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Happy October!
Fall is finally in full swing, and the weather stayed crisp and sunny for our annual Michaelmas celebration, which took place on September 29 here on campus.
Our grade school children engaged their will in practical work
(cleaning chicken coops, clearing vegetable beds, harvesting radishes and
carrots) on Mrs. Phinney's farm. They
used their resolve and strength in challenges such as a 4-way rope tug, plank
race, and cider press. The school day
ended with arrows and javelins in the air, an image of Michael overcoming the
dragon, and familiar songs. Our early childhood children donned silk capes
that they dyed, enjoyed dragon bread, and celebrated the changing season in
festive songs and other activities.
In keeping with the season's bounty of changes, we also warmly welcome a new member to our administration: Julie Martin.
Julie is the school's new part-time
bookkeeper, and has four years' experience as the administrator, bookkeeper, and owner of Stanton catering. Julie has also worked as an assistant in our
kindergarten and has two children attending our school, one in grade 3 and
the other in grade 5.
If you have a moment, please stop by and say hello to Julie on the second floor of the Golden House.
Nancy Lemmo
School Administrator
Mollie Rose
Director of Faculty and Student Enrichment
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DON'T MISS THESE EXCITING EVENTS!
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Saturday, October 3
Dedication
Ceremony,
Alumni Art Exhibit Closing Reception,
and COMMUNITY POTLUCK
As part of
the Dedication Ceremony there will be a closing reception for the alumni art exhibit
in the grade school.
The reception
and ceremony begin at 3:30 p.m., and the community picnic begins at 5:30 p.m.
Calling all musicians, storytellers, magicians, acrobats, sword
fighters, and poets! At the Community Picnic this year we will open the stage to
the talent that lives among us. Please share a bit
of yourselves, either on your own, with a friend, or with a group. The
event will begin at an earlier time in order to take care of the smaller children and
finish before dark.
Performers, please write or call Pamela Shafer,
609-333-0454.
Friday, October 16, 7:30 p.m.
Eugene
Schwartz Lecture:
"Electronic Media and the 21st-Century Family"
Hagens Hall
The effects of media on children is a hot topic these days, but what is a family to do? This lecture is a wonderful opportunity to hear from Eugene Schwartz, a longtime
Waldorf educator who now travels worldwide as an educational consultant and speaker. Parents who wish to further familiarize themselves with the issue may find this article helpful.
Admission $5
For more info, please visit our website.
Saturday, October 24, 10:00 a.m.
Open House
Come and learn more about our wonderful school, and invite friends
and family! For more information send an
e-mail to Diane Barlow
or give her a call at 609-466-1970, x115.
Tuesday,
October 27, 7:30 p.m.
The
Waldorf Curriculum:
Preparing the Innovators of the
Future
Tom Clark has taught
at The Denver Waldorf School since 1985 and has taken three classes through the
8th grade. Currently on sabbatical, he will resume teaching in
January in the high school and middle school. He is active in teacher training at Sunbridge College and is a workshop
presenter in Waldorf conferences.
Waldorf Early Childhood:
A Preparation for Academic Success
Laurie Clark has been
a Waldorf early childhood educator for nearly thirty years. She speaks nationally and internationally on behalf of Waldorf education. She and Nancy Blanning are co-authors of Movement Journeys and Circle Adventures: Movement Enrichment with a Therapeutic Approach for Early Childhood.
Details for both of these programs can be found here.
Friday, October 30, beginning at 5:45 p.m.
Halloween Walk
A magical, fright-free outdoor story experience for Halloween. For
more information or to register please send us an e-mail or call 609-466-1970, x110. You can also visit our website.
Please visit our online calendar for a full listing of events.
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REMINDERS FROM THE OFFICE
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2009-10 WSP School Wall Calendars!
Thanks to Cari Ellen Hermann
(parent to Shayla in grade 2)
and teacher Peter Sheen, this year's school calendar is ready for
order. The calendar will feature student artwork and important dates.
The cost for
the calendar is $20. Please stop by the parent table to order by
October 10. You will pick up and pay for your calendar in
the school store.
Wednesday, October 14, Is School Picture Day!
Look out for Picture Day flyers in the next few days. Orders and payment are due on the
day of picture taking. There will also
be an opportunity to pay and order online.
All grade school children will have an individual photo taken and a
class photo.
Please
note: Group (class) photos will be taken
for nursery through grade 8. Individual photos only for grades 1-8.
Make-up day for photos is Tuesday, November 17.
Dismissal Times
Current dismissal information is also in
the updated Parent Handbook located on our website.
As a reminder, students not picked up on time will be brought to the After School Program, and parents will be charged accordingly (No Prior Arrangement: $20 plus $13.50/hour).
If You Move ...
... please submit new contact information as soon as possible to
Jessica Alfaro. Jessica will make sure that all of the
necessary parties receive the change. (It is also a good idea to send a note to your parent rep.)
Also, if you have moved since submitting a B6T (Transportation)
form last spring, you need to submit a new form to Solveig Pearson. Forms can be
found on the WSP website.
Newsletter Contact Changes
We hope you enjoy receiving our news electronically. If you would like to change or add an address, you can do so through the links found at the left or the bottom of this e-mail. Of course, if you would like to be removed from our list, there's an unsubscribe link too. Contact assistant Jamie Quirk if you have any questions.
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THIS AND THAT ...
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Calling All Bakers!!
