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| Calendar of Events | RSC Practicum Weekend
October 14, 15, 16
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School Picture Day
October 17 & 18 click for details
Gallery Walk 1Wednesday, Oct. 26 6:00 PM click for detailsParent-Teacher Conferences Oct. 31 - Nov. 4 click for detailsHarvest FaireSaturday, Nov. 5 All Day Lantern Walk November 17 Details TBD RSC Practicum WeekendDecember 2, 3, 4 Spiral WalkMonday/Tuesday, December 5 & 6 Details TBD Winter Concert Thursday, Dec 15 7:00 PM RSC Practicum WeekendMarch 23, 24, 25 Jamba Juice Wednesdays Click here for our Calendar of Events!
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| Community Outreach |
Water is Rising: Music & Dance Amid Climate Change, the Pacific Atolls of Kiribati, Tokelau and Tuvalu What happens when your country is slowly disappearing as the oceans rise due to global climate change? Meet and hear how 36 carefully selected artists of the Pacific Atolls of Tokelau, Tuvalu and Kiribati approach life and face the inexorable fate of their beloved land as the water rises and reclaims the land back into the sea. Their joy, and unyielding spirit are infectious and never to be forgotten. Water is Rising brings together 36 carefully selected artists from the smallest countries in the world - Kiribati, Tokelau and Tuvalu (population 100,000, 1,500 and 12,000 respectively). Date: 10.23.2011 Time: 3:00 - 6:00 PM Location: Soka Performing Arts Center Click here for more info
**PLEASE NOTE** This section of the newsletter is intended to promote awareness within our community of our wider world. JS does not intend this as a solicitation or official endorsement, but rather as a source of information and as a reminder that even the smallest of actions can make a difference. All JS community members are welcome to submit information to this section by emailing journeyschoolnews@gmail.com
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Good Things Are Happening!
October 14, 2011 |
Dear Journey School Friends and Families:
We wish you a wonderful weekend and want to express how excited we are about the many upcoming events you can read about in this week's newsletter.
Onwards and Upwards, Shaheer
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Parent Conferences & Minimum Days
Journey School recognizes the vital role parents play in the educational process. That's why annual Parent Conferences will take place during the week of October 31-November 4 between 1:00-4:00 p.m. Main Class Teachers will be in contact about parent sign-ups. Over the past couple of years, the staff has worked hard to enhance the conference and progress-reporting processes to maximize educational benefit for all children. We are very excited! When you meet with your teacher you will:
- Discuss your child's academic and personal development.
- Receive a Trimester Report with thoughtful, timely, and specific feedback.
- Gain new insight by studying your student's work.
- Co-create personalized goals for the coming months.
In order to make meaningful conferences possible, school will end at 12:30 PM the entire week for all students, K-8.
- We acknowledge that advanced communication about these minimum days has been lacking and may complicated your schedule.
- Please know the he school will work with families which need support with after-care.
- Please click here to request help.
- Once we know what the numbers look like, we'll organize appropriate after-care opportunities for grades students.
- Please know that "Little Acorns" will continue its regular hours and routines.
- Regular after-care classes for grades students on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday will be canceled unless you hear otherwise directly from your after-care provider in the coming days.
- Once again, we look forward to working together to make Conference Week highly successful and smooth. Please click here to let us know how we can help.
