Weekly Bulletin
February 9, 2022
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From Taisto Saloma, Athletic Director
The High School Girls and Boys Basketball teams took on Edmund Burke this past Saturday night at the Whittle School. Since the 2004-2005 season, WWS and Burke have continued the tradition of playing Senior Night basketball games. Senior Night is always memorable and is a special time where we recognize seniors who participate in our basketball program in some capacity.
Seniors honored this year were Emma, Jaad, Mia, Rayan, and Sam. Drew (junior) was also recognized on Saturday and an honorable mention goes to Lydia for contributions to the basketball team over the years.
This past Saturday both teams came away with big wins. The HS Girls started slow, but played solid defense until they started making shots. The girls won with a score of 33-24. The HS Boys jumped out to an early lead, defended well and were victorious with the score of 46-32. It was a fantastic night and hopefully we will all be together for more days and nights like that soon!
The end of senior year at WWS is a time filled with memorable events and experiences and is a time that we all savor with our seniors before they move on to the next chapter of life. One of the most beautiful aspects of this time is seeing the fruit of students' WWS experiences marked so well by senior projects, the senior play, the senior trip and our retrospective week before celebrating graduation. Senior night is just the beginning of this beautiful culmination.
Congrats to our seniors! We love you and are proud of you! We look forward to sharing these last months of high school with you, senior projects, the play and everything else!
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Big thanks to Micah Bump and Bill Merkel for these wonderful photos - they were on their game too! |
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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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February
9/ Wednesday
- Craft & Conversation Zoom, 8pm (see below)
15/ Tuesday
- Curricular Conversation with the Community, 7pm (see below)
17/ Thursday
18/ Friday
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NO SCHOOL - Conferences as needed
21/ Monday
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NO SCHOOL - Presidents' Day
23/ Wednesday
- Washington Area Waldorf Education Speaker Series, 8pm (see below)
24/ Thursday
- Nursery Parent Evening, 7:45pm
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Craft & Conversation - Tonight! |
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Wednesday, February 9 from 8-9pm
Join the Parent Leadership Group (PLG) for conversation and to craft something special for your Valentine, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 8-9pm. ALL are welcome!
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Curricular Conversations with the Community |
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Tuesday, February 15 at 7pm
Our monthly "Curricular Conversations with the Community" will continue in February! We warmly welcome and enthusiastically invite you to join faculty of the younger grades on Tuesday, February 15 at 7pm (via Zoom) to delve into the WWS approach to storytelling and literacy in the lower grades, through the lens of anti-racism, diversity, inclusion, and social justice.
We will use a different format than our first "Curricular Conversation" in that we will have a "regular" Zoom meeting so that we can see everyone's faces, and hear questions posed in the voices of those in attendance.
Please look for a Zoom link in future announcements for this exciting second of our series, led by the WWS Anti-Racism Curriculum Group.
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Washington Area Waldorf Education Speaker Series: Culturally Relevant Education |
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Culturally Relevant Education
A Training for School Communities
with Celestine Stadnick
Wednesday, February 23 from 8-9:30 pm
Learn ways to better equip educational organizations, teachers, students, communities, stakeholders and leaders in being truly inclusive of all members of society.
Meeting ID: 784 6927 5163
Passcode: y3MHXJ
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Celestine Stadnick was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1990, to a Lakota father and a Swiss mother. Having spent 10 years of her educational journey at the Lakota Waldorf School, the Rudolf Steiner School Lucerne and the Atelier School Zurich, she was inspired to become a Waldorf teacher. After several years as a class teacher, she founded a teacher training for indigenous Waldorf pedagogy at the Lakota Waldorf School in 2019, with the support of the Academy for Anthroposophical Pedagogy, Dornach. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Educational Administration and Leadership at the University of New Brunswick. Her interest in culturally relevant pedagogy has been her driving force throughout her journey as a pedagogue, and she aims to create many more spaces for learners to unfold and develop themselves according to their own cultural identities.
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Developing Numeracy in Waldorf Education
Wednesday, March 2 at 8pm on Zoom
Please join us for an evening with WWS faculty members discussing how Waldorf pedagogy approaches the development of numeric literacy. Zoom Info to Follow.
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Shop Sustainable Goods and Support Our School at the Same Time! |
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Jolie Kai, a sustainable fashion boutique, has recently opened at the Shops at Sumner Place (4701 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD 20816). Owner Michelle Jaffe is a WWS alum parent, and has generously offered to donate 15% of all purchases made by the WWS community back to the school during the month of February.
