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Dear Journey School Family,
In an effort to streamline communications, you will now receive upcoming events monthly instead of weekly. Please check the JourneySchool.net Calendar page and blog for news and the most up-to-date information. Also, please continue to refer to the Weekly Happenings emails from your Room Parent for important deadlines, updates specific to your classroom, and volunteer opportunities.
Calendar is subject to change.
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 | The Oak and The Acorn Store Hours |  | |
We're Open!
 Wednesday 11:30am-1:30pm Thursday 11:30am -1:30pm Friday 8:45am - 10:45am
The store is meant to be a warm and welcoming place for parents to gather -- or grab coffee and biscotti. |
| Journey School Gala Dinner & Auction | | |
Celebrate Education
 Details on the Parent Cabinet website. Some tickets available at the door. Auction Support - Want to help at the auction or can't make it to the auction? Here's how you can contribute to its success: ask a friend to bid on your behalf, help run prizes to check-out, help at check-out, and clean-up after the Auction Gala, and write thank you notes, donate directly to the auction fund. Click here to sign-up to help! Where & When? Location: Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club - 26772 Avery Pkwy, Mission Viejo, CA 92692
Date: Saturday, March 2nd
Time: 6pm
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| Memorial Service for Julia Elliot | |
The services for Julia Elliot (mother of alumni Sam Elliott) will be held Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 10:00am where Jim & Julia got married at: Laguna Country United Methodist Church, 24442 Moulton Pkwy., Laguna Woods, CA 92637. |
| STAR Writing Test for Grades 4 and 7 | |
The STAR Writing Test for Grades 4 and 7 will take place on Tuesday, March 5th and Wednesday, March 6th. It's important that all students attend and get lots of rest as well as good nutrition. Last year, our 4th Grade students scored 3.5 out of a 4.0 rubric on their writing while the 7th graders scored 3.75. For questions please contact your class teacher. |
| March Parent Cabinet Meeting | | |
Get Involved!
Hear which committees are forming for the Spring and into next year. The time to get involved for next year is now!
Where & When?
Location: Parent Cottage (at back of school near Music Room)
Date: Wednesday, March 6th
Time: 9am-11am
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| Kindergarten Community Meeting | | |
First Grade Readiness
Join the Early Childhood Department as they explore and explain how readiness for 1st grade is determined at Journey School. It is the last full Kindy Community Evening of the school year. RSVP to your teacher.
Where & When?
Date: Thursday, March 7th
Time: 5:45pm-7:30pm
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| Head Heart and Hands | | |
Parent Education, Bringing Waldorf Home
 Wednesday, March 13th - Snacking on Temperaments
Hit the mid year what to make for lunch moment?? What are the temperaments anyway?
This workshop will be a fun way to explore the temperaments and some ideas for easy, healthy lunches and snacks. Ideas and examples offered for how to feed a finicky melancholic or a gourmand phlegmatic, a nibbling sanguine or a hearty choleric. Getting your child to eat the snacks and lunches you pack may be as easy as packing a meal that fits their temperament. No cooking skills required!
Wednesday, March 27th - Creating Clear Boundaries, Communicating with Our Children
What are boundaries and why/how do we set them? What boundaries do you have in your family life? Is it working?
Explore various healthy happy effective communication tools as well as the Virtues Project based boundaries that help to use our authority in service to our children's personal, educational and spiritual life. This workshop will focus on fostering a culture of respect within our families. Where & When? Location: Parent Cottage (back of campus by Music Room) Dates: Wednesdays -- March 13th and March 27th |
| Enrollment Lottery for the 2013-14 School Year | |
The enrollment window for the 2013-2014 Lottery is now closed. All are welcome to join us for our 2013-14 Enrollment Lottery drawing on March 14th.
Where & When?
