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Early Dismissal Next Friday |
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Next Friday, April 16 we will have early dismissal as we break for our April Vacation. Early Childhood will dismiss at 11:30 a.m., and elementary classes will dismiss at noon. There will be no afternoon programs or activities. |
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Midsummer Night's Dream |
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The whole community is warmly invited to watch the Seventh Grade perform A Midsummer Night's Dream next Thursday, April 15 at 7 p.m. Join us to experience Shakespeare's classic comedy full of magic and mischief. |
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Why We Teach Handwork |
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Come to next Thursday's Cafe Chat with Margareta Eichenholz, entitled "Why WeTeach Handwork in Waldorf Schools." Margareta, a master Waldorf teacher, is visiting from Sweden, and has both taught children and trained teachers. Don't miss this chance to learn from her many years of experience on Thursday, April 15 at 8:30 a.m. |
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Lost and Found |
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Please check for any lost items in the Lost and Found Bin in the Cafe area. This bin will be emptied before the April vacation so please take a look for anything that may belong to you. Clothing that is not claimed by Friday, April 16 will be donated to charity. |
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Health Screenings |
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We will have nurses from the Lexington Public Schools coming to conduct vision, hearing, height, weight, and postural screenings for all elementary students on Tuesday, April 27 and Wednesday, April 28. |
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Upcoming Calendar Events |
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Monday, April 12
3rd Grade to Hawthorne Valley Farm
Finance Committee Meeting, 5:30 p.m.
Executive Committee Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 14
Joint Nursery and Kindergarten class evening, 7 p.m.
Nancy Mellon talk, "Storytelling as an Essential Household Art," 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 15
Cafe Chat with Margareta Eichenholz, "Why Handwork in Waldorf?" 8:30 a.m.
7th Grade play "Midsummer Night's Dream," 7 p.m.
Friday, April 16
7th Grade play for school
3rd Grade returns from Hawthorne Valley Farm
Early Dismissal
April Vacation Begins
Monday, April 26
School Resumes
Board Meeting, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 27
Health Screenings
5th Grade class evening, 7:30 p.m.
Meet a School Director Candidate, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 28
Health Screenings
Waldorf Park, 1:30 p.m.
Morning Glories class evening, 7 p.m.
2nd Grade class evening, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 30
Grandparents' Tea, 8:45-11 a.m.
Waldorf Park, noon
Saturday, May 1
May Day Celebration, 10 a.m. |
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Early Childhood Assistant |
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We are seeking assistants for our morning and afternoon early childhood programs for the 2010-2011 school year. Candidates must love working with young children and enjoy the household arts. Experience and familiarity with Waldorf pedagogy is a plus. If you are interested in applying for a position please email Kristen Carr , or visit our website. |
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Alumni Performs in Circus Smirkus |
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Attention circus fans! Here is a rare off-season opportunity to see a Circus Smirkus show! Current troupers and alumni perform in an all-star show to benefit the summer tour. There will be two performances only, this weekend on Saturday, April 10 and Sunday, April 11 at Thayer Academy in Braintree. Waldorf alumna Joy Powers is featured in her clown act, The Piccolini Trio. Joy graduated from Mr. Bloomquist’s class of 2003. She is the daughter of Elizabeth Stubbs. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Circus Smirkus website. |
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Mindfulness for Parents |
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There will be a talk by Nancy Hathaway, “Mindfulness for Parents,” tonight, Friday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. and a workshop tomorrow, Saturday, April 10, 9-11:30 a.m. For more information, please visit Nancy Hathaway’s website here. |
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Events in the Larger Waldorf Community  |
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There are many anthroposophical events in and around the Boston area, and beyond, that support and enliven what we do here at school. Please follow the link below for frequently updated information and resources from the Anthroposophical Society of Greater Boston, AWSNA, The Pfeiffer Center, and others.
Just in: Information about the Rudolf Steiner Institute for Summer 2010 in Easton, MA. Follow the link below for more information about this and several other summer courses. |
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Community Classifieds |
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Remember to check the Community Classifieds page on the school website every week for information about any items of more general interest, such as music lessons, professional services, real estate, items for sale, workshops or events in locations other than the school. Advertisers are advised that the Community Classifieds are published via the school’s website for the benefit of members and friends of the school community. Content may be accessed via the worldwide web.
You can easily access this page on the school's website in the Community section, where you will also find the submission form and guidelines. Please contact Luana Preston with any questions. |
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In this week's edition: |
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- Art Integration
- Mendenhall Thank You
- Storytelling as an Essential Household Art
- Children and Media
- Meet a School Director Candidate
- Annual Giving Update
- Looking for Birthday Benefit Volunteers
- Great Meadows Spring Vacation Week
- Waldorf High School Open House
- News from Homespun
You can also access the Bulletin, including past editions, on the Waldorf School of Lexington's website in the Community Section. |
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This Week at the Waldorf School of Lexington |
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 With our intellect we merely comprehend nature; it takes artistic feeling to experience it. If children are taught to comprehend things in a living way they become “able” people, whereas children who engage in art learn to be creative people. In the first case they are merely applying their abilities; in the second case they grow through this very application. This activity awakens inner soul forces. When children engage in music or poetry they feel their inner nature uplifted to the ideal plane. They acquire a second level of humanity alongside the first.
None of this is achieved if art is taken as a separate, unrelated subject and not as an organic part of the whole of education, for all the child’s education and instruction should form as a whole. Knowledge, culture, and training in practical skills should all lead to a need for art, just as artistic sensitivity should reach into the realms of learning, observation and the acquisition of skills.
[Rudolf Steiner, lecture, March 1923]
Products of our students’ creativity can be seen throughout the school—and not just from their painting periods or handwork classes. Drawings from history main lessons where the people and events spring from the pages, paintings of animals and plants from science blocks, and carefully detailed images from anatomy classes are clear evidence of how the material comes alive for the students through their artistic efforts. |
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Mendenhall Thank You |
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The music department would like to thank the entire community, especially the incredible parent volunteers, for making this year's Mendenhall Concert a resounding success. Thanks to everyone involved--our scholarship fund is in good health! |
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Children and Media |
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Waldorf schools encourage the limited use of television and computers for students. For those who are curious as to some of the reasons behind this, Dr. Michaela Glöckler outlines, in the attached chapter, the damaging effects of multimedia on the nervous systems and senses of young children.
Dr. Michaela Glöckler is a well-respected member of the Waldorf community and has been Leader of the Medical Section at the Goetheanum, the School of Spiritual Science in Dornach, Switzerland since 1988. Previously, she was a colleague in the children’s outpatient clinic at the Community Hospital in Herdecke and served as school doctor for the Rudolf Steiner School in Witten, Germany. Dr. Glöckler has published several books on the topics of health, development, and education.
Please click here to read a selection from Education - Health for Life. |
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Meet a School Director Candidate |
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Last month, to support our search for a School Director (click link below to read more), the college and board formed a joint hiring committee consisting of Joe O’Regan, Mooly Dinnar, Susan Cody, and Karen Weiland.
We are delighted to let you know that we have received interest in this position. Our hiring process includes meetings of qualified candidates with the board, college, and faculty, as well as an evening for interested community members to meet and interact with candidates who have passed through several rounds of interviews.
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to meet one such candidate on Tuesday, April 27, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Hiring Committee will be available directly after this meeting to answer any questions that community members may have about our hiring process. We hope you can join us. For comments or questions, please contact Joe O’Regan at 781-863-1063 or Mooly Dinnar. |
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