Do you like to bake healthy treats for a crowd? The school would like to hear from parents who would be interested in cooking or baking for certain school events such as open houses. We currently need someone to provide healthy baked goods for the open house on October 24. If you are interested, please contact Diane Barlow at 609-466-1970,
x115.
Seeking Winter Garden Musicians
We are currently seeking
musicians to accompany our annual Winter Garden Ceremony on Saturday and
Sunday, December 5 and 6. Offer your music to our Winter Garden ceremonies,
and receive in return the experience of watching a single flame in a darkened
room light, one by one, the candles of each child, until the whole room is
aglow.
The ceremony takes place against a background of gentle,
pentatonic music produced by plucked strings. If you would enjoy helping to
create the subtle, musical pulse that guides the reverent gesture of this
ceremony, using your lyre, kinder harp, lap harp, Celtic harp, concert harp,
guitar, or other plucked string instrument, please e-mail Ondy Wasem by
October 7, in order to plan rehearsals. You may also call her at 609-275-5459 or 609-933-2994 (cell).
Pennies for Peace Over the summer WSP eighth grader Chris Miller read the New York Times bestseller Three Cups of Tea.
The book tells the story of Greg Mortenson, a mountain climber who,
after spending time in Pakistan, vowed to help the impoverished
children of that country. His organization, Central Asia Institute
(CAI), has since built many schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Greg
Mortenson has recently created an international program called Pennies
for Peace to encourage the young people in our society to help bring
about positive change.
Chris Miller is collecting pennies for this project and
plans to present them to Mortenson later this month when the author appears in
an event held by the Princeton Public Library. To help out, please bring in
your pennies and look for coin jars in the lobby of the Golden House, the grade
school, and in the nursery/kindergarten wing.
Thank you to Chris Miller for allowing our school the
opportunity to participate in this worldwide effort toward peace!
You can learn more
about Pennies for Peace here.
After School Enrichment Workshops
Morris Dancing Begins October 7 (Grades 2+)
Register at front desk - see website for
more info.
Circus Begins October
9 (Grades 1 & 2)
Register at front desk - see website for
more info.
Nature Camp on October
29! (Ages 4-14)
Because it was so successful last
March, we have once again invited Children of the Earth Foundation to provide a
Nature Camp on the Thursday of parent-teacher conferences (Oct 29). Some parents know that they will want care for their children from 8:30 to 2:30 that day before
knowing about their conference schedule with teachers, so the sign-up is on the
second-floor landing of the Golden House.
Enrichment
Workshop participants take note!
Those students not picked up from
their workshop on time will be brought to Ms. Benson in the After School
Program. Just like pickup at the end of school day, parents will be charged
accordingly - No Prior
Arrangement: $20 plus $13.50/hour.
Interested in Private Music Lessons for Your Child?
Please visit our website!
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MORE HAPPENINGS AROUND CAMPUS
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CommonGround Comes to Waldorf
On October 15 at 8:45 a.m. we will be hosting the representatives
from CommonGround. CommonGround is a collaborative effort of the Parent
Associations of fourteen Princeton-area independent schools, including
WSP. Each year CommonGround sponsors a
lecture series that is free and open to the public.
The Windy Hill Store
We're open for business on Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please visit the
website for more information about what is currently in stock!
Grand Opening:
Online School Apparel Store
You may now purchase custom embroidered "Waldorf School of Princeton"
apparel and accessories from the NEW
Online Waldorf Apparel Store.The school will receive 10% of every purchase.
There is a Grand Opening Sale until October 16,
2009, with 10% off every item
and an increased donation to the school!
Visit the Link called "Online Apparel Store" on the Windy Hill Store page of
the school website, or click here.
The SCRIP
Program Returns
Did you know that if all the families in the school used
SCRIP for their grocery purchases for an entire school year, the school
would raise about $20,000?
For more
information about this wonderful and easy fund-raising tool for our school,
please visit our website.
You can also
contact Julie Martin at 908-642-7709
for more information.
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SAVE THE DATE!
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Lantern Walk the weekend of November 6.
Tuesday, November 10, 7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Dr. Michael Kimmel
The Peddie School
CommonGround
presents a lecture with Dr. Michael
Kimmel, author of Guyland: The Perilous Place Where Boys Become Men. Drawing
from his extensive research, Dr. Kimmel will explore the troubling reasons behind our children's prolonged
adolescence and explain why there is less incentive for our
young people to get serious about their lives.
Thursday, November 12, 7 p.m.
Film Screening of A Whole New Mind
WSP will co-host a screening of
Daniel Pink's film, A Whole New Mind, at the Princeton Public Library. There will be a panel discussion after the
film. Please come and join us for what promises to be a fascinating evening.
Read more about Daniel Pink here.
Saturday, November 14
Dad's Night
Calling all Waldorf dads!
Please mark your calendars to
attend Waldorf Dad's Night. We will be gathering that evening to
meet other dads, socialize, and have fun. Current grade school and alumni
fathers will be there to answer any questions. Ask any dad who attended the event last fall and they will tell you it
shouldn't be missed.
Month of November
Thomas Sweet Cafe's WSP Art Show
During the month of November, the Thomas
Sweet Cafe (formerly Orpha's Cafe) at 1330 Route 206 in Skillman (across from Montgomery Shopping Center)
will be displaying WSP student artwork on the walls of their cafe. Please
plan on visiting many times during November for a latte and to support our
Waldorf student artists!
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