Last week, the pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classes celebrated Autumn Festival. The large kindergarten play-yard was transformed into a magical Autumn celebration surprise for them. A kindergarten class from Wilson Elementary, a neighboring school, was also invited!

The children participated in an obstacle course, bean bag toss, apple-picking, and new this year...a petting zoo!

Thanks to all of the businesses and organizations that donated decoration items:  The Pumpkin Factory, Sprouts, Home Depot, Trader Joes, Armstrong Garden Centers, Roger's Gardens, Orange County Great Park, and Irvine Park Railroad.

Enormous appreciation and thanks go to the parents of the pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classes, and one 2^nd grade dad with a truck! Without your effort and participation, this event could not happen. From procuring items, to helping to set-up and take down, and manning the activities...thank you! Thank you to the parents who went above and beyond to collect donated items, and to those who helped to set-up and take-down...even though they hadn't planned on it! It is absolutely amazing what we can create when we all come together! Thank you! 

"Brew and Knit"

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Thank you everyone.  We are so grateful for your wonderful showing of support!

Even though our Winter Festival is still some weeks away, it does not seem too early to share some exciting details with our community:

Our wonderful parent volunteers are already starting to plan décor and offerings - thank you to all of you who put in tremendous effort to make this one of our favorite days of the school year! This year, we are pleased to host Winter Festival predominantly on the High School side of campus, boasting the state-of-the-art electrical capacity needed for this event - plus non-carpeted floors! There will be all our traditional cherished crafts, music, good food, and festive mood -- with some new twists:

• Most booths will be located on the high school side of campus.
• Twinkle Star Café will take place in the festively-transformed Handwork classroom.
• An Orchestra performance will be offered in the Eurythmy Hall before we all proceed to the Advent Spiral outside the lower grades to conclude the event
• The Company of Angels will be open for business! To make your holiday shopping a little easier, "sleigh rides" from the HS campus to the store will be offered, and young children will be welcomed in the garden outside the store to enjoy a small craft or to hear a story for a short time while you find the perfect holiday gifts; high school students will be providing this service for holiday shoppers free of charge. And if you need another reason to shop, any purchase over $20 qualifies for a raffle entry to win wonderful prizes, with two tickets to the WSOC Gala (taking place May 30) as the grand prize!
• Tickets for crafts, food and drinks may be pre-purchased throughout the week of the festival. Tickets  are $1 each. Admission is free.

Our Winter Festival wouldn't be the same without an abundance of greens - please help our decorating crew by keeping your eyes open for opportunities to obtain trimmings of evergreens, holly, laurel, magnolia, olive tree, eucalyptus, berry branches, etc., either from your own yard or just approach tree trimmers and Christmas tree vendors, they are usually more than willing to help. Bring your bounty starting on December 1^st to help transform our campus into a festive Winter Wonderland!