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October 31st-November 2nd-
Dia de los Muertos | Le Jour des Morts
November 1st-
La Toussaint | All Saints Day
November 2nd-
Beach Clean Up
November 3rd-
Daylight Savings
November 6th-
Rose Schindler Presentation
November 7th-
High School Open House
November 11th-
Veterans Day |
No School
November 17th-
Eurythmy Performance "Celebration for the Dead"
November 20th-22nd-
10th Grade Play | See feature below for tickets + showtimes
November 25th-29th-
Fall Break |
No School
**Please visit our
website
for up-to-date information on events. Some dates and times may change throughout the month.**
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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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We have an amazing community at WSSD, we are so grateful for every donation we receive. This month we would like to give special thanks to:
- Thank you to our faculty and staff, for their quick actions, and the heroic firefighters that quickly contained the fire at our Altadena campus on October 24th.
- Thank to Jason Moore, father to Sterling and Saylor, for the time and effort he contributed to our Kindergarten sword project. We are so grateful for his generosity and woodworking skills!
-Miss Anna, Miss Laura, and Miss Elizabeth
- Thank you to the anonymous donors for the Altadena Pedestrian Gate Improvement!
- Thank you to the anonymous donor for the paint and primer for the Annex.
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A sword made by Jason Moore for the Kindergarten.
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A group of Morning Glory Parents who met Saturday October 19th, for conversation and craft making
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9th Grade Blacksmithing Trip
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As the 9th grade students venture into high school, they are also venturing into a new physical reality (aka puberty) and the awakening of their thinking life. This often causes upheaval and conflict, the perfect time to bring the outcomes of clashing and opposing forces in the curriculum. In physics, students study thermodynamics - the impact of hot meeting cold. What happens to cold water when hot metal is plunged into it? How does heat move through different materials? These questions are taken outside the classroom on the 9th grade's two-day blacksmithing trip. Blacksmithing not only allows the students to experience how heat behaves first hand, but it also helps to ground them in their changing physical bodies - meeting them both in their intellectual and physical development.
Amelia Vance
Mathematics
2023 Class Sponsor
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Shakespeare's classic tale of love and family strife,
Romeo and Juliet, will be presented in a radical way by this year's tenth grade. Multiple Romeos! Multiple Juliets! Come see the Waldorf curriculum alive on stage as a gift to us all from this year's fantastic tenth grade.
Showtimes:
Wednesday, 11/20- 6:30pm
Thursday, 11/21- 6:30pm
Friday, 11/22- 6:30pm
Tickets coming soon!
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Here are some updates from our Class of 2015:
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Milan Joinson-Szekerka is currently a full-time student in her final year at San Diego State University majoring in Anthropology. She has an excellent GPA and made the Dean's List this year. She was also invited to be a featured student on th
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SDSU website under the Anthroplogy department
, and gave a shout-out to her Waldorf education. She is thankful to be carrying zero student debt.
Milan has worked part-time at a boutique at The Headquarters near the bayfront for almost 3 years, helping to pay for college, and using her discretionary income to travel. This year she has visited central Mexico, Bali, and the Riviera Maya and is currently planning a visit to Spain over Christmas Break, and hopes to take a long trip to Europe after her graduation in May 2020. In the interim, she is working on an idea for a new small business (her third). Her favorite movie this year was Yesterday, her favorite book is The Millionaire Mindset.
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After graduating from WSSD in 2015,
Delpha (Del) Hanson attended Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. While at Hampshire, Del took classes in theatre, studio art and history and even got the opportunity to be a Teaching Assistant for a class in which students built and ran an escape room! Del graduated in May with a B.A. in Props Design and Fabrication. Del is currently the Props Fellow at Berkeley Repertory Theatre where she will be building, buying and painting props until June 2020. Following her fellowship, Del hopes to work as a Props Artisan at a regional theatre. You can see Del’s work at
delphahanson.weebly.com
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Sarah Bowen recently graduated from UC Irvine with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Earth System Science with a specialization in Oceanography. She is currently working as a laboratory assistant for the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. She is also in the process of applying to various graduate schools in order to pursue a Masters Degree in Oceanography. Sarah lives in the Irvine area, and is passionate about ensuring water quality. Her dream job would be to work within a government agency in the capacity of environmental specialist.
