Friday, 5/16

HS Art Festival

6 pm 

Friday, 5/16

Speech & Language Therapy Screening during school hours

Monday, 5/19

Patti Connelly Parent Lecture: Five Secrets to Happy, Less-Stressed Parenting

Eurythmy Hall

6:30 pm

Tuesday, 5/20

Grade 3 Field Trip: The Port of Los Angeles, Boat Tour

Wednesday, 5/21

Grade 3: Spanish Play

Eurythmy Hall

2 pm

Thursday, 5/22

Spring Concert

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church

6:30 pm musician check-in

7 pm Performance

Friday, 5/23

No School: In Service Day

Friday - Saturday, 5/23 -6/3

Grade 8 Trip

Monday, 5/26

Memorial Day - No school holiday

Tuesday, 5/27

Grade 9: Parent Meeting

7 pm

Tuesday- Friday, 5/27- 5/30

Grade 7 Field Trip: Catalina

Monday, 6/2

Grade 6: Parent Evening

6:45 pm

Tuesday, 6/3

Grade 3: Parent Evening

7:00 pm

Wednesday, 6/4

Company of Angels

Trunk Show

8:30 am - 2 pm  

Friday, 6/6

Move-A-Thon

Monday, 6/9

Grade 6: Field Trip

Wednesday, 6/11

Grade 6 & 7: Field Trip Beach Day

3 pm return to campus

Thursday, 6/12

Last Day of School

For Early Childhood

Friday, 6/13

Last Day of School

For Grades 1 - HS

12:00 pm Dismissal

Saturday, 6/14

Grade 8 Promotion

11 am

Saturday, 6/14

Grade 12 Graduation

2 pm

Monday - Saturday, 6/16 -6/21

Teacher Training Intensive

The High School Arts Festival is coming up on Friday, May 16th! Starting at 6:00PM, you can view the gallery of student artwork and at 7:00PM, you will enjoy performances by the choir and the orchestra and many eurythmy pieces. It is not to be missed! There are ONLY 120 SEATS/TICKETS. Get your $10 pre-sale ticket at the Company of Angels and $12 at the door before they run out!

Congratulations to Johnny R. in the 2nd grade! He won the $124 value May Faire high school raffle! Thank you to everyone who supported the high school by buying raffle tickets!

Coming Soon!

The Move-a-Thon - Grades 1 - 12

Students in Grades 1 - 12 should have brought home their Move-a-Thon packet before the spring recess.  If you don't recall that or can't find it now, don't worry, we have more in the office.  Hint: look for a large manila envelope in a backpack.

Many students look forward to the Move-a-Thon each year as a time to reconnect with their groups from Michaelmas in the fall.  It's a day of movement and being physically challenged, of course, because it's the MOVE-a-thon.  But it is also an opportunity for teamwork and collaboration among students of many ages, an opportunity for the younger children to be led by the high school students, and a day for all the kids to celebrate their school.

It is time to continue, or start, gathering your pledges.  

The packet explains the event and your child's role in participating both in the physical challenges, and the fundraising component.  The event will be slightly different than years past involving a longer run and some surprise challenges being designed by the 12th Grade.  Pledge envelopes are due on June 5.

Many students have had great success gathering donations by reaching out on-line to family and friends they do not see on a regular basis.  If your child would like to give this a try, they can use this email template as a guide click here!.  Please note the email template is not something they should just forward as is, it requires them to add their name, for example, to give it a personal touch.  Each student earning $150 or more in donations is entered into a raffle to win movement prizes and classes with 100% participation earn prizes for their class. 

Your children will be directing their supporters to: http://waldorfschool.com/move-a-thon

For the email template in PDF click here. 

We had a successful drive WSOC!  There were 21 good pints of blood donated, which could translate into helping as many as 63 people in need. Fantastic! Thank you to everyone who participated, in makes a difference.

Thank You,

The Red Cross

The Early Childhood Department is working on building up their substitution pool for next year (if you are called in to substitute it is an hourly rate of pay). If you are interested in assisting, please submit a letter of interest in Miss Terri's inbox at the front office.

WSOC's Enrollment Soars 

We are very pleased to share that our re-enrollment for 2014-2015 is currently at a robust 98% and rising. The majority of our grades classes have wait pools and we are filling our Playgroup and Early Childhood classes to capacity. As of today we have 20 students registered for our 9th grade and more are in process. We are extremely grateful to our community and inspired by the strong re-enrollment and renewed dedication.

Our greater visibility is apparent in the increase in Admissions Event attendance and the number of applications in our wait pools. Our presence in the larger Orange County community continues to grow. How wonderful! Thank you to all of those who have encouraged their friends, family and neighbors to come and meet us - word of mouth is our most effective form of marketing. 

We have a lot to be proud of! Thank you for being an important part of our strength and success. 

Grade 7 & 8 Orchestra

The Waldorf School of Orange County's (WSOC) 7th and 8th grade string orchestra took home top honors at the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Kennedy Regional Music Festival in LaPalma.

Our 35-piece orchestra received a Unanimous Superior Rating. This is a special honor since ours was the only middle school orchestra invited to compete at the regional festival.  

"This is a real thrill for us," Debora Wondercheck, strings teacher said. "The students did a stellar job of incorporating input they received from judges when they competed at the Garden Grove Band and Orchestra District Festival in March. Our orchestras have competed at the regional festival in the past, but this is the first time we achieved a Unanimous Superior rating."

Musicians in festival competition play three pieces of music. They are judged on dynamics, rhythm, blend, balance, phrasing, intonation, articulation, technique and interpretation. Each band or orchestra is also scored on its sight reading ability. To receive a Unanimous Superior rating, bands must score Superior on every aspect by every adjudicator. Wondercheck said the WSOC orchestra played Prelude to the Holberg Suite, by Grieg, Fantasia on Greensleeves, by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Amadeus from Symphony 25, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

 
Save the Date!   

Our Spring Concert will be held on Thursday, May 22

 St. Andrews Presbyterian Church

600 Saint Andrews Rd, Newport Beach

Musician check-in at 6:30 pm

Performance 7 pm

Please note that there is no school the following day on May 23rd

 (In-Service Day) and on May 26th in observance of Memorial Day.  

Last Aftercare form for the school year. Please note Early Childhood's last day of school ends June 12th

Click here for Big Aftercare! 

Click here for Little Aftercare!  

The Company of Angels

So is it summer vacation yet? Kinda feels like it outside, right? As we all move towards breathing out during the summer months, we have this to announce:

CUPCAKES AND PASTRIES TRUNK SHOW

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4TH 8:30-2:00pm

We also have special Thank You's to the following . . . to find out specials and more, click here! 

• Average class participation = 73%
• School-wide participation = 78%
• # of classes over 80% = 4
• # of classes at 100% - 1 (FIRST GRADE)
• Our goal = 100% in EVERY class
• Number of school days remaining to get your class to 100% = 19!
• To see participation by class, click here!

What does your class need to to do reach 100%?  It couldn't be simpler. 

--On-line at www.waldorfschool.com/annual

or

--Stop by the front office and slip a check into a handy Annual Giving envelope