Weekly Bulletin
April 27, 2022
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You can buy raffle tickets to win these amazing themed gift baskets! |
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Raffles, Auctions, and Buy In Parties - available this week only! |
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We are excited to offer our community the opportunity to support WWS while having a great time at a Buy-In Party or having the chance to win fabulous raffle and auction items. Themed baskets, Buy-In parties, and Silent Auctions are available online now through Friday at noon and other raffle items close Sunday evening.
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Buy-in Parties: Every year, members of the WWS community offer small private events. There is no bidding involved - it’s first come, first served until sold out. There is something for everyone, including cocktails, golf, formal dinners, and crafts for the grown ups, as well as ice cream and pool parties for the kids. Learn a new skill, relax with yoga or board games, or have family photos taken.
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Raffles for themed baskets (picture books, road trip entertainment, gardening, creative writing, and a whiskey cocktail hour for the adults) and local experiences (sports, theater, a VIP package for the Bazaar, and more!)
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Silent Auctions for a New York City adventure or a reserved parking spot on campus.
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Buy-In Parties - Something for Everyone! |
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Thank You to the Broom Brigade |
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Many thanks to the dedicated crew who came to the Broom Brigade event on Saturday, and a special thanks to the PLG for organizing the event.
We accomplished a lot together! Areas in front of the school are newly weeded, mulched, and planted, and areas in the back were spruced up as well.
We appreciate your support!
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Staying Up to Date With Our School Calendar
* Current Parents can find Zoom information for meetings in ParentSquare
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May
2/ Monday
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NO SCHOOL - Eid al-Fitr - The date for Eid al-Fitr was tentatively May 3 on our school calendar, but astronomical conditions have set the date as May 2. We will not have school on Mon, 5/2 and we will be in session on Tues, 5/3.
6/ Friday
- Spring Festival, 1:15pm (see below)
9/ Monday
- G4 Parent Evening, 6pm
- Curricular Conversation with the Community, 7pm
13/ Friday
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Spring Festival with Families Invited
Friday, May 6 from 1:15-2:30
We are excited to be able to plan for an outdoor Spring Festival together with our families. The program will include grades 2-8 and our high school ensembles as well as a special time for grades 1 & 12.
We welcome current parents/guardians and any grandparents and special friends who are able to attend. We look forward to continuing to open up the campus in the fall as health conditions permit.
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Monday, May 23 from 8-9pm
The Community Book Club has chosen: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson as its next book for a May meeting. Wilkerson's first book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, won the Pulitzer prize.
"Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today".
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Save the Date!
Groundbreaking and Launch of
the Room to Move Campaign
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Friday, May 27 from 11:30am - 2:30pm
The secret is out! Thanks to the generous support of lead donors, countless volunteer and staff hours, and the leadership of our Room to Move campaign committee, Washington Waldorf School is thrilled to announce that we have raised $5.8 million out of a $7 million goal to build a gym on our school’s campus. We celebrate those who have helped us get this far, and invite YOU to be a part of the excitement!
Join us on Friday, May 27 from 11:30am - 2:30pm on the blacktop for a community-wide celebration, including food trucks, music, and entertainment. Hear more about the plans to build the gym, and learn how you can play a part. Current parents and students, grandparents, alums and family members are joyfully invited to join us.
At the conclusion of the gym’s construction, we will have more “Room to Move”. The gym will not only serve as an athletic facility, it will be a central gathering place for our community and a source of pride.
Room to Move Campaign Committee: Vanessa and John Beckman, Maria Monteverde-Jackson and Jon Jackson, Lelia True, Taisto Saloma, Stephanie Hanson, Miriam Zarin, Pat Jackson (Campaign Counsel)
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We are thrilled to announce that Torie Gorges will take on the role of Enrollment Director when Lezlie retires at the end of the school year. We have been fortunate to have Torie as the WWS Enrollment Associate since 2020 as well as the 3rd grade assistant teacher this year. Before joining us, Torie served as the Director of Admissions and Enrollment at Potomac Crescent Waldorf School.
Torie has two children at WWS and she is a passionate advocate for Waldorf Education. We are excited to have Torie taking the helm of our Enrollment Office and continuing to bring her dedication and enthusiasm to the school.
Torie spent over a decade as an education researcher, focused on evaluation of education reform efforts and uses of mindfulness in schools. She has taught in various settings, from a small town in Costa Rica to a Google Classroom. Torie graduated from Williams College with a bachelor's degree in psychology, Stanford University with a master's degree in education, and holds a Waldorf teaching certificate from Antioch University New England.
