Weekly Bulletin - October 23, 2019
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PBS Film Screening & Community Conversation - Tomorrow
Thursday, Oct 24 at 7:30pm
PBS: A Short Guide to Cell Phone Safety and Wireless Radiofrequency
We use cell phones and technology everyday. We want our children to use technology responsibly but often feel overwhelmed. What are strategies that we can use at home to minimize potential risks? Why are over a dozen countries educating parents on cell phone safety?
Date: Thursday, Oct 24, 2019
Where: Washington Waldorf School Library
Time: 7:30pm
WWS will host a community conversation along with the screening of a 2019 PBS series on cell phones, wireless, sleep, cancer, and addiction featuring Burt Wolf interviewing international experts. Several US states and countries have now passed laws to investigate the health effects of wireless technology and have issued practical information on how to reduce risks and promote healthier technology. Resources for parents include common sense practical strategies. Medical doctors recommend addressing technology to support sleep, memory and learning in children.
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WWS Committee for Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice
Friday, Oct 25 at 8:30am
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Each month the Committee offers a morning coffee entitled, “Thinking Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice at WWS.” This is a regular forum for generating conversation about these issues. All members of our community are invited to join us, and we welcome suggestions for future topics.
Date: Friday, Oct 25, 2019
Where: Washington Waldorf School Library
Time: 8:30am
We will view
Greta Thunberg's speech on climate change
, learn about our own carbon footprints, and talk about how we as a community can work together to make a difference. We also will consider the question: "Is the climate crisis a civil rights issue?" We hope you can join us.
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Lunch Music next Wednesday,
Wednesday, Oct 30 at 12:40 pm
Our three middle school instrumental ensembles will present a 20 minute concert. Bring your lunch and enjoy the Middle School String Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble, and Recorder Ensemble.
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Open Parent Organization Meeting
Friday, Nov 8 at 8:30am
The POSC is excited to announce our first
open Parent Organization Meeting on Friday, Nov 8 from 8:30-9:30am. All parents are invited to the front foyer where coffee will be waiting for you at 8:15. We welcome you to stop in for the whole hour or a few minutes. Jennifer Page will share a few words and we will introduce new parents, PO Class Reps, past POSC leaders, connect parents looking for carpools, and more. Finally, we will announce new exciting PO happenings for the year and request feedback. If you have any items to add to the agenda, please
e-mail your POSC.
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Staying Up to Date With Our School Calendar
The .pdf version of the school calendar can be a great resource, but did you know that it evolves as the year goes on and that from time to time it is necessary for us to shift dates? We try our best to plan and predict what the school year will bring, but there are always changes that need to be made.
You can
view the calendar online
either on the
website
, in
ParentSquare
, or in the
BigSis portal
(these 3 platforms are automatically synced from the same calendar).
If you use the
.pdf version
of the calendar, please check in from time to time to make sure you have the most up to date version! Whenever there are changes we update the .pdf version online and we post the revision date. The most recent change is that the Lower School Instrumental Music Concert will now be held on March 4th.
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October
23/ Wednesday
- Children's Garden Parent Evening, 7-8:30pm
24/ Thursday
- Adult Education: Screening of PBS Documentary on Cell Phone Safety and Wireless Radiofrequency, 7:30pm
25/ Friday
- Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice Committee Coffee, 8:30-10am
29/ Tuesday
- All School Morning Tour, 8-10:30am
- Coffee with the Faculty Chair, Jennifer Page, 8:30am
30/ Wednesday
- Lunch music from the middle school instrumental ensembles, 12:40pm
31/ Thursday
- NO CLASSES - School Wide Parent Teacher Conferences (childcare for conferences only)
November
1/ Friday
- NO CLASSES - School Wide Parent Teacher Conferences (childcare for conferences only)
5/ Tuesday
- All School Open House, 4-6pm
- Adult Education: Dr. Melissa Greer, D.O., an anthroposophic doctor, will speak about "Understanding Anxiety in Children," 7-8:30pm
7/ Thursday
- All School Morning Tour, 8-10:30am
- G8 Parent Meeting with High School Faculty, 7pm
- G2 Parent Meeting, 7pm
8/ Friday
- POSC Meeting in the WWS Foyer - Open to all, 8:30-9:30am
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High School Evergreens Fundraiser
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Brighten
your home this winter -
Send
gifts to family and friends -
Support
our high school trips
We are once again selling beautiful, fresh evergreens to support our high school trips. We invite you to order the same high quality, sustainably harvested wreaths, swags, garlands, and centerpieces from the Pacific Northwest that many of you know from past years. We are selling by pre-order only, now through Nov 4.
How to buy?
Items for PICK UP at school will be here in the week following Thanksgiving, and we will send an email out when the shipment arrives. DIRECT SHIP items will arrive at their destinations within the two weeks following Thanksgiving.
Your purchase supports our 9th grade backpacking and camping trip on Spruce Knob in WV, our 10th grade trip to Hawthorne Valley Farm, our 11th grade trip to Camphill School in PA, our 12th grade participation in the Waldorf schools zoology trip on Hermit Island, ME, as well as the senior trip (last year to NM, this year to be determined).
Please also share our fundraiser site on social media, in your neighborhood, and in organizations to which you belong with the link:
http://sffsalestrack.com/wws
- it’s a win-win! Thank you for your support of our high school trips program, and enjoy.
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Seize the Moment—Sign Up for Your Bazaar Shift Today!
With the Bazaar just four weeks away, we need every parent to commit to working a shift staffing class activities on the day of the Fall Bazaar, cleaning up after the event, or setting up the day before. Please sign up now so that your dedicated Bazaar organizers can ensure that this major school fundraiser and community outreach event will run smoothly. We can’t wait to see the fruits of everyone’s labors on Saturday, November 23; the smiles on everyone’s faces will make your efforts worthwhile!