Location: MPR
Date: Thursday, March 14th
Time: 3:30pm to 4:30pm
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| Bunnies, Chicks and More Crafting Workshop | | |
For Spring Baskets
Join us as we create little animals to add to your Spring Baskets. We will be hand-sewing rabbits, chicks, birds and mice from felt -- just big enough to fit in a child's hand -- for puppet shows or to decorate the seasonal table. Make as many as you like! If you want to make more handmade animals at home, the school store sells 100% wool felt sheets ($2.65/sheet) in a rainbow of colors. Fee $10. Workshop will be led by Phyllis Gilmer. Phyllis has been a Waldorf Early Childhood Educator for 25 years and teaches workshops on doll making, crafts, knitting and sewing.
Where & When?
Location: The Oak and The Acorn (Journey School Store outdoor seating)
Date: Friday, March 15th
Time: 9:30am to Noon
While Journey School facilitates these opportunities, we do not manage them; outside providers are entirely responsible for all aspects of workshops. Contact workshop providers with questions.
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| Dad Workshop + Work Party = More Play for Kids | | |
Attend Workshop, then Help Build Nature Playscape
Dad's Workshop
Workshop from 8:45am to 10am. Dads will gather for a special workshop with Thom Schaefer, Master Waldorf Teacher and professor of education at Steiner College, to continue the questions and conversation brought in the February workshop. ALL dads, out in the community and inside our school, are welcome to this interactive discussion! Sign-up here and bring a friend!
Nature Playscape Work Party
Work Party follows from 10am to 4pm! Moms - and other helpers - are welcome to join in after the workshop for a work party to build something beautiful for our young children who need opportunity to creatively play in nature in appropriate ways. Bring your tools--we are going to create a new developmentally-appropriate PLAYSCAPE for our 1st Grade children. Sign-up here to create a beautiful play area for the kids.
Where & When?
Location: MPR for Workshop
Dates: Saturday, March 16th
Time: 8:45am-10:00am Workshop and 10am-4pm Work Party
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| Gallery Walk | | |
Journey's Open House
Students will transform their classrooms into an educational "Gallery." Learning displays will be on exhibition for all to see, including: student main lesson books, writing, art, poetry, math, and science experiments.
During the Gallery Walk you will have a chance to focus on student work and engage in dialogue with teachers and other parents. All current parents, prospective new parents, and community members are invited to attend. The evening is not intended for the kids. Parents are encouraged to find their own childcare as the school is not able to support the whole community.
Details to follow - please read room parent emails and check the school calendar page.
Where & When?
Location: School Classrooms
Date: Wednesday, March 27th
Time: 5pm
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| Journey School Board Meeting | | |
Agenda available at JourneySchool.net before the meeting.
When & Where?
Location: Main Office Conference Room
Date: Thursday, March 28th
Time: 6pm
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| Important March Calendar Notes | |
Parent and Afterschool Handwork Cancelled -
Handwork Instructor, Liz Clark, had to travel for a family emergency. Classes are covered for students during school hours, but cancelled for after school and parent handwork classes. Classes will resume in the Spring.
No School on Friday, March 8th
Claim Your Lost & Found Items on Monday, March 11th -
The items will be displayed on the fence by the outer drop off spot -- in front of the playground entrance to the school. Unclaimed items will be placed back into the big gray bins by the children's restrooms until Friday, March 15th when they will be taken to a donation site. If an item is newly lost, it will go through another cycle before it is donated.
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| Every Week | |
- Gardening & Composting Wednesdays - Contact Michele Whiteaker to help our Garden Helpers maintain our outdoor classrooms each week.
- Jamba Juice Wednesdays - Jamba Juice sale proceeds help Parent Cabinet fund the events and festivals it sponsors each year.
- Recycling Thursdays - Every Thursday morning at drop-off our 4th grade team collects CRV labeled plastic bottles and aluminum cans. No glass please.
- Community Support Agriculture (CSA) Thursdays - Every Thursday - order your box today from Tanaka Farms to benefit Journey and your family.
- Lunch Form Fridays - Every Friday lunch order forms are collected for the following week's or month's lunch orders.
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| Coming in April | |
- April 4th & 5th - Minimum Days (dismissal at 12:35pm for all grades).
- April 8th-12th - NO SCHOOL - Spring Break
- April 17th (6pm) - Alumni Night - Hear from our illustrious alumni on their life after Journey School.
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