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Delavan Vannaken graduated from UC Merced, Class of 2019 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and Engineering. Even more impressive, Delavan was one of only 3 students in the program to graduate Summa Cum Laude. Delavan is an avid video gamer and some of you may remember that for his WSSD Senior Project, he learned basic computer coding and created his own video game. We hope this dispels the myth that Waldorf students will somehow be technologically "behind" their peers. Delavan isn't the only WSSD graduate to choose engineering as their major. So far we've had graduates entering the fields of computer, electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering.
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Some things to Note:
Parent Field Trips:
(thank you, Ali Goddard)!
Experience the fascinating lives & careers of other WSSD parents. Contact Ali if you would like to hold a field trip! Here is the first one:
- Thursday, November 14, 2019
Criminal hearings start at 9:30 am
Edward J. Schwartz Federal Courthouse
221 W. Broadway, Courtroom 3B (third floor)
Easiest paid parking is at Horton Plaza
RSVP to aligoddard@outlook.com. There are 10 spots available, so RSVP soon!
Coming soon:
Equipment & Clothing Lending Library!
Our wonderful games teacher, Ms. Gomes, realized parents were spending too much on clothing & equipment for school trips, then only using things once or twice. Enter parent extraordinaire, Jessica Kraus, who volunteered to lead a WSSD lending library/thrift store effort! The lending library will be located at the Colina campus. Contact Jess at
Mrsjjkraus@gmail.com to help get this worthy effort off the ground!
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Upcoming Meeting Dates & Times:
PA Meetings are held in the Music Room, Time of day will vary to accommodate parents with less flexible daytime schedules.
November 19th- 6:00pm
Altadena Music Room
- First 30 minutes of PA meetings = open comment & questions by parents. You do not have to get on the agenda..just show up with your thoughts, questions!
Upcoming PEP's:
PEPs will vary between mornings and evenings.
November 4th- 6:00pm
Altadena Auditorium
“Toward Zero Waste:”
Presented by the Harker Syrens.
November 13th- 8:30am
Altadena Music Room
Encore presentation of “Toward Zero Waste"
November 18th- 6:30pm
Location TBD
Social Health
November 19th- 8:30am
Location TBD
Social Health
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2019-2020 Annual Giving Month has begun!
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Starts ~ Monday Oct 28, 2019
Ends ~ Friday Nov 22, 2019
Donation cards and envelopes are in a basket at the front of both campuses. Feel free to turn in your envelopes to Candie at Altadena front desk or Virginia & Sheila at the Colina front desk.
If you would like to make your donation online, please click here! If you are interested in more information about Annual Giving and why we do it, please
click this link or grab a handout from the donation table. Remember to check if your employer will match your non-profit donations. A win win for sure!
Thank you for helping us bridge the gap between tuition and program costs! This years goal is 100% participation and $150,000! We can do it! Together we can make a huge difference for our school.
In huge gratitude, Liza Ferraro - Development Events Coordinator
619-280-8016 x201
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SoCal Waldorf Schools are teaming together in honor of 100 years of Waldorf education for a Beach Clean up Day.
The WSSD Community will be conducting a beach clean-up Saturday 11/2, 10-12 pm. All are welcome!
We will be meeting at Mission Beach near Lifeguard Tower #13. There will be a pop-up in the grassy area, where the 7th Graders will be selling refreshing chai tea.
Please prepare the following items to bring to this event:
buckets, gloves, trash grabbers, closed toed shoes, water, sunscreen, hat, reusable trash bags (not plastic disposable)
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News from The Snake and Lily
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As you may be aware, our store was impacted by the fire at the front of the building. We experienced smoke and dust from when the fire fighters broke into the sheet rock on the store side to ensure that the fire was completely out - which it was. As a result, we need to do some cleaning in the store as well as assess which items will need to be replaced.
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Some important things to note:
- The Snake and Lily store will be closed starting Monday, November 4th. We will provide updates as to when we will reopen
- We will continue to sell SCRIP during drop off (between 8 - 9 am) and during pick up (between 2-3:30 pm)
- We hope to start offering coffee and tea during the morning drop off - location to be announced on Parent Square
- We have several books that will be available for sale at the High School and Lower School offices that are related to events happening now:
- "Two Who Survived: Keeping Hope Alive While Surviving the Holocaust" that is the story of Rose Schindler who will be presenting at the High School Wed. November 6
- "Raising Humans in a Digital World" - by the author of the middle school cyber civics curriculum
- Please don't hesitate to contact Deborah Tweit (dtweit@waldorfsandiego.org or snakeandlily@waldorfsandiego.org) if you have any questions!