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Gallery Walk
When? October 26th at 6:00 PM-- save the date!Why? This is a very important part of the Compassionate Campus Project and a wonderful Parent Education opportunity. What? All classrooms will be transformed into inspiring learning galleries. Older partners will help their partners display work in gallery-like style. Older partners are also writing a letter to you, parents, about how it has been to be with the younger partner and to help him/her become part of the Journey community. Additionally, older partners are going to select certain pages in the younger one's work and tab it for your specific viewing and comments. In turn, parents are going to visit the desk of your student's partner(s) to leave positive comments and express appreciation. In this way, parents too, become a part of the inter-weaving between the students. Other evening activities will include: delicious finger foods (TBD); Gathering in the MPR for topic of the month-- Waldorf and Standards: Balancing the testable with social-ineffables; and, class meetings with your teacher. Who? All Journey School families and friends Other Details In the coming days, room parents will let you know how you can help bring delicious and nutritious foods by class. Additionally, in an ongoing effort to find creative solutions for child-care needs, Kindergarten teachers have generously agreed to host a limited number of children in their classrooms on a trial basis. More details will be published next week. In the meantime, please continue to make personal plans for child-care, to the greatest extent possible, as we cannot accommodate everyone. We are so excited for the evening! Don't miss this one! |
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Compassionate Campus Project Update
The 8th grade has selected their first Student Council members. These students were seen to be fair, honest, caring and good listeners. They will inaugurate the student government part of the project and will hand off their work to the winter semester Student Council. The latter students, are now apprenticing to the fall Student Council members and the spring Student Council members will apprentice to those serving on the fall SC. In this way, all eighth grade students will take a turn at serving on the council.
Last week the older partners again connected with their younger ones and checked in on changes that the younger ones may have experienced since we took the "all school temperature". For a vast majority of students on our campus, this year has gotten off to a very strong start! Those who are reporting difficulties are participating in Listening Circles. The Listening Circle is a group of students who sit in a ring around those who are experiencing difficulty and listen to the nature of the struggle. They then serve to give perspective ("I've had that happen to me..." or "... That can't feel good"). In the listening, solutions often emerge; and if they do not, then two weeks later, a second listening circle is called. If, in the end, the seventh grade members feel that the listening is not helping to resolve the issue, it can be referred to Student Council.
Watch next week for the names of the first Student Council!
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Enrollment for 2012-2013
JOURNEY SCHOOL CURRENTLY HAS OPENINGS IN KINDERGARTEN! Limited kindergarten spaces remain as demand in the program continues to expand. This is a unique opportunity to apply to the Journey School Kindergarten program without having to participate in the lottery process. If you know anyone who would embrace the waldorf philosophy and its lifelong benefits, then please have them contact Julie Giffin at Journey School at 949.448.7232 x 2 or email at info@journeyschool.net. Kindy's born between 6/1/2005 - 12/2/2006 are eligible. We look forward to hearing from you! www.journeyschool.net WALK THROUGH THE GRADE TOURS Walk Through The Grade Tours are underway and take place on most Tuesdays from 9:00am - 10:30am. Please RSVP with Julie Giffin at 949.448.7232 x 2 or email her at info@journeyschool.net. Applications for the 2012/2013 lottery are now available. Please visit our website or receive an application at your scheduled tour. RECOMMENDED READING Transformational Teaching - Waldorf Inspired methods in the Public Schools Mary Goral "Weaving the arts into daily practice allows the learner to engage in diverse practices that not only develop unique gifts, but strengthen areas that need development. Waldorf education structures the learning process to meet the developmental needs of the whole child through a curriculum that balances the sciences, humanities and the arts." Caroline Pinne Transformational Teaching (pg 17) (available at steinerbooks.org)
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Upcoming Garden Events and Information
Roto tilling Sunny Patch on Saturday, Oct. 15th
We're delighted to report Angel Pena will be roto tilling our sunny patch area as well as adding new soil on Saturday, Oct. 15th. Once the soil is prepared, the 5th grade class, as well as JS parents, will have a section of the sunny patch to plant. Brad Southard is heading up the sunny patch/edible food group. The goal is to use harvested food for celebrations and provide food baskets for Journey School families. Share your ideas with Brad Southard at bradsouthard@gmail.com
Composting Workshop for 6th grade . . . date to be announced.
(Journey Parents are welcome to attend this hour workshop taught be master gardener, Joanne Byrd.)
How to prune Fruit Trees . . . date to be announced.
Master gardener, Erik Katzmaier, will be demonstrating how to properly prune fruit trees. (interested 7th & 8th graders are welcome, too) Parents are welcome.
