It is with great pleasure that we start off this issue of News, Notes & Updates announcing that we have launched our new website! The new platform has an easy-to-use content management system that will enable us to bring you the most current information and spread the word about Waldorf Education, the Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, and all of our events, to a much broader audience.

Still to come are many "back of the house" functions that will enable the school to communicate directly with all currently enrolled families.  All current parents will receive secured passwords that will allow them to access even more information.

The project was a huge undertaking managed by Board Secretary, Laura Selleck, with consultation on content by many faculty, including but not limited to Amalia Pretel-Gray, former faculty Marleen De Grande and MaryBeth Thomas, and parents Rosemary Larkin and Carolyn Storrier, who were on the committee that designed our Upper Grades brochure, which eventually became the foundation of the website content. Melissa Merkling was the "go-to" faculty for pedagogical questions and editing, and I served more on the administrative and marketing side. But all of this could not have been completed without the hiring of our new Communications and Outreach Director, Christina Dixcy, who ultimately built the site along with our website designer, Magic Hour. We can't thank you all enough!

Now that the "front end" of the website is complete, making ongoing updates easier, Christina will take on more and more communications functions at the school beginning with this issue of News, Notes & Updates.  She has once again been at work behind the scenes learning the Constant Contact platform. We will collaborate together on several of our other publications, with Christina eventually taking on the lion's share, enabling me to focus more intensely on enrollment.

Please check out the new website at www.waldorfct.org,and certainly encourage your friends and family to also take a look. You can do so on your computer or on your mobile device!

Warm regards,


Therese Lederer
Enrollment Director

The Sound of Music from many genres... On Tuesday evening, October 15, at 7:00 pm in the Atrium of Compass Hall, our music faculty, Diane Barnes, Dennis Hyde, and Mary Larson will present a fun and varied program of music from Bach to Rodgers and Hammerstein, as well as ancient and contemporary lyre music. The music will sound forth from piano, euphonium, flute, voice, lyre, and the new metal instruments. Come and support the Music Department and enjoy this wonderful program. It will be an enjoyable evening for all.

  

Please join us for Housatonic Valley Waldorf School's 

  

  

  

  

Join us for an evening of Waldorf Alums from 10 different schools!  If you graduated from The Waldorf School of Philadelphia, The Garden City Waldorf School, Waldorf School of Princeton, Kimberton Waldorf School, Hawthorne Valley School, Rudolf Steiner School of NYC, Green Meadow Waldorf School, Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School, Washington Waldorf School, Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, or any other Waldorf school, please join us at:

   

 

Pageant Soloveev
Bainbridge Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147 

 

The venue is an art gallery in the Bella Vista section of Philadelphia, and will host a national Waldorf art exhibit that will be on display from Nov. 9^th through November 10^th. This alumni event and art exhibit are all a part of The Waldorf School of Philadelphia's weekend event called the "Pop-Up Shop."  We can't wait to see a vibrant mix of alumni from our many schools to share stories, experiences, and memories.  This is a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and network with new connections.  Food, drink, raffles, and great conversation are provided.  Hope to see you there!

 

HVWS is delighted to be a sponsor.

  

 

 

One of the many tangible ways you can contribute to growing our enrollment.

  

 

 

  

  

 

 

There is never any parking in front of the bay doors or along the back of the building.

 

Dismissal time can be very busy. Please consider not parking your car and just driving through to pick up your child. If you have school business, please park in the Taunton Hill Road lot and use our crosswalk to access the South (Grades) Campus.

 

This parking agreement is in place for evening events as well.

 

When we have special events that require use of all the Fire House's parking spaces, we need to ask them beforehand to make sure they're available, and pay an additional fee.