We thank all who have offered their support and encouragement during this time!
The Snake and Lily Team... Deborah and Candy
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What is the difference between Scrip and Escrip?
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Scrip or ShopWithScrip.com or MyScripWallet.com are all part of
Great Lakes Scrip Center, the company and website we use at the Snake & Lily
to track all of your rebates when buying any type of Scrip; hard physical cards,
virtual ScripNow or ReloadNow when you reload an existing physical or virtual scrip.
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Escrip or Escrip.com is the website where you can enter all of your debit and credit
card information to see if any of the places you shop or dine will generate rebates for you!
They are partnered with 700+ merchants and I know Bristol Farms and Lazy Acres
are on their list. Escrip on average provides about 1-2% of your total Scrip rebates
compared to the rebates you earn through ShopWithScrip.com; however it all helps
when reaching your Scrip goals!
Stay the course my friends, scrip can be a lot of fun and provide huge funds for the school,
your class trips and even tuition credit! For more details, contact Michelle Chambless our
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Too Much Candy?
Give to Operation Gratitude!
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My office will again be collecting excess Halloween candy to donate to
Operation Gratitude who makes care packages for deployed military and first responders.
In years past, we told our children the Switch Witch or Halloween Fairy would collect their candy from our porch in the morning, and she left them a nice little gift. Last year, when Alden (3rd grade) saw the Operation Gratitude flyers he raised an eyebrow and asked many questions. OUR candy went to the Halloween Fairy, but everyone else who forgot to put it out, donated it to O.G. He's still a believer, but we'll see what happens this year!
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Logistically, Ms. Candie (how perfect) in the front office has agreed to receive your bags of candy. Please drop them off Friday Nov 1 or Monday Nov 4 so we can ship by our Nov 7 deadline. Don't go out and buy extra candy just to donate (it's happened). If you are really moved OG also accepts painting and notes of gratitude from the children (and adults) to send along with the candy.
Thank you,
Shaun Berger (and the troops, and your children's teeth and temperaments)
858-436-4436
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SAVE-THE-DATE!
7th Annual
WSSD Winter Faire
Saturday Dec 7, 2019 from 12-6pm
A Unique and Heartfelt Gathering
~Activities ~ Crafts ~
~Gift Market ~ ~World Cuisine ~ Live Music~
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Look out for Parent Square posts for more details on:
- Classroom activities and shift sign-ups.
- Donation requests for activity supplies, Snow Fairy Market & our World Cuisine food Tent.
- Worker bees needed to help with Friday Set-Up & Sunday Tear-Down.
- Sign-Ups to help event-wide on the day of Winter Faire in the food tent, Winter Forest, Giving Tree and much more!
- How to pre-pay for your tokens, tickets & parking so you can spend more time enjoying the Faire.
- Want to be a vendor at our Faire? Click here for vendor app & info!
- Bring a new family to join you this year. Lots of parents are part of our WSSD community because the Winter Faire was their first Waldorf experience!
Warmly,
The Winter Faire Committee
Cynthia, Daniela, Hallie, Ian, Jennifer, Jessica, Jodi, Jodie, Krupa, Liza, Melda, Melissa, Michelle, Otilia, Stephanie, Theresa
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WSSD Parent making Waves!
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"Ten of his paintings, along with one piece mounted on a three-dimensional wood trellis, are on display at La Jolla’s Athenaeum Music & Arts Library in an exhibition titled ‘I’m OK, You’re OK,’ taken from the 1960s self-help book"
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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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Back in April our students created postcards to be sent all over the world to different Waldorf Schools. In September we will be displaying the postcards we received from other schools in our main hallway at the Altadena campus, with the display making it's way to our Colina campus at a later date.
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Are you interested in sharing your Waldorf Story? It's very casual and relaxed and takes about 10-15 minutes. They can even be recorded over the phone!
In Huge Gratitude,
Liza Ferraro & Julie Joinson
619-280-8016 x 205
Take a listen to a couple interviews from our community!
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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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