This is a great opportunity to shop for yourself, your children, or to purchase gifts for family and friends while supporting a local business and showing some love to WWS at the same time.
In order for your purchase to count towards the donation, please mention that you are with Washington Waldorf School when shopping in the store. If shopping online, use the code WWS. Please note that this promotion cannot be combined with other discounts/promotions and will only apply to purchases made through February 28, 2022.
Thank you to Michelle and Jolie Kai for this generous offer!
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From the Parent Leadership Group |
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Undoing Racism Working Group (URWG): Additional spring dates were recently posted for the 3-day Undoing Racism workshop from PISAB, which is a prerequisite to join the URWG. The URWG's goal is to employ anti-racist principles as a lens for critical thinking about how racism is deeply rooted in our institutions, and to create a space where we can recognize and employ our own agency to organize ourselves and others around anti-racist principles.
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High School Social Activism Club
Collecting Donations
Now Through Feb 17!
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The High School Social Activism Club is organizing a donation drive for N Street Village. N Street Village in DC is an organization that empowers homeless and low-income women, and offers them a broad spectrum of services and advocacy in an atmosphere of dignity and respect. There are many volunteers that contribute greatly to the organization, and through their efforts, N Street Village is able to help 2,000 low-income and homeless women each year. We are hoping that we can join these efforts and make a difference for these women.
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Our collection started Monday, Feb 7, and will go through Thursday, Feb 17. You can find a collection box near the entrance outside, as well as inside in the high school. Please bring many of the wished-for items to school (list below)! A couple of our club members will drive all of our donations to N Street Village on Monday, 2/21. Thank you very much for your participation!
We have spoken to a coordinator at N Street Village, and these are the items that they currently need:
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*All Travel Sized*
- Lotions
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Deodorant
- Body wash
- Soap
- Toothpaste
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*Regular Size*
- Incontinence pads
- Shelf stable milk
- Canned tuna
- Paper towels
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A little bit about The Social Activism Club: we are a group of high school students that want to make a difference in the world and in our communities. We are focusing on a variety of topics, and are doing our best to reach and impact as many people as we can. We meet once a week and discuss issues and solutions to many problems that affect our community. At the moment, we are focusing on more local volunteer opportunities, and educating ourselves and the rest of the student body on these important topics. |
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Last Call for Yarn Contributions |
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Last call for contributions to the "Knitting Our Community Together" yarn bombing project. We can decorate at least one more tree with what we have received so far. We will also continue to add to the finger knitting tree! Bring or send in any last contributions by this Friday, Feb 11.
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Center for Anthroposophy
Kairos Institute
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Coming this summer! Announcing Kairos Institute – a new initiative of the Center for Anthroposophy in collaboration with the Transdisciplinary Healing Education Program at Antioch University New England.
You are invited to think about how to unpack, work with and move through the trauma induced challenges we are facing within ourselves, our classrooms and workplace. The Kairos program is designed to do just that. Included in the artistic portion is a trauma-informed Creative Speech program that will shepherd you to free your own authentic voice and learn the gifts of the healing modality of speech.
Learn More & Register:
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Registration is open for the next cycle of Explorations which begins in March.
The foundational course is intended primarily for parents, administrators, and new teachers in public and independent Waldorf schools as well as those teaching children at home.
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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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Classifieds & Events from the Community |
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Valentines Day Treats from Chef Eron
Share some Chocolate-Dipped Bacon with the ones you Love!
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Sounder Sleep®: A course to transform your sleep.
from Alison Babil (WWS Alumni Parent)
The Sounder Sleep System® uses simple, gentle movements to calm your nervous system and bring you from an alert state to a place of deep repose. Sounder Sleep draws upon the Feldenkrais® method as well as ancient Chinese and Indian medicine.
Eight Wednesdays, via Zoom, starting February 9th. 10:00-11:15 AM, EST. Plus two, optional, 20 minute check-ins each week. Price: $195.
Please note: A limited number of scholarships are available for those who need it. Please email Alison. Also note: If you are interested but unable to attend, another class is forming at a different time of day.
Alison Babil, GCFP, LMT, is the owner of True North Healing in North Bethesda. She is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, a certified Sounder Sleep instructor, an Alchemical Alignment practitioner, certified in Soul Lightening Acupressure, a Reiki-Master-Teacher, and has been a licensed massage therapist since 2004. She works with clients in person and via Zoom, focusing on somatic education and trauma resolution. She specializes in working with highly sensitive people.
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4800 Sangamore Road,
Bethesda, MD 20816
301-229-6107
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