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The following is a special message from Nevin Bender, Music Director, who will move on from WWS at the end of the school year:
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In 1988, as a grad student in piano at Catholic University, I saw an ad posted for a part-time eurythmy accompanist at a school in Bethesda. I had no idea what I was in for, but was hired for the position and part of my work as a freelance musician over the next 15 years included accompanying WWS eurythmy classes. In 1995 I was hired to teach music classes in grades 1 - 4 as well, but quit after the first week. I felt I was not qualified to do this work adequately. In 2002, I was given a second chance, and took on the position of full-time Music Director - this time I stuck with it, finding a way through the challenges and discovering the great joys of teaching as well.
I am grateful for the privilege of working deeply for about 15 years with several great eurythmists who were amazing artists and teachers and were able to see into the depths of the students. Through them I developed a love and deep appreciation for both eurythmy and anthroposophy.
I LOVE working with students of all ages throughout the school. We have the most wonderful students at WWS and I always feel blessed to work with them through the medium of music. Some highlights for me include High School a cappella groups, HS Chamber Singers, the 11th grade History Through Music block, 5/6 chorus, LS music classes, helping with plays and musicals, sponsoring HS classes and working with HS advisees, some really great class trips!, preparing music for festivals, working last year as a 1st grade assistant. and the list could go on and on...
I am very grateful that my three (now adult) children had the opportunity to attend WWS.
This is an amazing community of people who reached out and supported me this year through an illness, and then welcomed me back with open arms. Through this experience I developed a very deep sense of gratitude for the WWS community - something that I have sometimes taken for granted.
I have many plans for the future, including travel, some extended time in Germany, language study, new musical opportunities, singing, continuing to develop as a pianist and piano teacher, and a lighter work schedule that allows for breathing, reflection, and creativity. I will always be very connected to WWS, will stay in touch, and am leaving the future open.
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Connecting Sitters and Families in Need of Sitters |
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The Parent Leadership Group (PLG) has created a forum to connect WWS community members who are interested in childsitting with WWS families who are in need of sitters.
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If you are SEEKING a sitter, DO NOT join the group. Send an email to the group with your job posting at: WWSsitters@groups.io and sitters will respond directly to you if they are interested.
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If YOU ARE A SITTER and would like to receive job postings, visit https://groups.io/g/WWSsitters and click "Join this Group" at the bottom of the page.
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How to Submit a Listing
- We welcome submissions of community news, items for sale, want ads, etc. Please keep notices to 500 characters or less. There is no charge for listings.
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Please submit listings by COB Tuesdays with the subject "Bulletin Submission."
- If you are sending images or flyers, a link to an online version is preferred.
- Bulletin Board notices generally run for 3 weeks - if space allows - unless other arrangements have been made. Please let us know if listing information is no longer accurate. Listings may not be accepted and will likely be edited.
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These notices are from the WWS community, the greater Waldorf community, and occasionally from our school neighbors. The information and views in them belong to the individuals who submit the notices and do not necessarily reflect the views of WWS. |
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"Parenting Teens in Uncertain Times" Free Online Summit
from Michael Danzansky, WWS Parent
April 25 - May 4
We are really excited to share a free online Summit called Parenting Teens in Uncertain Times. This is an incredible 10-day event that runs April 25 - May 4 and includes more than 40 Master Keynote Speakers in Neuroscience, Mindfulness, Psychology, and Indigenous Wisdom.
You'll learn from Goldie Hawn, Dan Siegel, Tara Brach, Social Dilemma’s Randy Fernando and many more thought leaders. The intention is to give parents the tools and resources needed to build a new sense of connection with young people, and to promote joy and well-being at a time when study after study is revealing a crisis of teen mental health that we can already feel, and that needs our dedicated and collective attention.
This project has been a labor of love from a small, mostly volunteer team, including the summit founder who’s a WWS parent (shout out to Michael Danzansky 😊). I hope you'll join us in coming together to support young people! Register by texting “summit’ to this number 74121 or register online: www.supportingteens.com.
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Undoing Racism: An Open Community Forum
from WWS Parents, Dini Rao and Jesse Travis
Thursday, May 12 from 7-8:30pm (Zoom)
In the summer of 2021, two parents with children at the Washington Waldorf School felt a need to support and galvanize efforts to create a more inclusive and anti-racist community within and surrounding WWS. More than 20 people who have taken the workshop since then have formed the Undoing Racism Working Group.
