press??? We'd like to revive this publication as a newsletter by and for our parent community. With a goal of publishing several issues this year, we're hoping to feature writing, photography, and other creative expressions from our parent body. We would love to feature pieces on personal or family news, book reviews, lunchbox ideas and healthy recipes, notices of performances by students and community members. Other ideas include articles about class projects, field trip experiences and other magical happenings on and about the WSOC campus.

If you'd like to contribute to this effort, please contact Lili Traband at ltraband562@charter.net (mother of Elsa in grade 4) as she has volunteered to be our point person for the newsletter. She can't wait to hear from you!

NEWPORT BEACH SAND CASTLE BUILDING CONTEST

Our 10th and 11th Grade Math & Physics teams will be competing in the Newport Beach Sand Castle Building Contest this Sunday, October 2 from 11:00 - 4:30. 10th Grade is creating a sculpture reflecting their studies in Geometry. 11th Grade is pursuing a sculpture to represent the field of Optics. To aid them in this endeavor, the Home Depot on Harbor donated funds so we could purchase the necessary equipment from their store. Thank you Home Depot and good luck 10th and 11th grade!

TEACUPS WANTED BY SEPTEMBER 30

Do you have a stray teacup, saucer, hankie, doily, or even one of those tiny spoons? We have an excellent home for LOTS of them at ZANY2011. We are collecting them in the office. Just place them gently into the basket with their new teacup friends. Thank you.

CRAFT GROUP SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

We meet each Wednesday from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. in the gazebo outside Company of Angels. Please join us for a cup of tea, and a simple craft.

Oct. 5 -- Knitted bag (please sign up ahead of time)

Oct. 12 -- Simple felt bags for Kindergarten Autumn Festival Oct. 19 -- Table top puppets for WSOC Auction

(nativity scene)

Oct. 26 -- Table top puppets

Contact Rachel Skelly for more information, or to be added to the WSOC Craft Group email list.

rachelskelly@sbcglobal.net