• The Age of Discovery
• The Three Little Pigs
• Eighth Grade Cafe 
• Eighth Grade Yard Sale
• Torin Finser to Lecture
• Halloween Walk Needs Volunteers
• Sixth Grade Sporting Goods Sale
• Barnes and Noble Library Fundraiser 
• News from Homespun
• Summer and Vacation Program Survey

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When to my being's depths I penetrate,
Expectant yearning wakes and stirs me
To find myself, Self contemplating,
As gift of summer sun, a seed
That warming lives in autumn mood
As germinating force of soul.

-Rudolf Steiner, Calendar of the Soul, Week 27

By the age of twelve, the children’s inner life and self-experience becomes increasingly introspective and self-centered, and the young adolescent increasingly needs a new, more objective orientation from teachers and parents. From twelve years old onwards, children are increasingly able to form abstract concepts and understand causal relationships. This phase sees the introduction of exact observation and the transition from myth to history.

In Seventh Grade, the curriculum includes the Age of Discovery, including the transition from the Ptolemaic to the Copernican view of the world, showing the children that today’s view of the earth and universe is one that has evolved and that it is not a system set in stone for all time. There is also the historical, cultural perspective connected with European Colonialism; we can think of Christopher Columbus, who we celebrate on Monday, and the complexities of “discovery”—can one discover a place that is already inhabited? What were the effects of Columbus’ journey to the New World? Seventh grade students are reaching a point where questions can help to open both outer and inner perspectives on the world.

(from The Educational Tasks and Content of the Steiner Waldorf Curriculum)

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At the East Village Fair this past Saturday, the Early Childhood Puppet Troupe held two performances of the marionette show The Three Little Pigs. Our audiences generously donated nearly $200, which will be sent to the Lakota Waldorf School on the Pine Ridge Reservation in Kyle, South Dakota. Our thanks for your generosity.

If you missed The Three Little Pigs, you have another chance to see it on Sunday, October 25. There will be one performance only, at 12:30 p.m. in the Eurythmy Room, preceding our Open House at 1 p.m.

Please come to the Eighth Grade Cafe on Thursday mornings, where you can enjoy Dean’s Beans delicious coffee in regular or decaf, along with raw food entrees, Swiss Baker breads, muffins, boiled eggs, frittata, chocolate milk, yoghurt with fresh fruit, and more! The Cafe is a great place for social time with friends, educational Cafe Chats or just a quick bite to go before work. Proceeds benefit the Eighth Grade class trip.

New at the Cafe this year is Dean’s Beans coffee in one-pound bags to brew at home. We feature a Waldorf Fairy blend (Nicaraguan French roast) and a Waldorf Gnome decaf blend (Mexican Chiapas decaf). Both are $11 for a pound of delicious locally owned and roasted coffee you can enjoy all week at home.

The Eighth Grade will be holding a yard sale on Saturday, October 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the horseshoe in front of the school. Donations of items will be accepted; please drop off items on Friday, October 16 from 3-5 p.m. in the auditorium. We cannot accept computers, humidifiers, televisions, or recalled children’s items. All unsold large items must be picked up the day of the sale. Please communicate arrangements for pick-up of your items when dropping them off. All proceeds from the yard sale will raise money for the Eighth Grade class trip. Thank you for your support.

The annual Halloween Walk is quickly approaching. On Friday, October 30, the early childhood children will take a special walk, led through the conservation land by their teachers and a musical guide. On their way, they will observe several real-life characters at work, including Mother Earth, a farm family, and a stone mason. This can be a truly magical experience for our children. To make this possible, we need parent volunteers to become characters, bake, provide props, and help prior to and on the morning of the walk. Sign-up sheets are posted in both the Nursery building lobby and in the Adams building on the wall between the Blue Sky and Evergreen Kindergartens. Volunteer opportunities are open to all. In order to preserve the magic of the day, please do not discuss your participation or particulars of this event in the presence of the children (it is a secret). Questions can be directed to this year's Halloween Walk Coordinator Kristin Bray by email or at 617-501-4891.

Our sale was rained out last Saturday, so we're peddling our goods from the 703 Mass Ave conference room (behind green door of the Nursery Building, entrance through Business Office door around the corner). You can shop Tuesday, October 13 through Thursday, October 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Prices are marked: purchase on the honor system. Lots of treasures remain and it's not too late to add some of your own. Thank you for supporting our class!