- The URWG provides a space to continue building on the workshop's insights and to organize ourselves and others around anti-racist principles.
- Through personal exploration, conversation and study, we aim to engage more people at WWS and in our surrounding community in creating a shared analysis of systemic racism and how it operates in our community, and develop our understanding of how to function as anti-racists.
We, the core organizers of the URWG, have been inspired by anti-racist organizing in other Waldorf communities, and want to share that inspiration with you. At this open community forum, you will hear:
- about the history of PISAB as an organization and about the Undoing Racism workshop, which over 2 million people have taken since 1980;
- testimonials from people who have taken the workshop and who participate in the URWG;
- from core organizers at other Waldorf schools about how their institutions have been affected by their community's participation in the workshop and ongoing organizing efforts.
If inclusivity and anti-racism are important to you, as we hope they are to all, we ask that you activate your own agency and attend this open forum to learn more about how your personal development of racial consciousness can meaningfully connect you with others and create a network for positive change. See you there!
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Free Film Screening: A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle For a Living Planet
From Theodora Scarato, WWS Parent
You are invited to watch the film "A Fierce Green Fire" anytime May 1-5. Register also to join a Q & A at 7pm MST on May 5 with Director Mark Kitchell and Theodora Scarato, Executive Director, Environmental Health Trust as part of our Jackson Hole Environmental Health Film Festival.
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Outdoor weights and Basketball Hoop For Sale
from Clare André, WWS Faculty & Parent
We are selling a couple of items for pick up in Kensington:
- Outdoor weights bench and concrete weights $50
- Basketball hoop $50
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Summer Job Opportunity
From Caitlin MacKenzie, WWS Alum, Parent, and Former Faculty
Calleva is hiring its summer camp counselor staff which could be a great opportunity for WWS students, recent alumni, etc. See the attached flyer and visit the Calleva website to learn more.
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Wooden Play Stands, Cradle, Trucks, Toys and Stokke Chair for Sale
From Theodora Scarato, WWS Parent
Beautiful wooden toys gently used for sale. Playstands, cradles, American door wheelchair, red Stokke high chair and more! Our family will donate all funds from raised to WWS Annual Fund and the Jane Goodall Institute/Roots and Shoots.
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In Search of a Used Car
WWS alum and college student, Emanuele Cocuzza (Class of 2020), is looking for a used car to purchase. If anybody is interested in selling, please reach out to him via email: emanuelecoc@icloud.com or phone: 704-499-7273
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Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) Group
from Jessica Gottlieb, WWS Faculty
SPACE Group for Parents of Adolescents Age 12 to 16 CFA is offering a lunchtime Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) Group to teach skills for parents of anxious children.
When your child or adolescent is struggling with anxiety, it may feel as though your whole life revolves around their worries. Some children and adolescents respond well to individual therapy, while others continue to struggle or are reluctant to engage altogether – leaving parents wondering how to help. Child & Family Associates of Greater Washington, LLC (CFA) is pleased to announce that Jessie Patton, LCSW is offering a skills group for parents to help their child with anxiety, OCD, and related issues.
The anticipated start date for this group is April 20, 2022.
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Community Conversation hosted by Imagination Stage
from Jesse Travis, WWS Parent
The transition from education to the workplace can be a tricky time for young people with disabilities. Drawing together experts in disability rights, inclusive arts, and community employment, this Community Conversation offers families, students, and other stakeholders the opportunity to ask questions and learn about resources directly from the experts providing those services. Jade Gingerich (Maryland Office of Disability), Betty Siegel (VSA in the Kennedy Center), Mathew McCollough (DC Office of Disability Rights), and Sarah Grime (School Talk DC) will examine employment pathways inside and outside the arts. This event is free and attendees are encouraged to submit questions ahead of time.
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Registration is open for the Club Alliance social-emotional summer program
from Jessica Gottlieb, WWS Faculty
Club Alliance is a therapeutic summer program for children 6 to 12. Each 3-week session includes emotion regulation and social skills interventions that have been rigorously evaluated. Each day the campers are exposed to exciting games and skill building activities. The curriculum is designed to be engaging and fun! Licensed Behavior Analysts provide specialized lessons daily. Technicians help the campers generalize these skills with structured games (indoors and outdoors).
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Christian Community Camp
from Christen Leonard, WWS Faculty
The beloved Christian Community Camp is back thanks to the perseverance of Carol Kelly. This year it is being held in Upstate New York at Camp Harmony Lake. There are also looking for counselors.
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4800 Sangamore Road,
Bethesda, MD 20816
301-229-6107
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