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March 2nd
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11th Grade Costa Rica Parent Mtg
March 2nd-
Grade 2 Parent Meeting
March 2nd-
High School Parent Liaison Committee
March 4th-
PEP: Pedagogical Director Clare Knauss
March 5th
- Gala Committee Meeting
March 5th
- Grade 3 Parent Meeting
March 6th-
Grandparents and Special Friends Day
March 8th-
Daylight Savings Begins
March 9th
- EID Committee Meeting
March 10th-
SAT Workshop with High Performance Tutoring
March 11th-
PEP
March 11th-
Senior Projects, Early Release Day for High School
March 12th-
Gala Committee Meeting
March 12th
- Board Meeting
March 13th-
High School Liaison Coffee Talk: Pedagogical Director Clare Knauss
March 13th
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Grade 7/8 Track Meet, Mt Miguel
March 14th
- 8th Grade Sound Healing Fundraiser
March 18th-
PEP
March 19th-
Gala Committee Meeting
March 19th-
Eurythmy Concert
March 21st-
Early Childhood Puppet Shows
March 22nd
- EID Committee Meeting
March 24th
- First Grade Ready Meeting
March 25th
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A Day in the Waldorf School Tour
March 25th
- Parent Association Meeting
March 26th
- Marketing Committee Meeting
March 26th-
Gala Committee Meeting
March 27th
- Middle School Dance
March 28th
- Climb-A-Thon
March 31st
- Parent Evening - Cyber Civics
**Please visit our
website
for up-to-date information on events. Some dates and times may change throughout the month.**
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FRIDAY MARCH 6, 2020 9am - 12pm
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Hello Grandparents and Special Friends,
We are excited to announce a new program for this event. This year, you will be able to visit your students’ classrooms!
At check in, we will be forming visiting groups by class or grade. This is our first year of doing an early morning event so after classroom visits, we will be serving you a beautiful brunch instead of lunch. We are so happy that you are part of our extended Waldorf family; this is one of our favorite days of the year! Parents, if you are able to attend our other school functions, please help us make room for our special guests unless you are needed to assist them.
Sincerely,
Liza Ferraro WSSD Development Events
(619) 280-8016 x 201
development@waldorfsandiego.org
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Schedule of the Day
8:30 Welcome Check In & Name Tags - Coffee, Tea & Form Visiting Groups
9:00 1st Wave of Visitors to Nursery or Grades 1-8 (Choose One Class)
9:30 2nd Wave of Visitors to Nursery or Grades 1-8 (Choose One Class)
9:30 Brunch Begins
10:00 - 11:00 High School Jazz Band, Speakers and Raffle!
10:40 1st Wave of Visitors to Kindergarten Yard
11:10 2nd Wave of Visitors to Kindergarten Yard
11:20 High School Visitors make their way to Colina Campus
11:30 High School visits start with option to join HS students for lunch at 12
11:30 Brunch ends at the Altadena Campus
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Current parents are
ALWAYS
welcomed to join all or part of the monthly
"A Day at the Waldorf School"
tour, which takes place just once-a-month. It's a great view into what your own child is doing in class, and a peek into the future when you visit the classes above your child's age group. Cap it off by interacting with our High School students, which is a great confirmation of the benefits of Waldorf education and how well prepared the older students are for college, and for life!
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The
11th Grade
would like to thank everyone in the community who supported the Cabaret. It was a huge success and would not have been possible without the help of parents, grandparents, teachers and friends!
Wonderful community news
: O
ur cello teacher had a baby girl!
Ms Brown says "
Georgia Beatrice Smith arrived on 2/16 and we are in love! So far she is a great eater and pretty easy baby."
Congratulations from all of us at WSSD- savor every moment and rest when you can!
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Our annual Eurythmy Concert is coming up quickly! Join us Thursday, March 19th at the Joan B. Kroc Theater, located at 6611 University Avenue. The performance will begin promptly at 5:00 pm.
The students in every class are working with great effort towards this performance, and it is with joy that we are looking forward to sharing the fruits of our hard work with the community.
Tickets are now on sale in the front office at the Altadena and Colina Campuses, as well as online at ParentSquare.com. Performers and class chaperones will not be required to purchase tickets.
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Grade One can't get enough of our new balance beam, a Giving Tree wish fulfillment.
Hand hewn in Maine of maple by a craftsman at B.E. Woods, strong and beautiful, it helps the children with balance and posture.
The children are very grateful and having a lot of fun!
Mrs. Case
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Every year, our seniors complete a capstone project to celebrate the end of their academic careers at WSSD. The seniors have put together presentations to be shared with their community.
Please, join us for this special evening on
Wednesday 3/11
It's best to arrive at the Colina campus by 4:45 pm. Presentations will begin promptly @ 5 pm.
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Climb-A-Thon (save the date!)
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Hi Families,
We welcome you to join us - and please encourage/support your high schooler to participate!
This event, our second in recent history, is a fun way to enjoy a beautiful spring morning in a great location AND support our 11th-grade service trip.
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Baba Yaga T- Shirts
Designed by the 11th grade using original artwork
ALL SIZES $20
Available in: Youth S, L as well as Adult S, L
ALL proceeds go to fundraising the 11th grade Costa Rica Trip
Visit the High School Front Office for additional purchase information.
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Our Work with Monique Marshall
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Over February break faculty and staff discussed similarities and differences, the importance of story and feelings and so much more with speaker Monique Marshall. Later that evening Monique hosted a presentation for parents covering "Parenting in a Diverse World."