Earthroots Field School and Jodi Levine
In mid-Novemeber, Jodi Levine will start teaching a 2nd grade life cycles in the garden series, a 3rd grade gardening class and a 4th grade Native Skills series. In addition, Jodi will be teaching a rain water harvesting class and demonstration to the 5th graders. Date to be announced.
Journey Garden Link/Website
We're working on a Journey Garden link and website. In the coming weeks we will be launching our Journey Garden website. You'll be able to access up-to-date garden information, photos, events and our Garden and ecology vision.
Tool Shed to be built by the 3rd Grade Class
We're delighted to report the 3rd grade class will be building the garden tool shed. They are starting their class project this month.
Shade Pergola in Green Heart Garden
Early next week, Jason Mueller will put up a pergolas shade structure in the green heart garden.
If you're interested in getting involved in the garden please contact Michelle at michelle@cherishedself.com |
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Facebook Page
Journey School is looking for the person who set up the Journey School Facebook page so that we may act as administrator of the page. Please call Julie Giffin at 949.448.7232 x 2 if this is you or you know who the administrator is! Thank you!
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School Pictures
School Pictures are next week! All pictures will be taken during games classes on Monday and Tuesday. Make-ups will be on Wednesday during 1st or 2nd period. Monday, October 17th 8:30-9:30 Kindy 9:30-10:30 Kindy 1st period - 7th grade 2nd period - 6th grade 3rd period - 4th grade 4th period - 5th grade Tuesday, October 18th 8:30-9:30 - Kindy 9:30-10:30 - Kindy 1st period - 8th grade 2nd period- 3rd grade 3rd period - 1st grade 4th period - 2nd grade |
Halloween Costumes
- This is a reminder that all students are invited to dress in a costume related to their curriculum with no blood, guts, Disney caricatures, etc.
- Please check with your teachers for costume suggestions.
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Close-the-Gap
- We launched the program on September 16th
- The goal is 90% family participation and $250,000
- To date, families representing approximately ??? students have committed roughly $???
- THANK YOU so much
- It is not too late to give
- PLEASE donate generously this week--based on current trends we CAN reach our goal
- Click here to access forms and to better understand why giving is important for your child and the school
- All donations are voluntary and confidential
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Millions by May
It is time for Journey School to THINK BIG...really BIG. So, on top of the Close-the-Gap pledge drive--which primarily asks Journey school families to contribute funds for yearly operations--we are now asking our community allies to raise Millions by May.
- These millions will be used to fund a permanent campus solution and to ensure long-term success.
- Be on the lookout for more information shortly.
- For now, please e-mail Mr. Shaheer Faltas at administrator@journeyschool.net to set a personal appointment.
- Additionally, you may click here to make an instant donation!
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Teacher Appreciation
Parent Cabinet will be hosting two teacher appreciation lunches this year in December and May. Please email Lisa Fry if you would like to volunteer. We are also hoping to provide Wednesday lunch for the teachers several times throughout the year. A simple Pot of Soup or Salad is greatly appreciated by our hardworking teachers. Simply pick a Wednesday and contact lisamariefry@yahoo.com with the date. |
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Liam's Memorial Golf Tournament
Mark your calendar for the 5th Annual Liam's Memorial Golf Tournament. It will be held November 16, 2011 at Aliso Creek Golf Course. Click here for the non-profit letter.
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After-Care
Several of our high-quality aftercare programs still have openings. Please visit our website for more information about our providers and how to sign-up for their wonderful enrichment classes.
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THURSDAY VIOLIN/VIOLA MASTER CLASS
Janet Poth, String Instructor, will teach short private lessons to a class of 4-6 beginning and intermediate students from 3:00-4:30PM Thursdays.
The successful player will:
*bring own instrument and notebook
*practice at least 5 days per week
*share favorite music with the class
* listen and observe the other lessons with courtesy
Parents are welcome at all lessons and are asked to provide an appropriate place and time for regular practice.
Ms. Poth enjoys seeing the success of her students and will use a variety of games, exercises and music to achieve real growth.
Cost: One time $15 fee for registration and music plus $50 per month
Contact her at janpoth@aol.com or (949)922-6388
Resume and references available upon request
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