WINTER BREAK

Starts Friday, Dec. 20

(Grade School Half Day - 12:40 Dismissal;

EC Classes, please check with your teachers)

NO extended day or aftercare programs

Winter Garden Walks

Hagens Hall

Saturday, December 7:

4:30 p.m. Mrs. Cirianni-Jones's Rose Garden

5:30 p.m. Mrs. Kessler's Sunflower Garden

6:30 p.m. Community Walk 

Sunday, December 8:

4:30 p.m. Ms. Beatty's First Grade

5:30 p.m. Ms. Cardenas's Second Grade

YuleFest 2013

Saturday, December 14, 1-4 p.m.

Golden House

Come for a festive afternoon of crafting, shopping, live music, and refreshment ... stay for the puppet show!

Folk Tale Puppets Presents "The Speech of the Beasts"

Saturday, December 14, 3 p.m.

Hagens Hall

Tickets are $5 per person at the door. Most appropriate for families with children age 5 and up.

Online Holiday Auction Ends This Sunday!

Sunday, December 8, 8:30-10:30 p.m.

(closing times are staggered)

Less than a week left to bid on your most watched items (325+ in all)! If you haven't already, please share the link with friends and family! (Don't forget, you can keep an eye on your auction items on your mobile device.)

Have you taken advantage of our scrip offer through the auction site? Click on the scrip logo under our sponsors for a chance to win a gift card of your choice!

"Outer Structures, Inner Freedom":

Parent Council Morning Enrichment Meeting

Tuesday, December 10, 8:45 a.m.

Multipurpose Room (upstairs in the Golden House)

Come listen to the talk and make a craft for the holidays with teachers Pamela Shafer and Kristen Daley. Hot beverages will be served.

"Why on Earth? Biography and the Practice

of Human Becoming": A Talk by Signe Schaefer

Co-sponsored by the Waldorf School of Princeton

and the Princeton Chapter of the Anthroposophical Society

Sunday, December 15, 4:00 p.m. 

Hagens Hall

Can we really meet the challenges around us without also attending to our inner life and to our own evolving biography as it reflects and informs the outer world? Teacher and author Signe Schaefer invites us to explore our own meaning-filled life journeys, to bring conscious attention to how we go our path, so that we may more freely perceive our possibilities and our responsibilities along the way of our personal and shared becoming. You can read more about Signe Schaefer's work here. Free and open to the public.

Grades 4 & 5 Strings Recital

Monday, December 16, 2 p.m.

Hagens Hall

Parents welcome!

The Shepherds' Play

Friday, December 20, 7 p.m.

Mackay Campus Center, Princeton Theological Seminary

At this time of the year, faculty and staff at Waldorf schools around the world perform this reverential and humorous medieval Nativity play as a gift to students and to the school community. Click here for directions.

Alumni & Alumni Parents Holiday Open House

Saturday, December 21, 4-6 p.m.

Golden House

Featuring friends, star folding, eurythmy, and more!

RSVPs are appreciated but not necessary: alumni@princetonwaldorf.org.

COMING IN JANUARY ...

A Special Open House & Alumni Panel

for Current and Prospective Families

Saturday, January 11, 2014, 10 a.m.-Noon

Childcare available for current families, pre-registration required, contact admissions@princetonwaldorf.org.

Co-sponsored by the WSP Parent Council.

For details of school events, please contact events@princetonwaldorf.org.

Grade School Tours and Observation Mornings in 2014

We are scheduling grade school tours and observation mornings for WSP early childhood parents after dropoff on weekday mornings. If you are interested in registering, please contact Diane Barlow at x115.

Financial Aid Applications Due February 1

Visit TADS to apply now, or contact Diane Barlow with questions at x115. 

Attention, Parents of the Seventh and Eighth Grades!

Choate Rosemary Hall, a boarding/day school in central CT, visited our school last month. They look forward to Waldorf applicants! More information about their school year and summer programs can be found in the Parent Library on the second floor of the Golden House. A representative from George School will be visiting next. Please contact Diane Barlow at x115 if interested.

Mock Interviews for Eighth Graders

Members of the administration are available to conduct mock interviews with interested eighth grade students. Please contact Diane Barlow at x115 to schedule.

Study Group to Begin in New Year

Parents have expressed interest in participating in a study group beginning in the new year. Under consideration is Rudolf Steiner's "The Kingdom of Childhood," a series of lectures given to a small group of pioneering Waldorf teachers in England. The meetings will take place on Mondays or Wednesdays after dropoff (8:40-9:30 a.m.) in the multipurpose room. If you are interested, please contact Diane Barlow, x115.

Call for Gently Used Books Now through January 17

WSP is planning a community book fair for Groundhog Day! All subjects accepted; please, no magazines, board books, DVDs, CDs, VHS tapes, or other media. Light wear OK, but please no torn covers/pages, broken bindings, stains, writing or water damage. Contact Jamie Quirk to schedule a dropoff.

Attention Waldorf Grandparents!

We are looking into ways to connect WSP Grandparents with the school and each other. Currently we have our monthly community e-newsletter and Grandparents' & Special Friends' Day in May, but we are exploring ways to build this part of our community further. Some possibilities include monthly meetings or even an online chat group. If you are interested in exploring this or have other ideas, please contact Beth Miller at x121.