Monique Marshall is a graduate of the Rudolf Steiner School of New York City, class of '86. A progressive elementary school educator who has been working with young children in independent schools for 29 years, she holds a B.S. in Education from Skidmore College and an M.Ed. from Bank Street in New York City. Monique is currently a teacher at Wildwood School in Los Angeles, the founder of the school's diversity group, co-chair of the parent diversity group, and a member of the school's Multicultural Leadership Team. She is on the board of Southern California, People of Color in Independent Schools, dedicated to supporting people of color in independent schools.
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WSSD Gala ~ Saturday May 16, 2020 5pm ~ Sandbox Venue
Our gracious sponsors help to underwrite the event and ensure that all of the proceeds
from the Gala can be given back to the school! We love to create a win-win with our sponsors!
We appreciate past year's sponsors and are thrilled to welcome those that join this year!
Important Gala Dates:
Weekly Committee meetings: Thursdays 8:30 am at Nate's Garden Grill
Wine Party: Friday April 24th, 2020 hosted by Daiga Atvara! - More details coming soon!
Gala Procurement and Donation Deadline - Wednesday May 6th, 2020
Celestial Nights Gala: Saturday May 16, 2020
JOIN OUR GALA COMMITTEE! We need volunteers of all skills and talents and the good news.. is that you do not need to come to weekly meetings! We have a ton of fun so please join us! Contact Cambria Berger to sign up for a team!
cambria.berger@gmail.com
619-925-0821
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News from the Snake & Lily!
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We have received the permit from the city to start work on the Snake & Lily and are optimist we may be able to re-open sometime in March. Once we have a firm date we
will post our Grand Re-Opening details on Parent Square.
See our chalkboard or our Instagram/Facebook page for more details as we get closer to this time.
We thank you for your patience and support during this time we have been closed. We look forward to serving you again soon!
Warm Regards,
The Snake and Lily Team...
Deborah and Candy
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Hello WSSD Families!
Did you know that you can make a pledge for Annual Giving and it will count now? All a pledge is ...is a promise to make a certain payment by a certain date. You let me know how much and when you will make your donation and we can count it now!
Currently we have reached 85% participation and $100,707 in Annual Giving donations. Our goal is 100% participation and $150K by June. The good news is that there is still time! If you have not yet made your tax deductible donation or pledge, please visit: www.waldorfsandiego.org/donate-to-wssd. Annual Giving is one of three very important fundraisers we do to help bridge the gap between tuition and program costs. (Annual Giving, Winter Faire and the Spring Gala). Thank you for helping us achieve 100% participation! If you have Development questions, please contact Liza Ferraro 619-280-8016 x 201.
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Friendly reminder! Scrip Session for this school year ends April 30, 2020. Every WSSD family has a $220 rebate requirement, so the sooner you get started, the better!
WSSD Enrollment code: 5C2486559L82
If you have any questions on how to get started, please contact Scrip Volunteer, Michelle Chambless
619-831-2591
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VONS and SAFEWAY ON SALE
UNTIL FRIDAY MARCH 6th!
4%
5%
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We will be featuring over the next few months, the qualities of Waldorf graduates as written about in the Waldorf Research Bulletin....and we couldn't agree more!
A second characteristic of Waldorf undergraduates repeatedly cited is their creative and imaginative capacities, not only in the practice of the arts but also in the study of science. A professor noted of a Waldorf undergraduate that his “imagination, his nuanced verbal skills, and his leadership qualities had been richly nourished in him by his prior schooling.” A different Waldorf student earned this comment: “She had more confidence in her imagination than did most students.”
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Jason Hurlbut | Class of '17
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Jason Hurlbut is a 3rd Year student at Eastman School of Music. He is a member of their Philharmonia orchestra, performances of which are live streamed monthly.
(
https://www.esm.rochester.edu/live/
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Julian Klincewicz| Class of '14, collaborating with
Va
ns
&
Stance Socks
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"For emerging artists worldwide,
Julian Klincewicz
is a role model. In the last few years, he has made books, installations and videos, recorded albums and staged DIY fashion shows – all to international acclaim. It’s not the big names which make Klincewicz stand out but his integrity – the ability to approach his work with empathy, care, and realness."
Click
here
to read the entire article from Dazed.
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Please take a look- we have lots of new entries in Tutoring, Health and Wellness, Legal and more...
Our goal is to create a WSSD Business Directory to encourage support for our local businesses and professionals that are a part of our community.
All businesses listed will have a WSSD family connection. This is an opportunity to expand, increase and grow your business and a great way to support our community. Think of our community any time you shop, use professional services or dine out!
Our Directory is officially up on our website, under the Community Page!
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WISC San Diego has begun a new Winter/Spring semester! If you are interested in possibly joining this transformative preparatory journey to becoming a Waldorf teacher, please call Core Director, Jacqueline Develle for more information at 760-451-2139 or email
jpdevelle@gmail.com.
What's New? W.I.L.L.- Windows into Lifelong Learning Workshops and Ongoing Classes! We are opening up our curriculum classes for parents, teachers, caregivers and friends to deepen their understanding of Waldorf education. Pick and choose your favorites and join us for a Saturday class! First class is free. Participants must be pre-registered, no walk-ins please.
Click here for the Winter/Spring 2020 W.I.L.L Workshop & Class List!
Links to upcoming events!
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Shop to Support Us
Select "
The Waldorf School of San Diego
" as your charity of choice and a percentage of eligible purchases goes to the school.
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