The monthly e-newsletter brings you the updates on what is happening in the AWS community.
Waldorf at UMLAUF Success!
Thank you for a beautiful night at Waldorf at UMLAUF! More than 200 parents, faculty, alumni parents, alumni and friends came together to raise funds to support our current and future students. The event grossed $125,000 and netted $88,000, e
very dollar of this money will go towards improving our beautiful 19-acre campus.
Read more highlights and view photos from the event
here.
Announcements
Deadline for 2017-2018 Financial Aid Recipients BY LEE UERKWITZ Recipients of financial aid for the 2017-2018 school year must provide the school with a copy of their 2016 federal tax return no later than April 17th. Filing extensions granted by the IRS cannot be used to extend the AWS requirement deadline. I would urge you to take a moment to make a copy of your return and send, email or drop it off to the business office of the school. Please do not upload your tax documents to the SSS website.
Morning Care Help Still Needed BY DONNA ZOLLINGER We are still looking for a few more people to work in extended care. It is a wonderful way to connect with the school and the children! We would also like to build our list of substitutes and those available to work Saturdays during parent mornings. These are paid positions.
Grades morning care: 7:30-8:30 AM Monday through Friday
Substitution list for Grades and Kindergarten for morning and afternoon
Saturday parent mornings (offered through Parent Society)
Please contact Donna at [email protected] or 512-288-5942 x-112 if you’re interested
We are very excited to welcome Christina Dixon as the new Kindergarten Assistant at the Austin Waldorf School.
Learn more about Christina.
The Outdoors: An Investment in Children's Health BY ALEX ABBOTT Let this summer be a time when your child can relax and reconnect with the outdoors. Allow them a space where they can run, jump, and yell as well as daydream, observe, and create. Childhood is a precious time, make the most of it!
Juniper Tree News BY THE JUNIPER TREE TEAM Our craft supply inventory has grown! Come by the store to check out our new items and stock up on craft supplies for the summer.
Congratulations to the varsity boys basketball team for winning their second straight TAPPS 2A Championship, a first in school history! Coach B.J. Terrill also received the Coach of the Year award for the second year in a row. Congratulations to Coach Terrill and all the 2016-2017 Roadrunners!
This year, the 1st grade brought the play
Briar Rose to life for our community. Julie Barsam-Cummings explains why fairy tales are an important part of the Waldorf curriculum. Plus, some adorable photos of our 1st graders during the play.
This February representatives from our 7th and 8th grade attended the Diversity Leadership Conference which united 100+ youth from more than 20 Austin-area middle schools for a day dedicated to breaking barriers and stereotypes, finding unity in diversity and growing as compassionate leaders.
The 3rd grade class has begun their annual Book and Cookie Sale benefiting the school library. If you missed the first day of the sale, you still have a chance. Head over to Tea Garden on Friday, April 7th and bring cash!
9th and 10th grade students are learning how the practice of gardening connects each individual to the earth while helping them understand exactly where our food comes from.
Just before Spring Break the Seniors had a wonderful trip to the Bamberger Ranch. This was part of their 12th grade Biology course that focuses on Ecology, Genetics and Evolution.