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Bazaar Preview Night
Can’t wait until the day of the Bazaar to hit the vendors? Shop amongst friends and without the crowds on the evening before the Bazaar. Have friends who are only interested in the shopping component of the Bazaar? They are welcome, too. Tickets are $15 each.
Note: vendors will be open for business, but the Waldorf store will not.
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Calling All Bakers
Pull out the KitchenAid mixer and fire up your oven! Your contributions make the annual sale of baked goods at the Bazaar a delicious success. Offerings from students, parents and alumni are sold in two venues: the Snack Room and the Patisserie. The Snack Room opens at 10:00 a.m. and includes homey items like cookies, bars, and muffins on its menu; the Patisserie opens at 11:00 a.m., its tables groaning under the weight of all manner of cakes, pies, cookies, scones, breads, bars, cupcakes—you name it! You are invited to prepare your signature cakes, classic pastries, delicious cookies and other baked delicacies to sell on bazaar day. Deliver the finished product to the Patisserie (located in the WWS auditorium) on Friday afternoon, November 22nd. Label each offering with name of item, your name, if/whether it is gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan. List ingredients that might be allergens, e.g., contains dairy, contains peanuts. The goal is have 70 different baked items delivered by Friday, November 22.
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Eat Well at the Fall Bazaar
Festive flavors abound at the Fall Bazaar. Come hungry!!! Here are some of this year’s tastiest offerings:
Bazaar Bistro
: Join us in the auditorium for a nourishing lunch showcasing savory fall flavors. Chef Eron and his team of volunteers will be offering a delicious and hearty lunch.
Produced by the high school and coordinated by Carolyn Crouch and Serafina Orobello.
Really Good Coffee
: There will be a coffee station in the auditorium, serving up cups of delicious hot coffee.
Pastries
: As always, cakes, pies, cookies and myriad other sweets concocted by our community’s talented bakers will be available at in the auditorium at The Patisserie. See above to learn how you can contribute confections to the Patisserie.
Produced by the High School and Alumni Parents, Coordinated by Shelly Hackman, Christen Leonard, and Carla Wheeler
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Snacks:
Our festive front entrance foyer will be the place to get snacks, including baked goods and cider.
Produced by the high school and coordinated by Carolyn Crouch and Serafina Orobello.
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Bazaar Highlight - Wood Craft
One of the themes of our school's 50th anniversary celebration (and Waldorf 100) is bees. Bees were chosen because of their hard work and dedication to building community and all they do to maintain our world's beauty and bounty. Sounds like another community we all know and love - our WWS community! This year we will be paying homage to bees at the bazaar in various ways. One way will be through this year's wood craft project.
Jamal Kadri
, father to Grace in 3rd grade and Elise in 1st grade, is preparing 75 mason bee homes that children will be able to construct at the bazaar in the Wood Craft activity. Jamal has done hours of research and outreach to beekeepers to come up with a design that is both easy to construct and sound in its design. Each child that creates a mason bee house will not only have a beautiful bee home to take with them, they will also have information telling them the best place to hang their home as well as how to care for it and maintain it. Increasing native bee populations is one of the ways we as a community can support our local ecosystem and attracting native bees is an easily attainable and a super rewarding experience. We hope you and your child will participate in this craft at the Fall Bazaar!
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We welcome submissions of community news, items for sale, want ads, etc. Please keep notices to 500 characters or less. Listings will likely be edited. Please
submit listings
by COB Tuesdays with the subject "Bulletin Submission." Bulletin Board notices generally run for 3 weeks - if space allows - unless other arrangements have been made. There is no charge for listings.
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International Student Seeking a Portable Piano
Gergő is an international guest student from Hungary, who joined the WWS 10th Grade a few weeks ago and who will stay until December 22.
At home in Hungary, Gergő played the piano and practiced every day. It's really important to him so we are looking for a portable piano. In order to play the pieces he has learnt, he needs one with 88 fully weighted keys, a stand, and a single pedal. Looking to borrow or rent until he returns home in December.
Thank you in advance & best regards,
Balazs Tokar & Piroska Sipos
(Gergő's parents)
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Ramo Fisheries Smoked Salmon Available Now!
(from Liz Hagerman)
Our delicious smoked salmon is back on the menu! We love our smoked salmon, it's simple, tender and delicious. We use our premium Keta & Coho salmon for their mild flavor and delicate texture. Smoked Salmon is a simple and versatile addition to any kitchen. Just thaw and serve! We've tasted smoked salmon from professional smokers up and down the Cook Inlet coast and have found our hands down favorite. In fact, the smoker we take our fish to just won best smoked salmon at this year's Salmonfest! Easy and Delicious!
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The Chesapeake BioDynamic Network of Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, West Virginia, and Delaware
CBDN will gather for activities
Friday Oct 25 (7:30pm) & Saturday Oct 26 (10am)
at the Christian Community Parish House and Garden Grounds next to the University of Maryland at
4221 Metzerott Road in College Park, Maryland.
CBDN concerns itself with safe sustainable ecological ethical agriculture, gardening, and landscaping.
Anyone who has interest in sustainable agriculture and biodynamics is
warmly welcome....
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Request for donations of newborn clothes and accessories
Soon we will have a new grandmother in our school community! Her friends, Carolina and Serafina, are looking for a crib, stroller, clothes, and cloth/wooden toys to help them prepare. Please call us if you have one or some of these items to donate.
Caroli
na: (202) 957-3803
Serafina: (704) 499-7272
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Washington Waldorf School
4800 Sangamore Road,
Bethesda, MD 20816
301-229-6107
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